1960 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1960 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales – Charles
- Princess of Wales – vacant
- Archbishop of Wales – Edwin Morris, Bishop of Monmouth
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
- William Morris (outgoing)
- Trefin (incoming)
Events
- 1 January – Portmeirion Pottery is established when Susan Williams-Ellis and her husband Euan Cooper-Willis (managers of the gift ship at her father's village of Portmeirion) take over Gray's Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent (England).
- 5 January – Closure of the Swansea and Mumbles Railway (opened to passengers in 1807 and by this date operated by double-deck electric trams).[1] The service is replaced by buses operated by its owner South Wales Transport.
- 12 April – Nine miners are killed in a mining accident at Tower Colliery, Hirwaun.
- 28 June – Forty-five miners are killed in an accident at Six Bells Colliery, Monmouthshire.[2]
- 6 August – At Llandaff Cathedral a service of thanksgiving attended by Queen Elizabeth II is held to mark the end of eleven years' restoration work following air raid damage in 1941.[3]
- 5 September – Poet and peace campaigner Waldo Williams is sentenced at Haverfordwest to imprisonment for six weeks for non-payment of income tax (a protest against defence spending).[4]
- 3 November – Esso opens the first oil refinery at Milford Haven.[5]
Arts and literature
- 29 September – Ricky Valance is the first male Welsh singer to hit number one in the charts, with his cover version of Tell Laura I Love Her.
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Cardiff)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – withheld
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – W. J. Gruffydd
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Rhiannon Davies Jones
New books
- Glyn M. Ashton – Tipyn o Annwyd
- Thomas Glynne Davies – Haf Creulon
- Menna Gallie – Man's Desiring
- Dic Jones – Agor Grwn
- Kate Roberts – Y Lôn Wen
- Bernice Rubens – Set on Edge
- Raymond Williams – Border Country
New drama
- Saunders Lewis – Esther
Music
- Alun Hoddinott – Concerto no. 2
- Arwel Hughes – Serch yw’r Doctor (opera)
Film
- Glynis Johns stars in The Sundowners.
- Rachel Roberts stars in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, becoming the first Welsh actress to win a BAFTA for Best British Actress.
- Keith Baxter appears alongside Orson Welles in Chimes at Midnight.
Broadcasting
September – The Wales Television Association is formed.[6] On 6 June, the franchise is awarded to the Wales Television Association.
Welsh-language television
- Colegau Cerdd
- Her Yr Ifanc
English-language television
- 1 January – Broadcast of the first weekly episode of an eight-part serialization by BBC Wales of How Green Was My Valley.
- Johnny Morris narrates the imported children's TV series Tales of the Riverbank.
Sport
- Boxing – Dick Richardson wins the European Heavyweight title. Brian Curvis wins the British and Commonwealth welterweight titles.
- Summer Olympics – David Broome wins a bronze medal on Sunsalve in the individual show jumping event.
- Tennis – Mike Davies wins the British hard court title. He also becomes the first Welsh man to reach a Wimbledon final where he partners Bobby Wilson in the Men's Doubles.
- BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Brian Curvis
Births
- 16 January – Alun Huw Davies, vascular surgeon[7]
- 30 January – Peter Black AM, politician (in Wirral)
- 6 February – Jeremy Bowen, journalist and television presenter[8]
- 14 February – Dawn Bowden, politician
- 15 February – Russell Coughlin, footballer (d. 2016)[9]
- 18 February – Rhys Parry Jones, actor
- 26 February – Roger Lewis, academic, biographer and journalist
- 30 April – Martin Phillips, darts player
- 3 May – Geraint Davies, politician
- 4 May – Elfyn Edwards, golfer
- 9 May – Jillian Lane, spiritual medium (d. 2013)[10]
- 13 June – Sir Clive Buckland Lewis, judge
- 19 June – Andrew Dilnot, economist, statistician and academic
- 23 June – Ricky Evans, rugby union player
- 29 June – Helen Mary Jones, politician (in Colchester)
- 13 July – Ian Hislop, satirist[11]
- 1 August – Lesley Griffiths, politician
- 18 September
- Carolyn Harris, politician
- Ian Lucas, politician
- 12 December – Kelvin Smart, flyweight boxer
- 24 December – Carol Vorderman, television personality (in Bedford)
- date unknown
- Nigel Davies, chess player
- Lisa Francis, politician
- Gareth Jones, orchestral and choral conductor
- Sue Jones, Dean of Liverpool
- Malcolm Pryce, novelist (in Shrewsbury)
- William Owen Roberts, novelist and dramatist
Deaths
- 2 January – Leila Megàne, opera singer, c. 69[12]
- 13 January – Reginald Herbert, 15th Earl of Pembroke, 79[13]
- 17 January – E. Llwyd Williams, minister and poet, 53[14]
- 19 January – Charles Jones, Wales rugby international, 66
- 27 January – Joseph "Joe" Jones, dual-code rugby international, 60
- 25 February – Sir Edward Enoch Jenkins, judge, 65[15]
- 30 March – Edward Evan, politician, 77
- 11 April – William Llewellyn Morgan, Wales international rugby union player, 76
- 7 May – Mai Jones, songwriter, 61[16]
- 23 May – John Edwards, politician, 77
- 19 June – Thomas Alwyn Lloyd, architect, 78[17]
- 27 June – Harry Pollitt, politician, 69[18]
- 6 July – Aneurin Bevan, politician, 62[19]
- 9 July – John Dyke, Wales international rugby union player, 76
- 24 August – Dai Edwards, Wales dual-code rugby international, 64
- 25 August – Tommy Jones-Davies, Wales international rugby player, 54
- 30 August – "Taffy" Jones, First World War flying ace, 64[20]
- 27 September – George Morgan Trefgarne, 1st Baron Trefgarne, politician, 66[21]
- 29 October – Horace Williams, footballer, c. 60
- 19 December – Billy Bowen, dual-code rugby player, 63[22]
- 20 December – Harry Uzzell, Wales international rugby union captain, 77
- 22 December – Evan Davies, politician, 85[23]
See also
References
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ "Welsh pit blast kills miners". On This Day. BBC. 28 June 1960. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
- ^ "Cathedral's New Vistas: Llandaff Restoration Work Completed". The Times. No. 54842. London. 1960-08-05. p. 10.
- ^ "Welsh Nationalist Sent to Prison". The Times. No. 54869. London. 1960-09-06. p. 6.
- ^ "Duke To Open Milford Haven Oil Refinery Today". The Times. No. 54919. London. 1960-11-03. p. 7.
- ^ Johnson, Catherine; Turnock, Rob (1 September 2005). Itv Cultures: Independent Television Over Fifty Years: Independent Television Over Fifty Years. McGraw-Hill Education (UK). p. 96. ISBN 978-0-335-21729-8.
- ^ "Professor Alun Davies". Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ "Jeremy Bowen". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "COUGHLIN Russell James". Funeral Notices. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Obituary: Jillian Lane". Telegraph.co.uk. 18 October 2013.
- ^ "Ian Hislop". BBC. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ Obituary, The Times, Monday, 4 January 1960
- ^ The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine. Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. 1963. p. 230.
- ^ Benjamin George Owens. "Williams, Ernest Llwyd (1899-1960), pianist, composer and producer of light programmes on radio". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ The Law Journal. Law Journal. 1960. p. 178.
- ^ Huw Williams. "Jones, Gladys May, 'Mai' (1906-1960), minister (B), poet and writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ Evan David Jones. "Lloyd, Thomas Alwyn (1881-1960), architect and town planner". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ Morgan, Kevin (2004). "Pollitt, Harry (1890–1960)". In H. C. G. Matthew; Brian Harrison; Lawrence Goldman (eds.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Online January 2011 ed.). Oxford: OUP. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
- ^ John Graham Jones. "Bevan, Aneurin (1897-1960), politician and one of the founders of the Welfare State". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Ira (Taffy) Jones, 65, Famed War Flier, Dies". The Bridgeport Post. Bridgeport, Connecticut. 30 August 1960. p. 29. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ Mary Auronwy James. "Morgan, George, 1st Baron Trefgarne of Cleddau (1894-1960), barrister-at-law and politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Statistics at swansearfc.co.uk". swansearfc.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Stenton, Michael; Lees, Stephen (1979). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament. Vol. III. Brighton: Harvester Press. p. 90. ISBN 0855273259.