1971 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1971 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Secretary of State for Wales – Peter Thomas[1]
- Archbishop of Wales
- Glyn Simon, Bishop of Llandaff (retired)[2]
- Gwilym Williams, Bishop of Bangor (elected)[3]
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Tilsli[4]
Events
- February - Harold Charles becomes Bishop of St Asaph.[5]
- 6 May - Singer Dickie Valentine is killed in a car accident on the Glangrwyney bridge near Crickhowell.[6][unreliable source?]
- 28 May - Opening of the Llanberis Lake Railway.[7]
- 1 August - It becomes legal to register marriages in the Welsh language.[8]
- date unknown
- The Welsh Nursery Schools Movement is founded in Aberystwyth.[9]
- Anglesey Aluminium opens its smelting plant on the outskirts of Holyhead.[10]
- Wylfa Nuclear Power Station becomes operational.[11]
Arts and literature
- Mary Hopkin marries record producer Tony Visconti.
- Welsh performers participate in the first Festival Interceltique de Lorient in Brittany.
Awards
- Bangor)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Emrys Roberts, "Y Chwarelwr"[12]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Bryan Martin Davies, "Y Golau Caeth"[13]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Ifor Wyn Williams
New books
English language
- Rhys Davies - Nobody Answered the Bell[14]
- John L. Hughes - Tom Jones Slept Here[15]
Welsh language
- Islwyn Ffowc Elis - Y Gromlech yn yr Haidd
- Gwynfor Evans - Aros Mae
- Tudor Wilson Evans - Ar Gae'r Brêc
- Beti Hughes - Aderyn o Ddyfed
- Alan Llwyd - Y March Hud
- Eluned Phillips - Cofiant Dewi Emrys[16]
- Gwyn Thomas - Y Bardd Cwsg a'i Gefndir
Music
- John Cale & Terry Riley - Church of Anthrax[17]
- Man - Do You Like It Here Now, Are You Settling In?
- Iris Williams - Pererin Wyf (single)
Film
- Merthyr Tydfil is one of the locations used for the filming of 10 Rillington Place.[18]
- Ruth Madoc appears in the film version of Fiddler on the Roof.
Welsh-language films
- None
Broadcasting
Welsh-language television
English-language television
- Comedy duo BBC1.
- .
- 14 April - Nerys Hughes gets her big break in The Liver Birds, first aired on this date.
Sport
- BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year - John Dawes, Wales national rugby union teen and Welsh Lions[20]
- Cricket - May: In a Glamorgan home match at Sophia Gardens, Roger Davis is struck on the temple while fielding at short leg and survives largely thanks to the intervention of Dr Colin Lewis (grandfather of Rhydian Roberts).[21]
- Gymnastics - Pam Hopkins wins the British Women's Championship.
- Rugby union - Wales win their sixth Grand Slam.
- Atlantic.
Births
- 11 January - Tom Ward, actor
- 23 January - Scott Gibbs, rugby player
- 2 April - Chico Slimani, singer[23]
- 18 June - Lucy Owen, née Cohen, television news presenter
- 8 July - Neil Jenkins, rugby player[24]
- 18 August (in Limerick) - Aphex Twin, musician
- 8 September - Martyn Margetson, footballer
- 3 October - Zoe Lyons, comedian
- 26 October - Damon Searle, footballer
- 5 November
- Chris Addison, Cardiff-born comedian[25]
- Rob Jones, footballer
- 18 December - Jason Hughes, actor
- date unknown
- Jason Walford Davies, poet and academic
- Eleri Siôn, née Jones, media presenter
Deaths
- 2 January – Harold Jones, convicted murderer, 64[26]
- 12 January – Gwenan Jones, historian and politician, 81[27]
- 4 March – Ifan Gruffydd ("Y Gŵr o Baradwys"), author, 75[28]
- 18 March – Jack Gore, Wales international rugby player, 71
- 9 April – Dewi Morgan, poet, scholar and journalist, 93[31]
- Thomas Evan Nicholas (Niclas y Glais), writer and political activist, 91[32]
- 18 May – William Mainwaring MP, miners' leader[33]
- 20 May – Waldo Williams, poet, 66[34]
- 29 May – Howell Lewis, Wales international rugby player, 83
- 5 June – Clifford Dyment, poet, 57[35]
- 5 July – Idris Jones, chemist and rugby player, 71
- 11 July – Brenda Chamberlain, poet and artist, 59[36]
- C. E. Vulliamy, author, 85[37]
- 1 October – Bill Davies, cricketer, 65
- 9 November - Ceri Richards, artist, 68[38]
- 27 November - Leslie Thomas, politician, 65[39]
- Jack Jenkins, Wales international rugby player, 91
- date unknown
- James Conway Davies, historian and palaeographer, 79[40]
- Jack Evans, footballer
See also
References
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- ISBN 978-1-108-49957-6.
- ISBN 978-0-19-211586-7.
- ^ The Times, 4 February 1971; pg. 16; Issue 58090; col D Church news
- ISBN 978-1-4456-4329-8.
- ISBN 9780752427881.
- ^ Statutory instruments. 1971.
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- ISBN 978-1-85573-876-8.
- ^ "Nuclear Power Plants in the UK - Scotland and Wales". Archived from the original on 19 July 2009.
- ^ "Enillwyr y Gadair". Eisteddfod (in Welsh). Retrieved 13 June 2024.
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- ^ "BBC Wales Sport Personality winners". BBC Sport. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ James Rothwell (24 November 2014). "Glamorgan cricketer Roger Davis on how he nearly suffered same fate as Phil Hughes - but was saved by Rhydian Roberts' grandfather". WalesOnline. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ "UK: Wales: AMs". BBC News. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ "Mr Yousseph Chico Slimani". Company Check. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ^ "Wales profile". Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
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- ^ "Murdered Abertillery Girl's Niece Learnt About Tragedy in Book". BBC.co.uk. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ Nerys Ann Jones. "Jones, Gwenan (1889-1971), educationalist and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ Bedwyr Lewis Jones. "Gruffydd, Ifan (1896-1971), author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Died". March 22, 1971. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved June 8, 2008.
- ^ "Harold Lloyd, Bespectacled Film Comic, Dies of Cancer at 77". Los Angeles Times. March 9, 1971. Retrieved June 8, 2008.
Comedian Harold Lloyd, 77, who bumbled through more than 300 films as a bespectacled victim of life's difficulties, died of cancer Monday at his Beverly Hills home.
- ^ Nerys Ann Jones. "Morgan, Dewi 'Dewi Teifi'; (1877-1971), poet and journalist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ D. Ben Rees. "Nicholas, Thomas Evan ('Niclas y Glais'), (1879-1971), poet, minister of religion and advocate for the Communist Party". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ John Graham Jones. "Mainwaring, William Henry (1884-1971), Labour politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-7083-0585-0.
- ISBN 978-0-900332-34-0.
- ISBN 978-0-7083-1048-9.
- ISBN 978-0-7083-1383-1.
- ISBN 978-0-19-992305-2.
- ^ "Mr Leslie Thomas". UK Parliament. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ Edward Weldon,The Society of American Archivists (1972). The American Archivist Volume 36.Number 4.October 1973. p. 408.