1930 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1930 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - Edward
- Princess of Wales – vacant
- Archbishop of Wales – Alfred George Edwards, Bishop of St Asaph
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Pedrog
Events
- 17 March - The South Wales Daily Post and Cambria Daily Leader merge in Swansea.
- 9 May - An elephant from the Monmouth mop fair escapes.
- 24 December - In London, Harry Grindell Matthews demonstrates his device to project pictures to the clouds.
- First coal raised from Cefn Coed Colliery, the world's deepest anthracite mine.
- The Crumlin branch of the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal is closed.
- The Three Valleys Festival is launched.
- The first youth hostel of the Youth Hostels Association, the first in the UK, is opened at Pennant Hall in the Conwy valley near Llanrwst.
- A. H. Dodd succeeds Sir John Edward Lloyd as Professor of History at University of Wales, Bangor.
- Gareth Richard Vaughan Jones becomes Foreign Affairs Secretary to David Lloyd George.
- John Edward Jones becomes Secretary of Plaid Cymru.
- Thomas Lewis becomes first chairman of the Medical Research Society.
Arts and literature
- The first Welsh Books Festival is held in Cardiff.
- John Ballinger, first Librarian of the National Library of Wales, is knighted for his services to librarianship.
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Llanelli)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - David Emrys James
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - William Jones
New books
- David Davies (Llandinam) - The Problem of the Twentieth Century
- Saunders Lewis - Monica
- Kenneth Morris - Book of the Three Dragons
- Bertrand Russell - The Conquest of Happiness
- Hilda Vaughan - Her Father's House
- Edward Williamson - The Story of Llandaff Cathedral
Music
- Caniedydd Newydd yr Ysgol Sul (collection of hymns)
- Peter Warlock – Carillon Carilla
- Grace Williams - Hen Walia
Film
- Symphony in Two Flats, starring Ivor Novello, an adaptation of Novello's West End play[1]
Broadcasting
- 9 March – The BBC Regional Programme service replaces BBC local stations.
Sport
- Cricket - Maurice Turnbull is the first Welsh player to be capped for England.
Births
- 28 January - David Morris, politician (died 2007)
- 7 February - Peter Jones, sports broadcaster (died 1990)
- 7 March - Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, photographer (died 2017)[2]
- 7 April - Cliff Morgan, rugby player and television presenter (died 2013)
- June - Edward Millward, politician
- 1 July - Ron Hughes, footballer
- 9 July - Stuart Williams, footballer (died 2013)[3]
- 10 July - Wyn Roberts, Baron Roberts of Conwy, politician (died 2013)[4]
- 14 July - R. H. Williams, rugby player
- 8 August - Terry Nation, screenwriter (died 1997)
- 28 August - Windsor Davies, actor
- 1 September - Emrys James, actor (died 1989)
- 21 September - John Morgan, comedian (died 2004)
- 23 September - Ellis Evans, academic (died 2013)[5]
- 14 October - Alan Williams, politician (died 2014)[6]
- 11 November - Vernon Handley, conductor (died 2008)
- 12 December - Gwyneth Dunwoody, politician (died 2008)
- date unknown
- Aneurin Jones, painter (died 2017)[7]
- Brian Morris, Baron Morris of Castle Morris, poet and critic (died 2001)
Deaths
- 18 January - Bobby Lloyd, rugby player, 41
- 26 January - Harry Jones, rugby player, 51
- 25 March - John Gwenogvryn Evans, palaeographer, 78
- 1 May - Richard Bell, politician, 70
- 28 May - Cliff Williams, Wales international rugby union player, 32
- 15 June - John Cynddylan Jones, theologian, 90
- 17 June - Hugh Robert Jones, Nationalist leader, 36
- 22 June - Mary Davies, singer, 75
- 23 June - Ben Davies, Wales international rugby player, 57
- 15 August - Silyn Roberts, author, 59
- 13 September - Jehoida Hodges, rugby player, 53
- 7 October - Margaret Verney, educationist, 85
- November - John Hagan Jenkins, politician
See also
References
- ^ Hischak, Thomas S. (12 November 2012). "Broadway Plays and Musicals: Descriptions and Essential Facts of More Than 14,000 Shows through 2007". McFarland – via Google Books.
- ^ "Lord Snowdon dies aged 86". BBC News. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|work=(help) - ^ "An Appreciation: Stuart Williams". Southampton FC. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ Chiara Rinaldi. "Lord Roberts of Conwy has died at the age of 83". Wales Online. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
- ^ Meic Stephens (2013-11-03). "Obituary: Professor D Ellis Evans - Obituaries - News". The Independent. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
- ^ Association, Press (22 December 2014). "Former Swansea MP and minister Alan Williams dies, aged 84" – via The Guardian.
- ^ "Rural scenic artist Aneurin Jones, 87, dies". BBC News. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.