1953 in Wales

none 1953 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1953 to Wales and its people. Incumbents Archbishop of Wales – John Morgan, Bishop of Llandaff Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales Cynan (outgoing) Dyfnallt (incoming) Events right|thumb|150px|The Royal Badge of Wales with its 1953 augmentation of honour 7 March – A "Saint David's Day" pageant is held by the London Welsh Association in the streets of London. 11 March – The Royal Badge of Wales is granted an augmentation of honour including the motto Y Ddraig goch ddyry cychwyn ("The red dragon inspires action").Flags of the World https://archive.org/details/flagsofworld00carr registration H. Gresham Carr Warne London 1961 66 1 June – In the Queen's Coronation Honours List, Victoria Cross recipient Ted Chapman is awarded the British Empire Medal.The London Gazette https://books.google.com/books?id=zKUviGiCi0gC 1953 H.M. Stationery Office 2978 9 July – Elizabeth II makes her first visit to Wales since her 2 June Coronation. 10 July – The royal tour of Wales concludes with a ceremony at Caernarfon Castle and visits to the National Eisteddfod site at Rhyl, Wrexham and the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod.The Times London 1953-07-11 6 52671 The Queen At Eisteddfod: Visit To Wales Concluded, Caernarvon Castle Ceremony 2 December – Llandudno experiences unusually warm weather as a result of the "foehn effect". date unknown The Royal College of General Practitioners is established in Wales. Goronwy Rees becomes Principal of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.Goronwy Rees Goronwy Rees: Sketches in Autobiography https://books.google.com/books?id=HTVbAAAAMAAJ 2001 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1676-4 xvi Grismond Picton Philipps is knighted.The London Gazette https://books.google.com/books?id=zyNE5EmXecAC 1953 H.M. Stationery Office 3677 Arts and literature July 6 – Dorothy Squires marries Roger Moore in the United States.Everett Aaker Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary https://books.google.com/books?id=yXAkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA2001 16 May 2017 McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers 978-1-4766-2856-1 308 date unknown Thomas Parry (later Sir Thomas) becomes head of the National Library of Wales. Waldo Williams leaves the Baptist denomination and becomes a Quaker.James Nicholas Waldo Williams https://books.google.com/books?id=XVc8AAAAIAAJ 1975 University of Wales Press; the Welsh Arts Council 65 9780708305850 Robert Frank photographs a Glamorgan mining village for U.S.Camera. Susan Williams-Ellis joins her father, Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, in his work on the village of Portmeirion. Awards Emyr Humphreys wins the Somerset Maugham Prize for Hear and Forgive.Wilson library bulletin https://books.google.com/books?id=8JFTAAAAIAAJ 1952 60 Kunitz Stanley Loizeaux Marie Duvernoy National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Rhyl) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – E. Llwyd Williams, "Y Ffordd"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 – Dilys Cadwaladr, "Y Llen"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 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 Jack Jones – Time and the BusinessKeri Edwards Welsh Arts Council Jack Jones https://books.google.com/books?id=1zc8AAAAIAAJ 1974 University of Wales Press [for] the Welsh Arts Council 64 9780708305522 Bertrand Russell – Satan in the Suburbs and Other Stories Welsh language Islwyn Ffowc Elis Cysgod y CrymanProceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium https://books.google.com/books?id=W1ApAQAAIAAJ 1998 Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University 439 9780674023840 Ffenestri Tua'r GwyllBwletin Y Bwrdd Gwybodau Celtaidd https://books.google.com/books?id=hylKAAAAYAAJ 1987 University of Wales Press 56 David John Williams – Hen dŷ ffarmEurwyn Wiliam The Historical Farm Buildings of Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=sR5PAAAAYAAJ 1986 John Donald Publishers 978-0-85976-136-9 184 Music 8 June – Geraint Evans appears in the première of Benjamin Britten's Gloriana. Film Rachel Thomas and Clifford Evans co-star in Valley of Song. Richard Burton stars in The Robe. Rachel Roberts stars in The Limping Man. Broadcasting 6 January – The Broadcasting Council for Wales meets for the first time.British Broadcasting Corporation Annual Report and Accounts https://books.google.com/books?id=tjVa8GzgFjwC 1954 January – Edward Williamson, Bishop of Swansea and Brecon, broadcasts a lecture on Henry Vaughan on BBC radio. 