1970 in Wales

none 1970 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1970 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1970 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Secretary of State for Wales – George Thomas (until 20 June); Peter ThomasE. B. Pryde D. E. Greenway S. Porter I. Roy Handbook of British Chronology https://books.google.com/books?id=zcgxEvGAK_kC&pg=PA157 23 February 1996 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-56350-5 157 Archbishop of Wales – Glyn Simon, Bishop of LlandaffWho was who https://books.google.com/books?id=HT4OAQAAMAAJ 1971 A. & C. Black 728 9780312877460 Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – TilsliMeic Stephens The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00meic registration April 1986 Oxford University Press 589 Events 11 January – The last trolleybuses run on the Cardiff trolleybus system, the last such system in Wales.Jim Blake Trolleybus Twilight: Britain's Last Trolleybus Systems https://books.google.com/books?id=gnW7DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA43 30 April 2017 Pen and Sword 978-1-4738-6149-7 43 23 May – The 120-year-old Britannia Bridge built by Robert Stephenson across the Menai Strait is destroyed by fire.Stanley C. Jenkins Martin Loader The London, Midland and Scottish Railway Volume One Chester to Holyhead https://books.google.com/books?id=C1ZpCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT193 15 March 2015 Amberley Publishing Limited 978-1-4456-4416-5 193 2 June – During the construction of the Cleddau Bridge, a cantilever collapses, resulting in the deaths of four workers. It is the last major bridge disaster in the UK.Dennis Kelsall Jan Kelsall The Pembrokeshire Coast Path https://books.google.com/books?id=TKinCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA130 21 March 2016 Cicerone Press Limited 978-1-78362-326-6 128 18 June – In the UK General Election: S. O. Davies, having resigned from the Labour Party, retains his Parliamentary seat of Merthyr Tydfil, standing as an Independent Labour candidate.Robert Waller Byron Criddle The Almanac of British Politics https://books.google.com/books?id=9mC7pEr0R6QC&pg=PA475 1999 Psychology Press 978-0-415-18541-7 475 Gwynfor Evans loses his seat at Carmarthen.Kenneth O. Morgan Rebirth of a Nation: Wales, 1880-1980 https://archive.org/details/rebirthofnationw0000morg registration 1981 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-821736-7 393 Jim Griffiths retires as MP for Llanelli, to be replaced by Denzil Davies.Denis Balsom Martin Burch Political and Electoral Handbook for Wales: 1959-1979 https://books.google.com/books?id=6OgZAAAAMAAJ 1980 Gower Press 978-0-566-00236-6 Nigel Birch retires from the House of Commons, to be created Baron Rhyl. 25 October – Pope Paul VI canonizes the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, who include the priests Philip Evans and John Lloyd, John Jones, David Lewis, John Roberts, and the teacher Richard Gwyn.National Calendar for Wales, Liturgy Office for England and Wales, accessed 31 July 2011 Dr Phil Williams becomes the first Chairman of Plaid Cymru.House of Commons: With Full Results of the Polling and Biographies of Members and Unsuccessful Candidates and a Complete Analysis, Statistical Tables, and a Map of the General Election https://books.google.com/books?id=5WNPAQAAMAAJ October 1974 Times Office 978-0-7230-0124-9 Arts and literature Robert Plant and Jimmy Page retreat to Bron-Yr-Aur to write songs for Led Zeppelin III.The Golden Age of the Singer-Songwriter, 1970-1973 https://books.google.com/books?id=M5Dh_Owq0agC&pg=RA1-PA114 2012 ABC-CLIO 978-0-313-37906-2 1 Awards Bernice Rubens wins the Booker Prize for The Elected Member.Jordison Sam Looking back at the Booker: Bernice Rubens https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2007/dec/12/lookingbackatthebookerber The Guardian 12 December 2007 National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Ammanford) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Tomi Evans, "Y Twrch Trwyth"https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair Winners of the Chair National Eisteddfod of Wales 17 November 2019 29 March 2020 13 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210213204407/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair dead National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Bryan Martin Davies, "Darluniau ar Gynfas"https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners Winners of the Crown National Eisteddfod of Wales 17 November 2019 29 March 2020 7 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191107194429/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners dead National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – withheldhttps://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 New books English language Ron Berry – So Long, Hector BebbDaniel G. Williams Wales Unchained: Literature, Politics and