1949 in Wales

none 1949 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1949 to Wales and its people. Incumbents Archbishop of Wales David Prosser, Bishop of St David's (retired) John Morgan, Bishop of Llandaff (elected)https://biography.wales/article/s2-MORG-JOH-1886 Morgan, John (1886-1957), Archbishop of Wales Mary Gwendoline Ellis Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 29 March 2020 Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Wil Ifan Events Easter - Urdd Gobaith Cymru holds its first "Celtic camp".National Library of Wales Annual Report - National Library of Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=8O0aAAAAMAAJ 1947 16 April - The government decides to establish an Advisory Council for Wales. Corfe Robert Land of the Olympians: papers from the enlightened far north Arena Bury St. Edmunds 2009 9781906791179 95 20 May - Council for Wales and Monmouthshire first meets, with Huw T. Edwards as its first chairman.Great Britain. Council for Wales and Monmouthshire A Memorandum by the Council on Its Activities https://books.google.com/books?id=fQrVAAAAMAAJ 1950 H.M. Stationery Office June - Meteorologist David Brunt is knighted.British Empire list: 38628 y 3 June 1949 2793–2827 12 June - Britain's first all-world Muslim conference is held in Cardiff. 21 September The first comprehensive school in Wales is opened in Holyhead, Anglesey.Jonny Muir The UK's County Tops: Reaching the top of 91 historic counties https://books.google.com/books?id=PBKuAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA99 15 January 2014 Cicerone Press 978-1-84965-963-5 99 A meteorite falls through the roof of the Prince Llewelyn Hotel, Beddgelert.Grady, Monica M Catalogue of Meteorites Reference Book with CD-ROM Cambridge University Press 2000 9780521663038 95 John Morgan is enthroned as Archbishop of Wales. 4 November - Cwmbran is designated as the first New Town in Wales under powers of the New Towns Act 1946.https://www.torfaen.gov.uk/en/PlanningAndDevelopment/Regeneration/Cwmbran-Regeneration/Cwmbran-Regeneration.aspx Cwmbran Regeneration Torfaen County Borough Council 24 March 2019 26 December - The Gwyn Nicholls memorial gates at Cardiff Arms Park are officially opened.https://cardiffrugbymuseum.org/object/key-gwyn-nicholls-memorial-gates-1949 Key - Gwyn Nicholls Memorial Gates 1949 Cardiff Rugby Museum 27 May 2019 date unknown Closure of the granite quarry at Llanbedrog, the last in the town. Sale of Bron-y-garth, Porthmadog, ancestral home of Sir Lewis Casson. Bodnant Garden is donated to the National Trust.Tony Russell The Finest Gardens in Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=3VJpCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT27 15 March 2015 Amberley Publishing Limited 978-1-4456-4137-9 27 Gwynfor Evans is elected to Merionethshire County Council.Lawrence Goldman Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005-2008 https://books.google.com/books?id=nbGcAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA355 7 March 2013 OUP Oxford 978-0-19-967154-0 355 Jack Jones spends three months in the USA promoting the Moral Re-Armament Movement. Arts and literature May - Dylan and Caitlin Thomas settle at the Boat House, Laugharne. Geraint Evans stars in The Marriage of Figaro at Covent Garden. Huw Menai is granted a civil list pension. Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Dolgellau) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Roland Jones, "Y Graig"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 - John Tudor James, "Meirionnydd"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 Dannie Abse - After Every Green ThingDannie Abse After Every Green Thing https://books.google.com/books?id=qz8qAAAAMAAJ 1949 Hutchinson Stan Awbery - Labour's Early Struggles in Swansea David James Davies - Towards an Economic Democracy Cledwyn Hughes - A Wanderer in North Wales Arthur Leach - Charles Norris of Tenby and Waterwynch Gordon Macdonald, 1st Baron Macdonald of Gwaenysgor - Newfoundland at the Cross Roads Thomas Mardy-Jones - Character, Coal and Corn – the Roots of British Powerhttps://biography.wales/article/s2-MARD-ISA-1879 Mardy-Jones, Thomas Isaac (1879-1970), economist and politician John Graham Jones Welsh Biography Online National Library of Wales 19 October 2019 Bertrand Russell - Authority and the IndividualKenneth Blackwell Harry Ruja Sheila Turcon A Bibliography of Bertrand Russell: I. Separate Publications II. Serial Publications III. Indexes https://books.google.com/books?id=dqggn0PslpAC&pg=PA188 2 September 2003 Routledge 978-1-134-81890-7 188 Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray TheeDavid James The Cambridge Companion to British Fiction, 1945-2010 https://books.google.com/books?id=f5mNCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA31 6 October 2015 Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-04023-6 31 Welsh language Aneirin Talfan Davies - Gwyr Llen Richard Davies (Isgarn) - Caniadau Isgarn (posthumously published)https://biography.wales/article/s2-DAVI-RIC-1887 DAVIES, RICHARD ('Isgarn'; 1887-1947), farmer-shepherd and poet William Llewelyn Davies William Llewelyn Davies Welsh Biography Online National Library of Wales 5 September 2018 John Daniel Vernon Lewis - Bydd melys fy myfyrdod: detholiad o