9 December – In the UK Parliament, the Postmaster General, Earl De La Warr, confirms that none of the first independent television stations will be located in Wales.Jamie Medhurst A History of Independent Television in Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=YXyvBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA25 1 June 2010 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-2308-3 25– Welsh-language television 1 March – First broadcast of a television programme entirely in Welsh: a religious service from the Tabernacle Baptist Chapel, Cardiff. Teledu i Blant (children's programme) Telewele (children's programme) English-language television The National Eisteddfod of Wales is broadcast on BBC television, with English commentary by Hywel Davies.Radio Times https://books.google.com/books?id=EN9RAQAAMAAJ 1953 G. Newnes 24 Sport Archery – The North Wales Archery Society is founded.The British Archer https://books.google.com/books?id=huiBVPMpWV8C 1957 241 Rugby – In December, Wales defeat New Zealand 13-8 at Cardiff Arms Park. Births 10 February – Jeffrey John, Dean of St Albanshttps://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-6000022 John, Very Rev. Jeffrey Philip Hywel UK Who's Who 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U6000022 978-0-19-954088-4 7 November 2019 15 March - Alan Couch, footballer 11 April – Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM, politician 12 April – Huw Edwards, Labour politician, MP for Monmouth 1991–1992 and 1997–2005 26 April – Andy Secombe, voice actor and fantasy novelist 7 July – Eleri Rees, judge'REES, Eleri Mair', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 11 Oct 2017 11 July – Nigel Rees, footballer 20 July – Dave Evans, singer 10 August – Gillian Elisa, actress, singer and comedian 2 September – Keith Allen, comedian and actor 28 October – Phil Dwyer, footballer 16 November – Griff Rhys Jones, actor, comedian and television presenterDavid Housham John Frank-Keyes Tiger Television Funny business https://books.google.com/books?id=-47-IdcrRsUC 30 November 1992 Boxtree 978-1-85283-792-1 170 Shani Rhys James, Australian-born painter Hywel Williams, Plaid Cymru politician, MP for Caernarfon, later Arfon 2001– Deaths 10 January – Howell Elvet Lewis ("Elved"), poet and Archdruid, 92National Library of Wales Annual Report Presented by the Council to the Court of Governors https://books.google.com/books?id=gi0jAQAAIAAJ 1951 National Library of Wales 12 7 March – Jack Williams, Victoria Cross recipient, 66 20 March – Fred Parfitt, Wales international rugby player, 83 24 March – Mary of Teck, Princess of Wales 1910–1936, queen consort of the United Kingdom 1936–1952, 85https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/24/newsid_2785000/2785265.stm 1953: Queen Mary dies peacefully after illness BBC News 29 May 2018 6 April – Idris Davies, poet, 48Idris Davies Dafydd Johnston The complete poems of Idris Davies https://books.google.com/books?id=bY1aAAAAMAAJ 1994 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1272-8 xxix 30 April – Sir David Rocyn-Jones, medical practitioner and President of the WRU, 90Royal Society of Health (Great Britain) Journal: Supplement to V. ... https://books.google.com/books?id=mjErAQAAMAAJ 1953 466 2 May – Thomas Mardy Rees, author, 81/82https://biography.wales/article/s2-REES-MAR-1871 Rees, Thomas Mardy (1871-1953), Independent minister, historian and author Evan David Jones Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 12 March 2019 23 May – Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway, industrialist, horticulturalist and politician, 74Ray Desmond Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers https://books.google.com/books?id=thmPzIltAV8C&pg=PA456 25 February 1994 CRC Press 978-0-85066-843-8 456 5 June – Elizabeth Mary Jones ("Moelona"), novelist, 75s2-JONE-MAR-1877 Jones, Elizabeth Mary ('Moelona'; 1877-1953), teacher and novelist David Jenkins National Library of Wales 12 March 2019 18 June – Reg Plummer, Wales and British Lion rugby union player, 64 26 August – Rachel Barrett, Welsh editor and suffragette, 7763825 Rachel Barrett Caroline Morrell 9 November – Dylan Thomas, poet, 39 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01s4d2y Dylan Thomas: Death of a Poet BBC Wales 6 November 2008 15 July 2012 11 November – John Glyn Davies, poet and children's writer, 83https://biography.wales/article/s2-DAVI-GLY-1870 Davies, John Glyn (1870-1953), scholar, songwriter and poet Robert Geraint Gruffydd Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 12 March 2019 26 November – Sir Ivor Atkins, organist and choirmaster, 83Atkins, Sir Ivor Algernon (1869–1953) http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30493 Moore Jerrold Northrop Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press May 2008 2009-02-05 27 November – T. F. Powys, Anglo-Welsh writer, 77J. Lawrence Mitchell T. F. Powys: aspects of a life https://books.google.com/books?id=Hy8eAQAAIAAJ 2005 Brynmill Press Ltd 978-0-907839-86-6 163 17 December – David Rees Griffiths, poet, 71 See also 1953 in Northern Ireland References Wales Category:1953 in Europe Category:1950s in Wales