Marylyn wrote about big events in her book.

Her teacher said it was not news.

Marylyn and her teacher died in a disaster.

The disaster killed 116 children and 28 adults.

Marylyn's family donated her books to a museum.

These items help tell the story of the people who died.

Marylyn's sister is also donating items that belonged to her brother.

These items show that the victims were not just names.

Carl's football and belt will be given to the museum.

A dress that belonged to Marylyn was found in a wall.

It was found in 2025 in the kitchen wall of their old home.

Their father was building the house when the disaster happened.

He buried the dress to keep Marylyn's memory alive.

The family thinks it was his way of coping with the tragedy.

These items will be preserved forever.

It's what their father wanted.

The items will be kept at a museum collection center.

People want to see and touch these items.

When you touch something that belonged to a child, it makes their story real.

A Bible that belonged to a couple was found after the disaster.

The couple owned a house in Aberfan that was destroyed.

The husband found the house had been swept away.

He was very sad and told his wife to see it for herself.

She saw destruction everywhere.

The house was gone, only bricks and a chimney remained.

A young mother and baby had been killed in the house.

The husband had gone to work and came back to nothing.

The husband returned to the house and found a Bible intact.

The Bible was whole, but other things were broken.

The Bible had been passed down from the husband's father.

The husband's father used to read from it every Sunday.

The wife remembers her husband's reaction when he found the Bible.

He said his father had the last word.

The Bible was kept in the family's music room for decades.

The wife has given the Bible to the museum.

It should be somewhere for people to remember the disaster.

A curator oversees the Aberfan collection at the museum.

Until recently, there were no 3D items in the collection.

There were only reports and paperwork about the disaster.

Now there are items that can tell the story of the victims.

A school clock that stopped at 09:13 was found in 2019.

It was sent to a museum for conservation.

This encouraged other families to donate items.

People are thinking about what will happen to their items when they die.

They don't want their items to be thrown away.

Donating items means the story is preserved.

The museum can preserve the donated items.

There are already many items in the museum's collection.

Letters from a school in California show how the disaster touched people worldwide.

The children wrote notes of sympathy to the pupils of Pantglas Junior School.

One child wrote that they were sad about the avalanche.

Another child drew flowers and said they wished they could help.

The American teacher wrote a letter conveying compassion.

Other items in the museum include a doll and white gloves.

These items help build a picture of the community that was devastated.

The curator wants to remember the victims as individuals.

The families want the objects to give life to the people who were lost.

We remember for the community.