1985 in Wales

none 1985 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1985 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1985 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Secretary of State for Wales – Nicholas Edwardshttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/mar/19/lord-crickhowell-obituary Lord Crickhowell obituary 19 March 2018 The Guardian Stephen Bates 19 March 2020 Archbishop of Wales – Derrick Childs, Bishop of MonmouthDoe Norman A New History of the Church in Wales: Governance and Ministry, Theology and Society 5 March 2020 Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-60320-1 119 https://books.google.com/books?id=91jSDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA119 en Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Eleryddhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/wj-gruffydd-writer-who-helped-keep-alive-the-welsh-tradition-of-lsquo-country-poets-rsquo-2316933.html WJ Gruffydd: Writer who helped keep alive the Welsh tradition 20 July 2011 The Independent 11 May 2022 Events 3 March – The UK miners' strike (1984–85) formally ends. Among the mines not reopening is Bedwas Navigation Colliery. 16 May – Dean Hancock and Russell Shankland are convicted of murder at Cardiff Crown Court and jailed for life. The previous November, at the height of the miners' strike, they had caused the death of a taxi driver by dropping a concrete block onto his car as it passed under a bridge. 29 June – The A55 Colwyn Bay bypass is completed. 4 July – At the Brecon and Radnor by-election (caused by the death of sitting Conservative MP Tom Ellis Hooson) local farmer Richard Livsey takes the seat for the Liberals. 25 July – Clwydian Range AONB is designated.Other Notices The Gazette https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/L-59704-1305155 2023-10-30 www.thegazette.co.ukManagement Plan 2014 - 2019 https://www.clwydianrangeanddeevalleyaonb.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/979717185-Clwydian-Range-and-Dee-Valley-AONB-Mgt-Plan-2016.pdf 30 October 2023 clwydianrangeanddeevalleyaonb.org.uk 3 20 December – Swansea City A.F.C., struggling in the English Third Division just three years after being in the First, are issued with a winding-up order in the High Court and are at risk of closure and being forced out of the Football League.https://www.theguardian.com/football/that-1980s-sports-blog/2018/may/12/swansea-city-relegated-four-divisions When Swansea City were relegated through all four divisions in four years 12 May 2018 Steven Pye The Guardian 22 November 2018 exact date unknown Terry Matthews sells his stake in Mitel to British Telecom.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/the-secret-billionaire-708372.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/the-secret-billionaire-708372.html 2022-05-01 subscription live The secret billionaire 26 July 2000 The Independent 22 November 2018 "Cefn" is founded to campaign for the civil rights of Welsh speakers. The Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies is founded at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Seventeen women are prosecuted on conspiracy charges after the occupation of a nuclear bunker near Carmarthen.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/4404340.stm Town's forgotten nuclear bunker 14 December 2005 Nick Parry BBC News 22 November 2018 Arts and literature Robat Powell becomes the first Welsh learner to win the Chair at the National Eisteddfod (see below).https://parallel.cymru/robat-powell-sut-mae-dysgu-iaith/?lang=cy Chaired Bard Robat Powell: How can one learn a language? Parallel.cymru 24 July 2018 22 November 2018 Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Rhyl) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Robat Powell National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - John Roderick Rees National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Margaret Dafydd New books English language Alice Thomas Ellis – Unexplained Laughter Lady Olwen Carey Evans – Lloyd George Was My FatherLady Olwen Carey Evans Mary Garner Lloyd George was My Father: The Autobiography of Lady Olwen Carey Evans https://books.google.com/books?id=c6SfAAAAMAAJ 1 January 1985 Gomer Press 978-0-86383-112-6 David Hughes – The Pork Butcher Christopher Meredith – This Robert Minhinnick – The Dinosaur Park John Powell Ward – The Clearing Ivor Wilks – South Wales and the Rising of 1839 Welsh language Geraint Bowen – Cerddi Bryan Martin Davies – Lleoedd Glanmor Williams Harri Tudur a Chymru Grym Tafodau Tân Eluned Phillips – Cerddi Glyn-y-Mêl Music Downtown Julie Brown makes her debut on Club MTV. "Dwylo Dros y Môr", performed by various artists, is the Welsh charity song released in coordination with Band Aid. Albums Aled Jones – Aled Jones With The BBC Welsh Chorus Living Legends – Better Dead Than Wed Eirlys Parri – Yforyhttps://newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/22211 Y gantores Eirlys Parri wedi marw yn 74 oed 30 June 2024 cy Newyddion S4C 4 July 2024 Film Jonathan Pryce stars in Brazil. Richard Marquand directs Jagged Edge. Welsh-language films None Broadcasting Welsh-language television Helfa Drysorhttp://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Helfa_Drysor Helfa Drysor UKGameshows 24 May 2019 Sam Tân (Fireman Sam)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-41762714 Fireman Sam at 30: Prince George's favourite cartoon celebrates 17 November 2017 Peter Shuttleworth BBC 8 October 2019 English-language television 10 September – ITV broadcasts the Wales vs Scotland World Cup qualifying match live from Ninian Park in Cardiff.http://homepage.ntlworld.com/carousel/ITV/WorldCup86.html World Cup 1986 13 October 2012 Internationals on ITV 1984-present ITV Football 1968–83 18 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084930/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/carousel/ITV/WorldCup86.html 4 March 2016 Scotland manager Jock Stein collapses and dies in the stadium's first aid room.