1972 in Wales

none 1972 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1972 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1972 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Secretary of State for Wales – Peter Thomashttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/feb/06/conservatives.uk Obituary The Guardian 6 February 2008 Archbishop of Wales – Gwilym Williams, Bishop of BangorGerald Parsons The Growth of Religious Diversity - Vol 2: Britain From 1945 Volume 2: Controversies https://books.google.com/books?id=MbSLmy-a23sC&pg=PA106 20 June 2013 Routledge 978-1-136-13628-3 106 Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales Tilsli (outgoing)Meic Stephens The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00meic registration April 1986 Oxford University Press 589 978-0-19-211586-7 Brinli (incoming)Meic Stephens The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00meic registration April 1986 Oxford University Press 523 978-0-19-211586-7 Events 1 January – Welsh rugby captain John Dawes is made an OBE in the New Year Honours List.Ross Reyburn John Dawes: The Man who changed the world of Rugby https://books.google.com/books?id=R2g3DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT96 26 July 2013 Y Lolfa 978-1-84771-614-9 96 30 January – Opening to rail traffic of the new Britannia Bridge linking Anglesey with mainland Wales (following the destruction of the previous bridge by a fire).Peter E. Baughan North and Mid Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=rrASAAAAMAAJ 1991 David St. John Thomas 978-0-946537-59-4 33 March/April – The "Miners' Tramway" underground at Llechwedd Slate Caverns, Blaenau Ffestiniog, opens to the public. 3 May – Leslie Harvey, guitarist of Stone the Crows, is fatally electrocuted while performing at Swansea's Top Rank Suite. 13 September – Hypermarkets make their debut in the United Kingdom some twenty years after debuting in France, when French retail giant Carrefour opens a hypermarket in Caerphilly.The Hypermarket — Gold mine or white elephant http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1671773& International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management MCB 1 6 42–44 10.1108/eb017761 subscription 26 October – Passage of the Local Government Act 1972, which will reorganise and simplify local government in Wales and Monmouthshire from 1974. 11 December – Rhoose Airport is opened by The Duke of Edinburgh.Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Papers by command https://books.google.com/books?id=mwg6AQAAIAAJ 1972 HMSO 44 date unknown Sir Morien Morgan becomes Master of Downing College, Cambridge. The island of Flat Holm is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The communities of Machynys and Bwlch y Gwynt cease to exist, following the closedown of local industry; the residents are moved into Llanelli.Fisk Stephen Abandoned Communities - Machynys June 2009 http://www.abandonedcommunities.co.uk/machynys.html 2009-08-05 Llyn Brianne regulating reservoir on the River Towy is completed; its dam is the UK's tallest, standing at a height of 300 ft (91 m).British Dam Society. Conference British Dam Society The Prospect for Reservoirs in the 21st Century: Proceedings of the Tenth Conference of the BDS https://books.google.com/books?id=9pGE4ifoHKoC&pg=PA303 1998 Thomas Telford 978-0-7277-2704-6 303 Arts and literature Writer James Morris becomes Jan Morris. Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Haverfordwest) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Dafydd Owen, "Preselau"https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair Winners of the Chair National Eisteddfod of Wales 17 November 2019 28 December 2019 13 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210213204407/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair dead National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Dafydd Rowlands, "Dadeni"https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners Winners of the Crown National Eisteddfod of Wales 17 November 2019 28 December 2019 7 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191107194429/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners dead National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Dafydd Rowlands, "Ysgrifau yr Hanner Bardd"https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-prose-medal Winners of the Prose Medal National Eisteddfod of Wales 7 November 2019 7 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191107194428/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-prose-medal dead National Eisteddfod of Wales: Drama Medal – Urien Wiliam New books English language Alexander Cordell – The Fire People A. H. Dodd – Life in Wales Emyr Humphreys – National Winner Richard Jones The Tower is Everywhere Roland Mathias – Absalom in the Tree Edith Pargeter – A Bloody Field By Shrewsbury Will Paynter – My Generation (autobiography) Goronwy Rees – A Chapter of Accidents Ifor Williams – The beginnings of Welsh poetry Welsh language Marion Eames – Y Rhandir MwynMeic Stephens Cydymaith i lenyddiaeth Cymru https://books.google.com/books?id=WoMYAAAAIAAJ 1998 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1383-1 195 Islwyn Ffowc Elis – Eira Mawr Bobi Jones – Allor WydnEuropa Publications International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004 https://books.google.com/books?id=phhhHT64kIMC&pg=PA279 2003 Psychology Press 978-1-85743-179-7 279 David Tecwyn Lloyd – Lady Gwladys a Phobl Eraill Gerallt Lloyd Owen – Cerddi'r CywilyddFelicia Hughes-Freeland Ritual, Performance, Media https://books.google.com/books?id=E89ogiLrZ-kC&pg=PR10 16 December 2003 Routledge 978-1-134-71382-0 10 Kate Roberts – Gobaith a Storïau Eraill Drama Gwyn Thomas – Amser Dyn sef Darnau o EinioesBibliotheca Celtica https://books.google.com/books?id=ArTfAAAAMAAJ 1976 The Library 385 9780901833792 Music Badfinger – Straight Up (album) John Cale – The Academy in Peril (album) Dafydd Iwan – Yma Mae 'Nghân (album) Mary Hopkin – Live At The Royal Festival Hall (album) Tom Jones – Close Up (album) Film The film of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood appears, with Richard Burton, Glynis Johns, Ryan Davies and many other Welsh stars. Hywel Bennett stars with Hayley Mills in Endless Night. Welsh-language films The Song We Sing Is About Freedom Broadcasting Welsh-language television Gwrando ar fy Nghan with singer Heather Jones Teliffant with Myfanwy Talog and Huw Ceredig Nol Mewn 5 Munud with Huw Ceredig English-language television Kenneth Griffith's reputation is underlined with a four-part documentary series about the Boer War, Sons of the Blood. Anthony Hopkins wins acclaim for his first starring role on television in BBC2's adaptation of War and Peace. Glyn Houston appears as Bunter opposite Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, in the first of several TV serials based on the stories of Dorothy L. Sayers.https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jul/08/glyn-houston-obituary Glyn Houston Obituary 8 July 2019 Anthony Hayward The Guardian 25 May 2022 Sport Chess – Wales competes in the World Chess Olympiad at Skopje, Yugoslavia. Cricket – Tony Lewis captains England on his Test debut in Delhi, India. Rugby union 25 March – Derek Quinnell makes his debut for Wales against France. 31 October – Llanelli RFC defeat the New Zealand All Blacks 9–3 at Stradey Park in front of 26,000 supporters. The Welsh Sports Association is established. BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Richard MeadeBBC Wales Sport Personality winners BBC Sport https://www.bbc.com/sport/wales/20670643 29 July 2021 Births 27 January Nathan Blake, footballer Wynne Evans, tenor March - Helen Raynor, dramatist and screenwriter 23 March – Joe Calzaghe, boxerJoe Calzaghe No Ordinary Joe https://books.google.com/books?id=GD6dlJDc8SkC&pg=PA24 1 April 2010 Random House 978-1-4090-6452-7 24 10 April – Chris Corcoran, comedian 18 April – Mike Bubbins, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, presenter and podcasterMike Bubbins on Twitter https://twitter.com/mikebubbins/status/1383661660569698305 2021-04-18 Twitter en 7 June – Sian Lloyd, television news presenter 5 July – Nia Roberts, actress 20 August – Scott Quinnell, rugby playerScott Quinnell The Hardest Test Headline 2012 9781909335462 24 August – Jason Bowen, footballer 4 September – Guto Pryce, musician 23 September – Julian Winn, cyclisthttp://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=8367 Julian WINN - Wales [WAL] Commonwealth Games 2002 7 November 2021 9 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120209221358/http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=8367 dead 3 October – Josie d'Arby, actress and television presenter 4 November – Tim Vincent, television presenter 27 December – Colin Charvis, rugby playerhttp://www.wru.co.uk/41_426.php Wales at the Rugby World Cup 1999 Wales Rugby Union https://web.archive.org/web/20090212080550/http://www.wru.co.uk/41_426.php 7 November 2021 2009-02-12 Deaths 17 January – Stan Davies, footballer, 73 4 February – Sir Charles Robert Harington, chemist, 74 Himsworth H. Harold Percival Himsworth Pitt-Rivers R. 10.1098/rsbm.1972.0009 free Charles Robert Harington. 1897-1972 Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 18 266–308 1972 11615748 31136079 25 February – S. O. Davies, politician, 85 Griffiths Robert Robert Griffiths (politician) S. O. Davies: A Socialist Faith Gomer Press Llandysul, Dyfed 1983 978-0-85088-887-4 295 27 February – Will James, dual-code rugby player, 69 7 March – Jack Morley, Wales and British Lions rugby player, 62 10 March – Gwynfor Davies, cricketer, 63 20 March – Dudley Lloyd-Evans, First World War flying ace, 76 or 77 http://places.wishful-thinking.org.uk/GLS/Boddington/MIs.html Some Memorial Inscriptions, Boddington, Gloucestershire Rosemary Lockie places.wishful-thinking.org.uk 2015 13 May 2015 28 March – James Edward Nichols, geneticist, 69Royal Society of Edinburgh Year Book of the Royal Society of Edinburgh https://books.google.com/books?id=q-wrAQAAMAAJ 1971 Royal Society of Edinburgh 46 10 April – Ormond Jones, footballer, 61 28 May – The Duke of Windsor, Prince of Wales 1910–1936), 77 14 June (at Goathurst) – Glyn Simon, Archbishop of Wales (1968–71), 69 9 July – Sir Henry Morris-Jones, doctor, soldier and politician, 87https://biography.wales/article/s8-MORR-HEN-1884 Morris-Jones, John Henry (1884-1972), Liberal/National Liberal politician John Graham Jones Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 12 February 2021 10 July – Emrys Jones, actor, 56 (heart attack)https://www.nytimes.com/1972/07/11/archives/emrys-jones.html Emrys Jones, a British stage and film actor, was found dead... July 11, 1972 New York Times February 12, 2021 12 August – Reg Anderson, cricketer, 58 28 September – Tom Roberts, Wales international rugby union player, 75? 19 October David Hughes, opera singer, 47 (heart failure) Fred Keenor, footballer, 78 6 November – Hilary Marquand, economist and MP, 70https://biography.wales/article/s6-MARQ-ADA-1901 Marquand, Hilary (1901-1972), economist and Labour politician John Graham Jones Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 16 October 2019 13 November – Glyn Prosser, dual-code rugby player, 64 30 November – Frank Evans, dual-code international rugby player, 75 4 December – Lynn Ungoed-Thomas, politician and judge, 68https://biography.wales/article/s8-UNGO-LYN-1904 Ungoed-Thomas (Arwyn) Lynn (1904-1972), Labour politician John Graham Jones Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 28 December 2019 unknown date Sam Davies, Wales international footballer, 77 or 78Joyce Michael Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 Tony Brown 2012 978-1905891610 Nottingham 76 Lillian Griffith, sculptor, 94 or 95 See also 1972 in Northern Ireland References Wales Wales Category:1972 in Europe Category:1970s in Wales