1960 in Wales

none 1960 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1960 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1960 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Archbishop of Wales – Edwin Morris, Bishop of MonmouthMorris, Most Rev. (Alfred) Edwin, (8 May 1894–19 Oct. 1971), retired as Archbishop of Wales (1957–67) and Bishop of Monmouth (1945–67) http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U157748 Who Was Who Oxford University Press 2 May 2023 en 1 December 2007 Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales William Morris (outgoing)https://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/1567081#?xywh=-154%2C-882%2C6489%2C6509 1960 National Eisteddfod, Cardiff Peoples Collection Wales 10 November 2024 Trefin (incoming) Events 1 January – Portmeirion Pottery is established when Susan Williams-Ellis and her husband Euan Cooper-Willis (managers of the gift shop at her father's village of Portmeirion) take over Gray's Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent (England).Will Farmer Rob Higgins Portmeirion https://books.google.com/books?id=8QvDCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA17 20 July 2012 Bloomsbury Publishing 978-0-7478-1126-8 17 5 January – Closure of the Swansea and Mumbles Railway (opened to passengers in 1807 and by this date operated by double-deck electric trams).Penguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 0-14-102715-0 2006 The service is replaced by buses operated by its owner South Wales Transport. 28 June – Forty-five miners are killed in an accident at Six Bells Colliery, Monmouthshire.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/28/newsid_2520000/2520665.stm Welsh pit blast kills miners BBC On This Day 2013-03-05 28 June 1960 https://web.archive.org/web/20080307131924/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/28/newsid_2520000/2520665.stm 7 March 2008 live 6 August – At Llandaff Cathedral a service of thanksgiving attended by Queen Elizabeth II is held to mark the end of eleven years' restoration work following air raid damage in 1941.Cathedral's New Vistas: Llandaff Restoration Work Completed The Times London 1960-08-05 10 54842 5 September – Poet and peace campaigner Waldo Williams is sentenced at Haverfordwest to imprisonment for six weeks for non-payment of income tax (a protest against defence spending).Welsh Nationalist Sent to Prison The Times London 1960-09-06 6 54869 3 November – Esso opens the first oil refinery at Milford Haven.Duke To Open Milford Haven Oil Refinery Today The Times London 1960-11-03 7 54919 Arts and literature 29 September – Ricky Valance is the first male Welsh singer to hit number one in the charts, with his cover version of Tell Laura I Love Her. Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Cardiff) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – withheld National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – W. J. Gruffydd, "Unigedd"https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners Crown Winners National Eisteddfod of Wales 22 December 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 – Rhiannon Davies Jones, Fe Hen Lyfr Cownthttps://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-prose-medal Winners of the Prose Medal National Eisteddfod of Wales 22 December 2020 7 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191107194428/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-prose-medal dead New books Glyn M. Ashton – Tipyn o AnnwydMeic Stephens The New Companion to the Literature of Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=WoMYAAAAIAAJ 1998 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1383-1 25 Thomas Glynne Davies – Haf Creulon Menna Gallie – Man's Desiring Dic Jones – Agor Grwn Kate Roberts – Y Lôn WenKatie Gramich Kate Roberts https://books.google.com/books?id=vE2uBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA90 15 February 2011 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-2339-7 90 Bernice Rubens – Set on Edge Raymond Williams – Border Country New drama Saunders Lewis – Esther Music Alun Hoddinott – Concerto no. 2 Arwel Hughes – Serch yw’r Doctor (opera) Albums Osian Ellis – Handel (with the Philomusica of London conducted by Granville Jones Treorchy Male Choir – Nidaroshttps://treorchymalechoir.com/index.php/performances-home/discography-home/most-recorded-choir Most Recorded Choir Treorchy Male Choir 18 September 2020 4 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210804014607/http://www.treorchymalechoir.com/index.php/performances-home/discography-home/most-recorded-choir dead Die Zauberflöte (featuring Geraint Evans)https://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/ALSIEVAN.HTM#37 Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in German operadis-opera-discography 18 September 2020 Film Glynis Johns stars in The Sundowners. Rachel Roberts stars in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, becoming the first Welsh actress to win a BAFTA for Best British Actress. Keith Baxter appears alongside Orson Welles in Chimes at Midnight. Broadcasting September – The Wales Television Association is formed.Johnson, Catherine