1967 in Wales

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See also:	List of years in Wales Timeline of Welsh history 1967 in The United Kingdom Scotland Elsewhere

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1967 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales – Charles
• Princess of Wales – vacant
• Secretary of State for Wales – Cledwyn Hughes
• Archbishop of Wales – Edwin Morris, Bishop of Monmouth (retired)
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – E. Gwyndaf Evans

Events

• 20 February - The first Royal Mail postbus in Britain runs between Llanidloes and Llangurig.
• 5 May - The Brynglas Tunnels on the M4 motorway by-passing Newport are opened.
• 27 July - The Welsh Language Act allows the use of Welsh in legal proceedings and official documents.
• 7 August - Two men and a boy are drowned in the Dyfi estuary.
• August - The Beatles, along with Mick Jagger, Cilla Black, and Jane Asher, come to Bangor to attend a seminar by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Their visit is cut short by the shock news of manager Brian Epstein's death.
• 18 December - Newtown, Montgomeryshire, is designated as a New Town. The River Severn is re-channelled to prevent the town becoming further damaged by floods.
• The Gittins Report on Primary Education in Wales recommends that "every child should be given sufficient opportunity to be reasonably bilingual by the end of the primary stage".
• Merched y Wawr is founded in the village of Parc near Bala.
• The University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST) in Cardiff becomes part of the University of Wales.
• Foot and Mouth Disease breaks out in North Wales and parts of England.
• Rhodri Morgan marries fellow Welsh Labour MP Julie Edwards.
• The former Royal Navy Propellant Factory, Caerwent, RAF Caerwent weapons storage facility, is transferred to United States administration.
• The Passport Office comes to Newport and the Land Registry to Swansea, as part of a United Kingdom government effort to move government offices into the regions.
• Clywedog Reservoir completed.

Arts and literature

• The first Welsh pantomime is put on by Theatr Felinfach, based on the life of Twm Siôn Cati.
• Rhys Davies wins an Edgar Allan Poe Award for his story "The Chosen One", originally published in The New Yorker.
• The publisher Y Lolfa is established by Robat Gruffudd in Tal-y-bont, Ceredigion.

Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Bala)
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Emrys Roberts
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Eluned Phillips
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - withheld

New books

• Hydwedd Boyer - I'r Ynysoedd
• Alan Garner - The Owl Service
• Bill Meilen - The Division
• Leslie Norris - The Loud Winter
• Brinley Richards - Cerddi'r Dyffryn
• Kate Roberts - Tegwch y Bore
• Bertrand Russell - War Crimes in Vietnam
• William Nantlais Williams - O Gopa Bryn Nefo

New drama

• Saunders Lewis - Cymru Fydd

Music

• Hogia'r Wyddfa - Tylluanod (album)
• Mary Hopkin - Mae Pob Awr
• Arwel Hughes - Mab y Dyn (cantata)
• Jeffrey Lewis - Epitaphium - Children of the Sun
• William Mathias - Sinfonietta
• Toni ac Aloma - Caffi Gaerwen
• Y Triban - Paid â dodi dadi ar y dôl
• Y Blew - Maes B

Film

• Richard Burton stars in The Taming of the Shrew opposite his wife Elizabeth Taylor.
• Carry On up the Khyber is filmed in North Wales.

Broadcasting

Welsh-language television

• Hob y Deri Dando; Disc a Dawn

English-language television

• Conqueror's Road (drama series)
• The Shepherds of Moel Siabod (documentary)
• The Prisoner, filmed at Portmeirion
• The cast and crew of Doctor Who film the serial The Abominable Snowmen at Nant Ffrancon, doubling for Tibet.

Sport

• Boxing - Howard Winstone is beaten by Mexico's Vincente Saldivar at Ninian Park, Cardiff.
• Cricket - Glamorgan County Cricket Club moves to a new home at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.
• Cross-country - The 1967 International Cross Country Championships are held at Barry.
• Gymnastics - Bobby Williams of Swansea is British champion.
• Rugby union - Barry John and Gareth Edwards make their international debut.
• Swimming - Paul Radmilovic is the first Briton to be elected to the American Swimming Hall of Fame.
• BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year - Howard Winstone

Births

• 7 February – Richie Burnett, darts player
• 16 February – Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely, politician
• 18 February – Colin Jackson CBE, athlete
• 21 March – Carwyn Jones, politician
• 27 March – Bob Morgan, Olympic diver
• 5 April - Andy Allen, rugby player
• 8 April - Arwyn Davies, Welsh actor
• 10 May – Jon Ronson, journalist and documentary filmmaker
• 9 July - Richard Webster, rugby player
• 22 July – Rhys Ifans, actor and musician
• 7 September – Steve James, cricketer
• 13 October - Steve O'Shaughnessy, footballer
• 12 November – Grant Nicholas, musician
• 18 November – Zoë Skoulding, poet and musician
• 27 November – Geraint Rees, neurologist
• date unknown
  • Robert Huw Morgan, organist and choral conductor
  • (in Bolton) – Paul Pritchard, climber

Deaths

• 15 January – Sir Cyril Fox, archaeologist, 84
• 22 January – Idris Bell, papyrologist and author, 87
• 28 January – Cliff Davies, Wales international rugby player, 47
• 14 February – Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby, politician, 70
• 11 March – Ivor Rees, Victoria Cross recipient, 73
• 5 May – Owen Thomas Jones, geologist, 89
• 29 July – Jack Wetter, Wales international rugby union captain, 79
• 30 July – George Littlewood Hirst, Wales international rugby player, 77
• 15 September – Rhys Gabe, Wales international rugby union captain, 87
• 8 October – Vernon Watkins, poet, 61
• 9 October – Edward Tegla Davies, clergyman and writer, 87
• 29 October - Bobbie Williams, rugby player, 71?
• 2 November – Robert John Rowlands ("Meuryn"), poet, 87
• 25 November – Tom Parker, Welsh international rugby union captain, 76
• 12 December – Tommy Bamford, footballer, 62
• date unknown - Len Apsey, footballer, 57