Memories of Six Bells: Doug Reynolds
Post categories: History,ÌýMining,ÌýSouth East Wales,ÌýTelevision
| 15:51 UK time, Tuesday, 24 August 2010
Tonight on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Two Wales, Angel of the Valleys follows artist Sebastien Boyesen and his frenzied race against time to create the Six Bells memorial statue in time for the official remembrance ceremony that took place on 28 June 2010.
As well as following the tensions surrounding the building and installation of the sculpture, the documentary tells the moving true stories of the families who lost loved ones in the disaster.
Fifty years after the village of Six Bells in Abertillery was hit by a tragic coal mining disaster which killed 45 local men, the sense of pain and loss remains with those who lives were irrevocably altered on 28 June 1960.
In this short interview, Doug Reynolds talks about losing his twin brothers, Bill and Mansell (both aged 21 at the time), and how he had to go to the pit and identify their bodies.
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Angel of the Valleys: Tuesday 24 August, 7pm, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Two Wales
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