Turnock, Rob Itv Cultures: Independent Television Over Fifty Years: Independent Television Over Fifty Years https://books.google.com/books?id=vbLlAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA96 1 September 2005 McGraw-Hill Education (UK) 978-0-335-21729-8 96 On 6 June, the franchise is awarded to the Wales Television Association. Welsh-language television Colegau Cerddhttps://rhaglenni.televault.rocks/tag/colegau-cerdd Television in the Land of Song TWW 10 November 2024 Her Yr Ifanc English-language television 1 January – Broadcast of the first weekly episode of an eight-part serialization by BBC Wales of How Green Was My Valley. Johnny Morris narrates the imported children's TV series Tales of the Riverbank. Sport Boxing – Dick Richardson wins the European Heavyweight title. Brian Curvis wins the British and Commonwealth welterweight titles. Summer Olympics – David Broome wins a bronze medal on Sunsalve in the individual show jumping event. Tennis – Mike Davies wins the British hard court title.Academi Gymreig The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=-ZEUAQAAIAAJ 2008 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1953-6 858 He also becomes the first Welsh man to reach a Wimbledon final where he partners Bobby Wilson in the Men's Doubles. BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Brian CurvisBBC Wales Sport Personality winners https://www.bbc.com/sport/wales/20670643 BBC Sport 29 July 2021 Births January – Anne Boden, banking executivehttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/business/anne-boden-starling-ceo-went-banker-fintech-entrepreneur-midlife/ Anne Boden, Starling CEO, on how she went from banker to fintech entrepreneur in midlife Driscoll Margarette 2019-10-08 The Telegraph 2020-01-26 en-GB 0307-1235 16 January – Alun Huw Davies, vascular surgeonhttps://www.imperial.nhs.uk/consultant-directory/alun-davies Professor Alun Davies Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust 24 November 2019 30 January – Peter Black AM, politician (in Wirral) 6 February – Jeremy Bowen, journalist and television presenterhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/breakfast/presenters/1785231.stm Jeremy Bowen BBC News 13 May 2020 14 February – Dawn Bowden, politician'BOWDEN, Dawn', 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 30 Sept 2017 15 February – Russell Coughlin, footballer (d. 2016)https://funeral-notices.co.uk/Wales-South+Wales-Swansea/death-notices/notice/coughlin/4407967 COUGHLIN Russell James Funeral Notices 13 May 2020 18 February – Rhys Parry Jones, actor 26 February – Roger Lewis, academic, biographer and journalist 30 April – Martin Phillips, darts playerhttps://dartsnews.com/bdo/back-in-the-day-with-martin-phillips-for-years-a-fixture-at-the-lakeside-and-one-time-major-winner BACK IN THE DAY WITH: Martin Phillips: for years a fixture at the Lakeside and one-time major winner 31 October 2023 Kieran Wood Darts News 25 January 2025 3 May – Geraint Davies, politicianDod's Parliamentary Companion https://books.google.com/books?id=KbiIAAAAMAAJ 2004 Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited 978-0-905702-51-3 142 4 May – Elfyn Edwards, golfer 8 May – Peter Lawlor, cricketerhttps://www.cricketmuseum.wales/where-are-they-now-peter-lawlor/ Where are they now? Peter Lawlor 21 July 2022 David Battersby Museum of Welsh Cricket 25 January 2025 9 May – Jillian Lane, spiritual medium (d. 2013)Obituary: Jillian Lane Telegraph.co.uk https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10389852/Jillian-Lane.html 18 October 2013 13 June – Sir Clive Buckland Lewis, judgehttps://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-245502/version/7 Lewis, Hon. Sir Clive (Buckland) Who's Who 19 August 2020 19 June – Andrew Dilnot, economist, statistician and academicPeople of Today Debrett's Peerage Limited 2006 446 23 June – Ricky Evans, rugby union player 29 June – Helen Mary Jones, politician (in Colchester) 13 July – Ian Hislop, satiristhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/people/ian_hislop_person_page.shtml Ian Hislop BBC 13 May 2020 24 July – Gwilym Emyr Owen III, US-born singer-songwriter of Welsh descent 1 August – Lesley Griffiths, politician 18 September Carolyn Harris, politician Carolyn Harris MP http://myparliament.info/Member/4480 myparliament.info MyParliament 11 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170811145701/http://myparliament.info/Member/4480 11 August 2017 usurped Ian Lucas, politicianDod's Parliamentary Companion https://books.google.com/books?id=K7pDAQAAIAAJ 2010 Dod's Parliamentary Companion Limited 978-0-905702-89-6 242 29 October – Sue Jones, Dean of Liverpoolhttps://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-254739 Jones, Very Rev. Dr Susan Helen Who's Who 2018 Oxford University Press 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.254739 1 December 2017 12 December – Kelvin Smart, flyweight boxer 24 December – Carol Vorderman, television personality (in Bedford)Pedigree Books, Limited Yours Year Book 2008 https://books.google.com/books?id=gIMBXv0rGREC September 2007 Pedigree Books, Limited 978-1-905302-66-6 163 date unknown Nigel Davies, chess player Lisa