1934 in Wales

none 1934 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1934 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1934 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Archbishop of Wales Alfred George Edwards, Bishop of St Asaph (retired)Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc The New Encyclopaedia Britannica https://books.google.com/books?id=rIQxAQAAIAAJ 2003 Encyclopaedia Britannica 978-0-85229-961-6 380 Charles Green, Bishop of Bangor (elected)C. J. Litzenberger Eileen Groth Lyon The Human Tradition in Modern Britain https://books.google.com/books?id=S8YbICxXWDQC&pg=PA92 2006 Rowman & Littlefield 978-0-7425-3735-4 92 Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Gwilis-JENK-GWI-1872 Jenkins, John (Gwili) (1872-1936), poet, theologian, and man of letters Robert Thomas Jenkins 1959 2 November 2021 Events 22 September - At Gresford Colliery in Wrexham, 265 miners are killed in a mining accident.Gresford Colliery Explosion The Colliery Guardian 16 November 1934 915, col. 1 http://www.dmm.org.uk/news19/9341116.htm 3 October 2018 Durham Mining Museum Later in the year, Paul Robeson performs in Caernarfon in a benefit concert for victims of the accident. 23 October - Opening of the Guildhall, Swansea, designed by Percy Thomas.https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300014594-swansea-new-guildhall-uplands#.XWeY5lPTWdM Swansea New Guildhall British Listed Buildings 29 August 2019 24 October - Aneurin Bevan marries fellow MP Jennie Lee.Anne Commire Deborah Klezmer Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia https://archive.org/details/womeninworldhist09comm registration 1999 Yorkin Publications 978-0-7876-4068-2 291 date unknown Anthracite production in Wales reaches its peak. The Special Areas Act is passed to help areas such as the South Wales Valleys that have been particularly affected by the Great Depression in the United Kingdom.Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition 1906-1957 Thomas Jo Willis Michael Oxford University Press 2016 978-0-19-835459-8 Oxford 121 Courtaulds establishes a new rayon factory at Greenfield.C. H. Ward-Jackson A History of Courtaulds: An Account of the Origin and Rise of the Industrial Enterprise of Courtaulds Limited and of Its Associate The American Viscose Corporation https://books.google.com/books?id=dpW2AAAAIAAJ 1941 Curwen Press (private circulation) 151 Tudor Thomas's work on corneal grafting restores the sight of a man who had been nearly blind for 27 years. Arts and literature Sir Henry Walford Davies is appointed Master of the King's Musick. White Eirene The ladies of Gregynog The University of Wales Press Cardiff, Wales 2011 9780708324066 11 The Welsh Folk Dance Society is founded at Bala. Caradog Prichard becomes sub-editor of the News Chronicle. Richard Hughes and his wife move into Laugharne Castle. Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Neath) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - William Morris, "Ogof Arthur"https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair Winners of the Chair National Eisteddfod of Wales 7 November 2019 13 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210213204407/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair dead National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Eirug Davies, "Y Gorwel"https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners Winners of the Crown National Eisteddfod of Wales 7 November 2019 7 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191107194429/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners dead New books Edward Tegla Davies - Y Llwybr Arian Margiad Evans - Turf or Stone D. Gwenallt Jones - Plasau'r Brenin Jack Jones - Rhondda Roundabout Eiluned Lewis - Dew on the Grass Howard Spring - Shabby Tiger Dylan Thomas - 18 Poems (his first collection, including "The Force that Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower") Drama James Kitchener Davies - Cwm Glo Music Harry Parr Davies becomes accompanist to Gracie Fields. Film Ray Milland appears in We're Not Dressing. Gareth Hughes appears in Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. Yr Ail Fordaith Gymraeg (Second Welsh Cruise), a silent film made by Ifan ab Owen Edwards focusing on the activities of Urdd Gobaith Cymru (with Welsh-language titles) Broadcasting A new radio station is established at Bangor.Kenneth O. Morgan Rebirth of a Nation: Wales, 1880-1980 https://books.google.com/books?id=2DB2EHJ08aIC&pg=PA251 1981 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-821736-7 251 Sport Badminton - Wales is a founder member of the Badminton World Federation. Cricket - Cyril Walters becomes the first Welshman to captain an England Test team Rugby Union 10 March - Wales defeat Ireland 13–0 in a game held at St Helen's, Swansea Births 11 February – Mary Quant, fashion designerhttps://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=oGgoXw%2BvbvrRRYEJoMzGdA&scan=1 Entry Information: Births Mar 1930 Quant Barbara M General Register Office 20 February 2020 FreeBMD ONS 25 February (in London) – Nicholas Edwards, Baron Crickhowell, politician (died 2018)https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/mar/19/lord-crickhowell-obituary Lord Crickhowell obituary 19 March 2018 Stephen Bates The Guardian 30 January 2019 28 March – Graham Vearncombe, footballer (died 1993) 30 March – Dic Jones, bard and archdruid (died 2009)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dic-jones-archdruid-of-wales-and-master-poet-in-the-strict-metres-of-welsh-prosody-1775102.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dic-jones-archdruid-of-wales-and-master-poet-in-the-strict-metres-of-welsh-prosody-1775102.