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19850911&id=28BAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=26UMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3449,2305756 Manager Stein dies at match The Herald Herald & Times Group 11 September 1985 21 April 2012 Andrew McCallum Jim Reynolds The Dragon Has Two Tongues, co-presented by Gwyn Alf Williams and Wynford Vaughan-Thomashttps://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/blogger-threatened-143k-bill-uploads-14075057 Blogger threatened with £143k bill if he uploads iconic Welsh history TV series to YouTube WalesOnline 24 December 2017 Martin Shipton 13 March 2021 Sport BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Steve JonesBBC Wales Sport Personality winners BBC Sport 10 December 2012 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/20670643 2 August 2021 Horse racing – Hywel Davies wins the Grand National on "Last Suspect". Births 2 January – Mark Evans, musical theatre actor, singer, dancer and choreographer 9 January – Elen Evans, rugby player https://www.eurosport.co.uk/rugby/elen-evans_prs398022/person.shtml Elen Evans Eurosport 25 February 2019 3 March – David Davies, swimmer http://www.britishswimming.org/vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0,8510,5157-182664-199882-43102-270645-custom-item,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080926020858/http://www.britishswimming.org/vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0,8510,5157-182664-199882-43102-270645-custom-item,00.html dead 26 September 2008 David Davies British Swimming (archived) 16 December 2019 8 April – Gareth Rees, cricketerhttps://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/gareth-rees-19540 Gareth Rees profile ESPN 24 July 2024 13 May Iwan Rheon, screen actor Danny Thomas, footballer 31 May – Laura Daniels, lawn bowlerLawn Bowls Athlete Profile: Laura DANIELS - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games https://results.gc2018.com/en/lawn-bowls/athlete-profile-n6028284-laura-daniels.htm results.gc2018.com 9 March 2021 16 June – Craig Morgan, footballer 17 July – Tom Cullen, actor 30 August – Richard Duffy, international footballer and manager 12038 Richard Duffy 11 September – Daniel Parslow, footballer 19 September – Alun Wyn Jones, international rugby union captainhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/raiseyourgame/sites/inspiration/heroes/pages/alun_wyn_jones.shtml Alun Wyn Jones, rugby player BBC Wales 16 December 2019 24 September – Kimberley Nixon, actress 10 October – Marina Lambrini Diamandis, singer 14 December – Alex Pennie, musician 15 November – Simon Spender, footballer 25 December Leon Pisani, pop singer Perdita Weeks, actress 28 December – Nicola Davies, footballer 61862 Nicola Davies date unknown – Claire Jones, harpisthttps://www.greenspringmusic.org/claire-jones Claire Jones Green Spring Music 24 July 2024 Deaths 19 January – Tom Richards, athlete, 74 26 January – David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech, 66 (car accident)Lord Harlech killed in crash Shropshire Star 26 January 1985 1 9 March – John Tudor Jones, journalist, poet, critic, broadcaster, and translator, 81 29 March – Rae Jenkins, violinist and conductorRae Jenkins FRAM, MBE: the life story of Welsh conductor and musician 1903 to 1985 Jayne Marilyn Johns-Davies 2006 28 4 April – Kate Roberts, author, 94Morgan, Derec Llwyd (1991), Kate Roberts. Writers of Wales series. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. 0-7083-1115-6. An introduction to her work in English. 21 April – Owen Temple-Morris, barrister and politician, 88Who was Who: A Companion to Who's Who, 1981-1990, A. & C. Black, p. 747 22 April – Sir Thomas Parry, academic, 80https://biography.wales/article/s6-PARR-THO-1904 Parry, Sir Thomas (1904-1985), scholar, Librarian of the National Library of Wales, University Principal, poet Derec Llwyd Morgan Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 17 March 2019 8 May – Tom Hooson, politician, 52 (cancer)https://biography.wales/article/s6-HOOS-ELL-1933 Hooson, Tom Ellis (1933-1985), Conservative politician John Graham Jones Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 17 March 2019 9 June – Clifford Evans, actor, 73 July - Roger Ashton (footballer), footballer, 63 1 September – Saunders Lewis, writer, 91https://biography.wales/article/s10-LEWI-SAU-1893 Lewis, John Saunders (1893-1985), politician, critic and dramatist T. Robin Chapman Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 17 March 2019 14 September – Niel Morgan, cricketer and diplomat, 81 17 September – Laura Ashley, designer, 60 (brain haemorrhage after fall)https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/18/world/laura-ashley-british-designer-is-dead-at-60.html Laura Ashley, British Designer, Is Dead at 60 The New York Times 8 December 2018 Slesin Suzanne 18 September 1985 18 September – Iorwerth Evans, rugby player, 79 28 October Harold Davies, Baron Davies of Leek, politician, 81R. McHenry Daphne Daume J.E. Davis Britannica book of the year: 1986 https://archive.org/details/1986britannicabo00daum registration April 1986 Encyclopaedia Britannica 978-0-85229-437-6 127 Leslie Harris, cricketer, 70 4 November – Hilda Vaughan, novelist, 93 17 December – Gwyn Richards, dual-code rugby player, 79 27 December – Len Richards, footballer, 74 date unknown – Dewi-Prys Thomas, architectRoyal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan: pt. 1. pt. a. The early castles from the Norman Conquest to 1217 https://books.google.com/books?id=ooiJ_BTB42wC 1976 H.M.S.D. 978-0-11-300035-7 x See also 1985 in England 1985 in Northern Ireland 1985 in Scotland References Wales