Francis, politician Gareth Jones, orchestral and choral conductor Malcolm Pryce, novelist (in Shrewsbury)https://welshwriters.co.uk/malcolm-pryce/ Malcolm Pryce Writers of Wales 10 November 2024 William Owen Roberts, novelist and dramatistWilliam Owen Roberts Petrograd https://books.google.com/books?id=AXDpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT5 1 November 2015 Parthian Books 978-1-910409-96-1 5 Deaths 150px|thumb|Margaret Lindsay Williams, died 4 June 150px|thumb|Aneurin Bevan, died 6 July 2 January – Leila Megàne, opera singer, c. 69Obituary, The Times, Monday, 4 January 1960 13 January – Reginald Herbert, 15th Earl of Pembroke, 79The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine https://books.google.com/books?id=lYhnAAAAMAAJ 1963 Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society 230 17 January – E. Llwyd Williams, minister and poet, 53https://biography.wales/article/s2-WILL-LLW-1906 Williams, Ernest Llwyd (1899-1960), pianist, composer and producer of light programmes on radio Benjamin George Owens Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 30 June 2019 19 January – Charles Jones, Wales rugby international, 66http://en.espn.co.uk/wales/rugby/player/2599.html Charles Jones ESPN Scrum 9 June 2019 27 January – Joseph "Joe" Jones, dual-code rugby international, 60 25 February – Sir Edward Enoch Jenkins, judge, 65The Law Journal https://books.google.com/books?id=BuYKAQAAMAAJ 1960 Law Journal 178 30 March – Edward Evans, politician and disability campaigner, 77Mr. Edward Evans Welfare Of The Deaf And Blind 31 March 1960 The Times 14 LondonStenton Michael Lees Stephens Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume IV, 1945–1979 1981 The Harvester Press Brighton 0-85527-335-6 111 11 April – William Llewellyn Morgan, Wales international rugby union player, 76 7 May – Mai Jones, songwriter, 61https://biography.wales/article/s2-JONE-MAI-1899 Jones, Gladys May, 'Mai' (1906-1960), minister (B), poet and writer Huw Williams Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 30 June 2019 23 May – John Edwards, politician, 77https://biography.wales/article/s2-EDWA-JOH-1882 Edwards, John (1882-1960), politician and barrister Evan David Jones Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 19 August 2020 4 June – Margaret Lindsay Williams, artist, 71 19 June – Thomas Alwyn Lloyd, architect, 78https://biography.wales/article/s2-LLOY-ALW-1881 Lloyd, Thomas Alwyn (1881-1960), architect and town planner Evan David Jones Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 30 June 2019 27 June – Harry Pollitt, politician, 69Kevin Morgan Pollitt, Harry (1890–1960) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography H. C. G. Matthew Colin Matthew Brian Harrison Brian Harrison (historian) Lawrence Goldman Lawrence Goldman Oxford OUP 2004 Online January 2011 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/35560 2012-01-12 30 June – John Morgan Lloyd, musician and composer, 79https://biography.wales/article/s2-LLOY-MOR-1880 John Morgan Lloyd Huw Williams Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 2 May 2016 6 July – Aneurin Bevan, politician, 62https://biography.wales/article/s2-BEVA-ANE-1897 Bevan, Aneurin (1897-1960), politician and one of the founders of the Welfare State John Graham Jones Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 30 June 2019 9 July – John Dyke, Wales international rugby union player, 76 24 August – Dai Edwards, Wales dual-code rugby international, 64Dai Edwardsrugby union player profile Scrum.com 25 August – Tommy Jones-Davies, Wales international rugby player, 54 30 August – "Taffy" Jones, First World War flying ace, 64 http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36786 Ira (Taffy) Jones, 65, Famed War Flier, Dies The Bridgeport Post Bridgeport, Connecticut 30 August 1960 29 15 April 2015 31 August – Edith Picton-Turbervill, social reformer, writer and politician, 88Turbervill, Edith Picton- (1872–1960), social reformer 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-45465 en 10.1093/ref:odnb/45465 Pedersen Susan Susan Pedersen (historian) 3 September – Frank Hawkins, rugby international, 75 27 September – George Morgan Trefgarne, 1st Baron Trefgarne, politician, 66https://biography.wales/article/s2-TREF-MOR-1894 Morgan, George, 1st Baron Trefgarne of Cleddau (1894-1960), barrister-at-law and politician Mary Auronwy James Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 30 June 2019 29 October – Horace Williams, footballer, c. 60 19 December Billy Bowen, dual-code rugby player, 63http://www.swansearfc.co.uk/Teams/Player?personid=101196 Statistics at swansearfc.co.uk swansearfc.co.uk 31 December 2017 1 January 2018 Helen Parry Eden, Welsh-descended poet, 75Who was who: A Companion to Who's Who, Containing the Biographies of Those who Died During the Period ... https://books.google.com/books?id=4HwKAQAAIAAJ 1961 A. & C. Black 336 20 December – Harry Uzzell, Wales international rugby union captain, 77 22 December – Evan Davies, politician, 85Stenton Michael Lees Stephen Who's Who of British Members of Parliament III 1979 Harvester Press Brighton 0855273259 90 See also 1960 in Northern Ireland References Wales