1967 in Wales
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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.
- 25–27 August – The Beatles, along with Mick Jagger, Cilla Black, and Jane Asher, come to Bangor to attend a seminar by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Transcendental Meditation. 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.[1]
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)[2]
- 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
- 22 February – Wayne Curtis, footballer
- 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
- 27 October – Jason Gummer, 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
- 7 January – Sir Frederick Rees, Welsh historian and academic
- 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
See also
References
- ^ "Y Lolfa yn dathlu'r deugain". BBC News. BBC Wales. 2007-09-24. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
- ^ Television and Radio Database. Accessed 8 February 2016