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Dic Jones: Archdruid of Wales and master poet in the strict metres of 2009-08-21 The Independent 17 September 2019 18 April – Brynmor John, politician (died 1988)s6-JOHN-THO-1934 John, Brynmor Thomas (1934-1988), Labour politician John Graham Jones 26 May 2019 16 May – Kenneth O. Morgan, historian and academicKenneth. O. Morgan Kenneth O. Morgan: My Histories https://books.google.com/books?id=AeyVDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 11 August 2015 University of Wales Press 978-1-78316-324-3 1 10 May – Cliff Wilson, snooker player (died 1994)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-cliff-wilson-1438835.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-cliff-wilson-1438835.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Cliff Wilson 27 May 1994 Guy Hodgson The Independent 31 January 2019 13 June – Gren (Grenfell Jones), cartoonist (died 2007)https://www.cartoons.ac.uk/cartoonist-biographies/i-j/GrenJones.html Gren Jones British Cartoon Archive University of Kent 31 January 2019 5 July – Philip Madoc, actor (died 2012)https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/mar/05/philip-madoc Philip Madoc obituary 5 March 2012 Michael Coveney The Guardian 31 January 2019 13 July – Dai Ward, footballer (died 1996) 6 August – Billy Boston, rugby league footballer (died 2026) 16 August – Dave Thomas, golfer and architect (died 2013)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/rydercup/10272211/Ryder-Cup-hero-and-greens-guru-Dave-Thomas-dies-at-79.html Ryder Cup hero and greens guru Dave Thomas dies at 79 The Telegraph 28 August 2013 Oliver Brown 22 September 2020 4 September – Clive Granger, econometrician (died 2009)https://www.theguardian.com/education/2009/jun/01/obituary-sir-clive-granger Sir Clive Granger 1 June 2009 Alan Duncan and Robert Taylor The Guardian 15 August 2019 19 August – Ron Jones, athlete (died 2021) 20 September – David Marquand, academic and MPhttps://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-david-marquand/index.html Mr David Marquand Hansard 26 May 2019 1 November – William Mathias, composer (died 1992)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-professor-william-mathias-1536526.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-professor-william-mathias-1536526.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Obituary: Professor William Mathias 31 July 1992 Geraint Lewis The Independent 30 January 2019 6 November – Betty Campbell, née Johnson, Wales's first black head teacher (died 2017)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/betty-rachel-elizabeth-campbell-wales-black-head-teacher-headmistress-mount-stuart-civil-rights-race-a8008541.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/betty-rachel-elizabeth-campbell-wales-black-head-teacher-headmistress-mount-stuart-civil-rights-race-a8008541.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Betty Campbell: Wales’s first black headteacher took civil rights history into classrooms 25 October 2017 Harriet Marsden The Independent 30 January 2019 24 November – Dewi Zephaniah Phillips, philosopher (died 2006)https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/aug/21/guardianobituaries.obituaries Professor Dewi Phillips 21 August 2006 Raimond Gaita The Guardian 26 May 2019 date unknown – Mary Lloyd Jones, painter and printmakerMary Lloyd Jones The Colour of Saying: The Work of Mary Lloyd Jones https://books.google.com/books?id=sRk3AQAAIAAJ 2001 Gomer Press with Aberystwyth Arts Centre 978-1-85902-869-8 14 Deaths 6 January – Dorothy Edwards, novelist, 30 (suicide)s-EDWA-DOR-1903 EDWARDS, DOROTHY (1903-1934), novelist Harold Mostyn Watkins yes 18 October 2018 8 January – Ivor Bowen, judge, 71s-BOWE-IVO-1862 Bowen, Ivor (1862-1934), K.C., county court judge John Lias Cecil Cecil-Williams yes 15 August 2019 23 January – Charles McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway, owner of Bodnant, 83University of Edinburgh Journal https://books.google.com/books?id=gtQXAQAAIAAJ 1934 University of Edinburgh, Graduates' Association 303 2 February – Edward Bevan, Bishop of Swansea and Brecon, 72The Times, Saturday, Feb 03, 1934; pg. 8; Issue 46669; col E Bishop Of Swansea And Brecon Chairman Of The C.E.M.S 4 February – Harry Wetter, Welsh international rugby union player, 52 25 February – Daniel Protheroe, composer and conductor, 67s-PROT-DAN-1866 PROTHEROE, DANIEL (1866-1934), musician Robert David Griffith yes 18 October 2018 28 February – David Davies, textile merchant, 81Who was who https://books.google.com/books?id=CakLAQAAIAAJ 1920 A. & C. Black 335 3 May – Courtenay Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar, 68Percival Tony Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998 1999 Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians Nottingham 21 1-902171-17-9 24 May – William Nathaniel Jones, politician, 76 14 June – George Thomas, Wales international rugby union player, 76/77 30 June – Hugh Evans, author and publisher, 79s-EVAN-HUG-1854 Evans, Hugh (1854-1934), author and publisher William Williams yes 15 August 2019 19 July – Christopher Williams, painter, 61 28 August – Edgeworth David, geologist and explorer, 76Geological Society of America Proceedings https://books.google.com/books?id=TBwcAQAAMAAJ 1943 Geological Society of America 136 11 October – John Kelt Edwards, cartoonist, 59s-EDWA-KEL-1875 Edwards, John Kelt (1875-1934), artist John William Jones yes 15 February 2020 13 November – Sir Vincent Evans, journalist, 81s-EVAN-VIN-1851 Evans, Evan Vincent (1851-1934), eisteddfodwr, and secretary of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion Thomas Jones yes 15 August 2019 4 December – Henry Davies, cricketer, 69 References See also 1934 in Northern Ireland Category:1934 in Europe Category:1934 by country Category:1930s in Wales