1933 in Wales

none July 2020 1933 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1933 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1933 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Archbishop of Wales – Alfred George Edwards, Bishop of St Asaphs-EDWA-GEO-1848 Edwards, Alfred George (1848-1937), first archbishop of Wales Thomas Iorwerth Ellis National Library of Wales 15 October 2021 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 1 March (Saint David's Day) – A flag displaying the red Welsh Dragon flies officially alongside the Union Jack over Caernarfon Castle.T. Meirion Hughes Caernarfon Through the Eye of Time Talybont Y Lolfa 2014 978-1-847-71930-0 The Red Dragon Saga 96–106 28 March - Rhondda East by-election: William Mainwaring retains the seat for Labour against Communist and Liberal opposition.Richard Baxell British Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War: The British Battalion in the International Brigades, 1936–1939 https://books.google.com/books?id=IoZNieR-nPgC&pg=PT37 31 July 2004 Routledge 978-1-134-34576-2 37 18 April - 28 people are injured at Cockett railway station when a locomotive travelling from Swansea to Neyland collides with the rear of the stationary 11.55 am Paddington to Milford Haven train.http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=1645 Report on the Accident at Cockett on 18th April 1933 Railways Archive 29 April 2019 June/July – Seven men and four women receive custodial sentences after a riot at Bedwas over strikebreaking. 22 July – Amy Johnson and Jim Mollison take off from Pendine on the first non-stop aeroplane flight from Great Britain to the United States.Carl B. Allen Lauren Dwight Lyman The Wonder Book of the Air https://books.google.com/books?id=KJENAQAAIAAJ 1941 John C. Winston Company 333 Ronald Lockley establishes the first British bird observatory on Skokholm.British Wildlife https://books.google.com/books?id=SD8iAQAAMAAJ 1999 British Wildlife Pub. Arts and literature April–May – Dylan Thomas's poem And death shall have no dominion is written and published.In New English Weekly. Paul Ferris Paul Ferris (Welsh writer) Dylan Thomas: A Biography New York Paragon House 1989 1-55778-215-6 83 June - The first Gregynog Music Festival, Wales' oldest extant classical music festival, is organised by the sisters Margaret and Gwendoline Davies (granddaughters of Victorian industrialist David Davies) at their home, Gregynog Hall in Tregynon, Montgomeryshire. Percy Cudlipp becomes editor of the Evening Standard – the youngest ever editor of a British national newspaper. Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Wrexham) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Edgar PhillipsNational Library of Wales Annual Report https://books.google.com/books?id=OdJFAQAAIAAJ 1981 45 National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Simon B. Joneshttps://www.peoplescollection.wales/content/national-eisteddfods-competitions-1933-and-2011 The National Eisteddfod's Competitions 1933 and 2011 People's Collection Wales 18 October 2018 New books English language D. J. Davies – The Economic History of South Wales A. H. Dodd – The Industrial Revolution in North Wales Caradoc Evans – WaspsLibrary of Congress. Copyright Office Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series: 1933 https://books.google.com/books?id=cqIhAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1083 1934 Library of Congress 1083 Margiad Evans – The Wooden DoctorKirsti Bohata Katie Gramich Rediscovering Margiad Evans: Marginality, Gender and Illness https://books.google.com/books?id=6VyuBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT43 15 February 2013 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-2689-3 43 Lily Tobias - Eunice Fleet Welsh language John Bodvan Anwyl - Fy hanes i fy hunanhttps://biography.wales/article/s2-ANWY-BOD-1875 Anwyl, John Bodvan (1875–1940), minister (Congl.), lexicographer, and author Thomas Herbert Parry-Williams Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 8 November 2019 Gwilym Owen – Rhyfeddodau'r Creadhttps://biography.wales/article/s1-OWEN-GWI-1880 Owen, Gwilym (1880–1940), physicist Edwin Augustine Owen Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 8 November 2019 Isaac Morris – Proffwydi'r Wythfed Ganrif Cyn CristBibliotheca Celtica https://books.google.com/books?id=w_04AQAAIAAJ 1939 The Library 17 Music Ieuan Rees-Davies – Transposition at the keyboard (manual)https://biography.wales/article/s2-REES-IEU-1894 REES-DAVIES, IEUAN (1894–1967), musician and author