Electric Theatre

Aberfan, CF48

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Electric Theatre

Located in the village of Aberfan, Glamorgan, 4-miles to the south of Merthyr Tydfil. The Electric Theatre was opened by 1927. Around 1930 it was equipped with a British Thomson-Houston(BTH) sound system. This was later replaced by a Western Electric(WE) sound system.

It was still open in 1966, but had closed by 1969.

The village of Aberfan is remembered for the Aberfan disaster which happened at 09:13am on 21st October 1966 when a colliery spoil tip collapsed into a school and homes killing 116-children and 28 adults. Could this be one of the reasons the Electric Theatre closed?

Contributed by Ken Roe

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Rainbow Angels Ensemble on July 26, 2023 at 3:16 pm

It housed the survivors temporarily.

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