Identity in the American Century https://books.google.com/books?id=8euVDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA45 15 April 2015 University of Wales Press 978-1-78316-213-0 45 Tom Earley – The Sad MountainNA NA Writers Directory https://books.google.com/books?id=Hi-xCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA348 5 March 2016 Springer 978-1-349-03650-9 348 Menna Gallie – You're Welcome to Ulster!Kersti Tarien Powell Irish Fiction: An Introduction https://books.google.com/books?id=yvkhJR5OeewC&pg=PA124 8 October 2004 A&C Black 978-0-8264-1596-7 124 Sally Roberts Jones – Turning Away John Ormond – Requiem and Celebration Harri Webb – The Green Desert Welsh language Marion Eames – Y Stafell DdirgelNational Library of Wales Meic Stephens A reader's guide to Wales: a selected bibliography https://books.google.com/books?id=hMnfAAAAMAAJ 1 January 1973 National Book League 97 9780853531678 J. Gwyn Griffiths – Cerddi CairoMeic Stephens The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00meic registration April 1986 Oxford University Press 227 John Robert Jones – Ac Onide R. Williams Parry – Yr Haf a Cherddi Eraill Gwynne Williams – Rhwng Gewyn ac AsgwrnStephen J. Calvert Literary and Library Prizes https://books.google.com/books?id=8LZkAAAAMAAJ 1980 R. R. Bowker Company 978-0-8352-1249-6 515 T. Wilson Evans – Iwan Tudur Music Badfinger – No Dice (featuring the original recording of "Without You") John Cale – Vintage ViolenceNathan Brackett Christian David Hoard The New Rolling Stone Album Guide https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac registration 2004 Simon and Schuster 978-0-7432-0169-8 131 Meic Stevens – Outlander Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets – A Legend Film Stanley Baker stars in The Games. Hugh Griffith appears in Start the Revolution Without Me. Welsh-language films None Broadcasting 6 April – HTV starts broadcasting in colour from the Wenvoe transmitting station and from this day becomes known on air as HTV rather than Harlech Television. Coverage of the Llangollen International Eisteddfod is the first colour programme to be made by BBC Wales. Welsh-language television Fo a Fe makes a star of Ryan Davies, who goes on to make three series of Ryan a Ronnie in Welsh with his partner Ronnie Williams.Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Sessional Papers https://books.google.com/books?id=d0-ZbSnilL4C 1971 H.M. Stationery Office Cadi' Ha (children's programme) Mr. Lolipop, M. A.Mewn Tri Chyfrwng Jones Rhydderch Gomer 1979 0 85088 621 X English-language television Sport Boxing – Eddie Avoth wins the Commonwealth lightweight title.Reference Wales John May University of Wales Press 1994 9780708312346 217 Show Jumping – David Broome wins the individual Show Jumping World Championship.The International Who's Who, 1989-90 Europa Publications 1989 213 Snooker – Ray Reardon wins the World Professional Snooker Championship for the first time.https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/profile-ray-reardon_sto2189453/story.shtml Profile: Ray Reardon 2 March 2010 Eurosport 16 May 2019 David Broome wins BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year.BBC Wales Sport Personality winners https://www.bbc.com/sport/wales/20670643 BBC Sport 29 July 2021 Births 1 January – Brian Law, footballer 7 March – Cameron Toshack, footballer The Who's Who of Cardiff City Dean Hayes Breedon Books 2006 189 Derby 1-85983-462-0 19 March – Tracey Hinton, athlete 2 April – Jason Perry, footballer 15 April – Rebecca John, television presenter 19 May – Stuart Cable, rock musician and television presenter (died 2010)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jun/07/stuart-cable-obituary Stuart Cable obituary The Guardian 7 June 2010 Dave Simpson 25 May – Robert Croft, cricketerhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/19491909 Robert Croft to end record-breaking Glamorgan career 5 September 2012 BBC Sport 5 April 2020 18 June – Lucy Owen, television presenter 22 June – Paul Davies, snooker player 18 July – Gruff Rhys, rock musicianAndy Gregory The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 https://books.google.com/books?id=gZIjT8PgJMEC&pg=PA428 2002 Psychology Press 978-1-85743-161-2 428 27 July (in England) – David Davies, politicianUK: Wales: AMs – David Davies BBC News https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/uk/wales/13013.stm 29 October 2022 12 May 1998 https://web.archive.org/web/20190204184939/http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/uk/wales/13013.stm 4 February 2019 live 30 July – Alun Cairns, politicianhttps://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-9861 Cairns, Rt Hon. Alun (Hugh) UK Who's Who 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U9861 978-0-19-954088-4 5 April 2020 9 August – Lee Jones, football goalkeeper 19 August – Me One (Eric Martin), singer-songwriter and rapper 26 September – Kevin Lloyd, footballer October – Helen Stokes-Lampard, chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners 11 October (in England) – Andy Marriott, goalkeeper 14 November – Derwyn Jones, rugby union player 27 November – Stephen Evans, actor and comedy writer 29 December – Aled Jones, singer and radio presenterAled Jones Aled Jones - My Story https://books.google.com/books?id=2zetDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT8 17 October 2013 John Blake 978-1-78219-821-5 8 31 December – Louise Rickard, rugby union player Deaths 3 January – Trefor Morgan, financier, 55s2-MORG-RIC-1914 Morgan, Trefor Richard (1914-1970), company director Gwyneth Morgan 2001 13 June 2024 4 January – David John Williams (D. J. Williams), author and Plaid Cymru politician, 84s2-WILL-JOH-1885 Williams, David John (1885-1970), writer Hywel Teifi Edwards Hywel Teifi Edwards National Library of Wales 9 July 2019 9 January – Caleb Rees, teacher and writer, 86s2-REES-CAL-1883 Rees, Caleb (1883-1970), inspector of schools and author Mary Auronwy James 2001 13 June 2024 23 January – Ifan ab Owen Edwards, founder of the Urdd, 74s2-EDWA-OWE-1895 Edwards, Sir Ifan ab Owen (1895-1970), lecturer, founder of Urdd Gobaith Cymru Mary Euronwy James National Library of Wales 9 July 2019 26 January – Albert Evans-Jones (Cynan), poet, 74s2-JONE-EVA-1895 Jones, Sir Cynan (Albert) Evans ('Cynan'; 1895-1970), poet, dramatist and eisteddfodwr Thomas Parry National Library of Wales 9 July 2019 2 February – Bertrand Russell, philosopher, 97Jagdish Mehra Jagdish Mehra Helmut Rechenberg Helmut Rechenberg The Historical Development of Quantum Theory https://books.google.com/books?id=c9ZmLmVFSYQC&pg=PA44 28 December 2000 Springer Science & Business Media 978-0-387-95178-2 44 16 February – Bil Perry, Wales international rugby player, 83 22 February – Roddy Hughes, actor, 78 18 March – Hubert Rhys, cricketer, 72 20 April – Thomas Iorwerth Ellis, academic, 70s2-ELLI-IOR-1899 Ellis, Thomas Iorwerth (1899-1970), educationalist and author Mary Gwendoline Ellis National Library of Wales 9 July 2019 29 April – Bryn Evans, Welsh rugby international, 68 7 May Annie Davies, radio and TV producer, 59Annie Davies s2-DAVI-ANN-1910 National Library of Wales Edwards Owen 27 December 2016 Jack Jones, novelist, 75s2-JONE-JAC-1884 Jones, Jack (1884-1970), author and playwright Keri Edwards 2001 2 June 2022 30 May – John Edward Jones, Plaid Cymru leader, 64s2-JONE-EDW-1905 Jones, John Edward (1905-1970), secretary and organiser of Plaid Cymru, 1930-62 Gwynfor Evans Gwynfor Evans National Library of Wales 9 July 2019 3 June – John Robert Jones, philosophy professor, 58s2-JONE-ROB-1911 Jones, John Robert (1911-1970), philosopher and patriot Mary Beynon Davies National Library of Wales 9 July 2019 4 June – Daniel John Davies, Independent minister and poet, 84Daniel John Davies s2-DAVI-JOH-1885 National Library of Wales Jones Iorwerth 17 January 2017 9 June – Billy Spiller, cricketer and rugby player, 83 18 June – D. Winton Thomas, Hebrew scholar, 69 Emerton J. A. John Emerton The Work of David Winton Thomas as a Hebrew Scholar Vetus Testamentum 41 3 287–303 July 1991 10.1163/156853391X00270 1519069 6 July – Richard Roberts, Archdeacon of St Asaph, 86 10 July – Isaac Griffiths, politician in Canada, 78https://www.gov.mb.ca/hansard/members/mla_bio_deceased.html#G0 MLA Biographies - Deceased Legislative Assembly of Manitoba dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140330155427/http://www.gov.mb.ca/hansard/members/mla_bio_deceased.html 2014-03-30 3 August – Sir Lincoln Evans, trade unionist, 80"Sir Lincoln Evans: trade union leader", The Times, 5 August 1970 4 August Alun Ogwen Williams, teacher and Eisteddfod administrator, 65s2-WILL-OGW-1904 Williams, Alun Ogwen (1904–1970), eisteddfod administrator and supporter 2001 2020-01-13 Morgan Williams, politician in New Zealand Wilson Jim Jim Wilson (librarian) New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 4th First published in 1913 1985 V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer Wellington 154283103 26 August – Thomas Mardy Jones, miner and politician, 91s2-MARD-ISA-1879 Mardy-Jones, Thomas Isaac (1879-1970), economist and politician John Graham Jones National Library of Wales 19 March 2020 10 October – Owen Picton Davies, journalist, 88Owen Picton Davies s2-DAVI-PIC-1882 National Library of Wales Williams Griffith John 1 August 2017 8 November – Huw T. Edwards, trade union leader and politician, 77Ward Paul Huw T Edwards: British Labour and Welsh Socialism 2011 University of Wales Press 9780708323298 9 https://books.google.com/books?id=8HqvBwAAQBAJ&q=Huw+T.+Edwards+labour 21 April 2018 en 17 November – Naunton Wayne, actor, 69 https://the.hitchcock.zone/wiki/The_Times_(18/Nov/1970)_-_Obituary:_Naunton_Wayne Obituary: Naunton Wayne - The Times (18 November 1970) The Alfred Hitchcock Wiki 2015 10 July 2019 See also 1970 in Northern Ireland References Wales Wales Category:1970 in Europe Category:1970s in Wales