Rhidian Griffiths Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 18 June 2018 Film Ivor Novello stars in I Lived with You, Sleeping Car, and Autumn Crocus.http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28373 https://web.archive.org/web/20071129012252/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28373 dead 2007-11-29 Autumn Crocus BFI Broadcasting 28 May – The BBC begins broadcasting the Welsh Regional Programme to South Wales from the Washford transmitter 17 July – The BBC begins broadcasting the National Programme to South Wales from the Washford transmitter The first broadcast is made from the Urdd Eisteddfod. Sport Rugby union, although collecting the 'wooden spoon' in the Home Nations Championship, Wales beat England at Twickenham for the very first time, after ten previous attempts. Births 2 January – Keith Thomas, early modern historian and academic 7 February – Stuart Burrows, opera singer 21 March – Michael Heseltine, politician 3 April – Alan Watkins, political journalist (d. 2010)https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/may/09/alan-watkins-obituary Alan Watkins obituary 9 May 2010 Michael White The Guardian 9 August 2019 22 April – Anthony Llewellyn, Welsh-American scientist (d. 2013) 14 May – Siân Phillips, actress 20 June Dai Dower, British, European and Empire flyweight boxing champion Dorothy Simpson, detective fiction writer 30 June – John Faull, Wales international and British Lions rugby player 17 August – Jack Hurrell, Wales international rugby union player (d. 2003)Former Internationals Pass Away http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/news/9596.php#.VokZGF69TIU 3 January 2016 wru.co.uk 25 June 2003 1 September – Bedwyr Lewis Jones, writer and scholar (d. 1992)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-professor-bedwyr-lewis-jones-1548641.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-professor-bedwyr-lewis-jones-1548641.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Obituary: Professor Bedwyr Lewis Jones D. 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Ben Rees The Independent 9 August 2019 1 September 1992 12 September – Len Allchurch, footballer (d. 2016) 24 September – Terry Davies, Wales rugby captain and British Lion (d. 2021) 25 September – David Parry-Jones, rugby commentator (d. 2017)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/05/15/david-parry-jones-great-welsh-broadcaster-obituary/ David Parry-Jones, great Welsh broadcaster – obituary 15 May 2017 The Telegraph 9 August 2019 12 November – Jeffrey Thomas, politician (d. 1989) 17 November – Alan Harrington, footballer (d. 2019) 28 November – Noel Trigg, light heavyweight boxer 31 December – Glyn Davidge, Wales international and British Lions rugby player Deaths 8 January – Sir John Ballinger, librarian, 72Cylchgrawn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru: The National Library of Wales Journal https://books.google.com/books?id=yWMaAAAAMAAJ 1940 Council of the National Library of Wales 25 14 January – Sir Robert Jones, orthopaedic surgeon (baronet), 75 18 January – John Thomas, chemist (ICI), 46https://biography.wales/article/s-THOM-JOH-1886 THOMAS, JOHN (1886–1933), chemist Thomas Campbell James Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 18 June 2018 2 February – Sir James Cory, 1st Baronet, politician, 76https://biography.wales/article/s-CORY-SON-1850 Sir JAMES HERBERT CORY (1857–1933), 1st baronet Watkin William Price Welsh Biography Online National Library of Wales 18 October 2018 15 February – Jere Blake, Wales international rugby player, 47/48http://www.cardiffrfc.com/Teams/Player?personid=100794 John Blake Cardiff RFC 18 June 2018 23 February – David Watts Morgan, Member of Parliament for Rhondda East, 65Michael Stenton Stephen Lees Who's who of British members of parliament: a biographical dictionary of the House of Commons https://books.google.com/books?id=eQcWAQAAIAAJ 1981 Harvester Press 250 4 April – Sir Marteine Lloyd, 2nd Baronet, 82 29 May – Llewelyn Kenrick, footballer, 84 16 July – John Tudor Walters, politician, 64/65 10 August – Alf Morgans, Prime Minister of Western Australia, 83 13 September – David Morgan, Wales international rugby player, 61 20 September – Alfred Cattell, Wales international rugby player, 76 17 October – Sid Bevan, Wales international rugby union player, 56 18 October – Ivor Herbert, 1st Baron Treowen, soldier and politician, 82 10 November – Herbert Lewis, politician, 74 See also 1933 in Northern Ireland References Category:1939 in Europe Category:1930s in Wales