lyfr y SalmauLlyfr y Salmau: Cyfieithiad Cymraeg o'r Llyfr Cyntaf, sef Salmau I-XLI, gyda nodiadau ar y testun Hebraeg https://books.google.com/books?id=WIVIAAAAMAAJ 1967 Gwasg John Penry 117 Kate Roberts - Stryd y GlepKate Roberts Stryd y glep: Stori hir fer ar ffurf dyddiadur. Digwydd stori yn un o'r blynyddoedd yn union o flaen rhyfel 1939-45 https://books.google.com/books?id=2OuqAAAACAAJ 1949 Gwasg Gee Louie Myfanwy Thomas as Jane Ann Jones - Y bryniau pellMeic Stephens The new companion to the literature of Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=WoMYAAAAIAAJ 23 September 1998 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1383-1 719 as Ffanni Llwyd - Diwrnod yw ein bywyd (submitted to National Eisteddfod; published 1954) William Nantlais Williams - Emynau'r daith Music Ivor Novello - King's RhapsodyIvor Novello, master of the musical https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/aug/03/ivor-novello-musicals-simon-callow 4 August 2012 The Guardian 3 August 2012 Simon Callow Simon Callow Grace Williams - Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes - first recording, made by London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mansel Thomas (first recording of any work by a female Welsh composer) Film Blue Scar, starring Kenneth Griffith and Rachel ThomasBlue Scar (1949) http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/582095/index.html Screenonline British Film Institute 5 September 2018 The Last Days of Dolwyn, starring Emlyn Williams, Richard Burton and Hugh Griffith Yr Etifeddiaeth (The Heritage), documentary by Geoff Charles and John Roberts Williams, depicting traditional ways of life in rural North Wales, with narration by Cynan; the first film to be made in the Welsh language The Fruitful Year, a promotional film about Wales, commissioned by the Post Office National Savings The Road to Yesterday, travelogue made for troops serving abroad Broadcasting January - Glyn Griffiths writes: "It would be advisable now for Wales to weigh in with its campaign of aggravation and persuasion to get a Welsh Radio Corporation."Asa Briggs The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: Volume IV: Sound and Vision https://books.google.com/books?id=ndvkTwjfP9kC&pg=PA106 1995 OUP Oxford 978-0-19-212967-3 106– Sport Football - John Charles joins Leeds United Netball - The Welsh team plays its first international matches, against Scotland and England Rugby Union 26 March - France beats Wales 5–3 at the Stade Colombes in Paris 26 December - Rhys Gabe officially opens the Gwyn Nicholls Memorial Gates at Cardiff Arms Park.Dai Smith Gareth Williams Fields of Praise: The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union, 1881-1981 https://books.google.com/books?id=XfOBAAAAMAAJ 1 January 1980 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-0766-3 129 Steeplechasing - The first Welsh Grand National to be run at Chepstow Racecourse is won by Dick Francis riding Fighting Line. Births 1 January - Sue Jones-Davies, actress, singer and local politician 7 February - Martin Daunton, historian and academic 2 March - J. P. R. Williams, rugby playerG. L. Hough Chambers dates https://books.google.com/books?id=vLJkRYSuClEC 1 January 1989 Chambers 978-0-550-11831-8 57 (died 2024) 5 March - Mike Gwilym, actor 9 March - Neil Hamilton, politician 22 March - John Toshack, footballer and football managerJohn Toshack Toshack's Way: My Journey Through Football https://books.google.com/books?id=kTyfDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT23 12 November 2018 deCoubertin Books 978-1-909245-71-6 23 14 April - Dennis Bryon, rock drummer (died 2024) 22 May Ieuan Wyn Jones AM, politicianWho's Who in European Politics https://books.google.com/books?id=WN6eAAAAIAAJ December 1990 Bowker-Saur 978-0-86291-911-5 323 Derek Quinnell, rugby playerPeter Jackson Lions of Wales: A Celebration of Welsh Rugby Legends https://books.google.com/books?id=JqQeMae6VroC 1998 Mainstream 978-1-84018-026-8 214 5 June - Ken Follett, novelistCarlos Ramet Ken Follett: The Transformation of a Writer https://books.google.com/books?id=xkGlUNW09eEC&pg=PA9 1999 Popular Press 978-0-87972-798-7 9 11 June - Tom Pryce, racing driver (killed in racing accident 1977)Peter Jackson Triumph and Tragedy: Welsh Sporting Legends https://books.google.com/books?id=wy3aLKlfGwUC&pg=PT61 6 October 2011 Mainstream Publishing 978-1-78057-174-4 61 14 June - Alan Evans, darts player (died 1999) 23 June - Hilary Boyd, novelist 16 July - Angharad Rees, actress (died 2012)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18940018 Poldark actress Angharad Rees dies from cancer 22 July 2012 21 July 2012 BBC News 15 August - Richard Deacon, sculptor and academic 25 August (in Oxford) - Martin Amis, novelistDavid Scott Kastan The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature https://books.google.com/books?id=DlMUSz-hiuEC&pg=PA34 2006 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-516921-8 34 24 October - Nick Ainger, politician 29 October - Alun Ffred Jones AM, politician 18 November - William Graham AM, politician 15 December (in Epsom) - Jane Hutt AM, politicianhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/uk/wales/13108.stm UK: Wales: AMs BBC News 15 October 2019 date unknown Anthony O'Donnell, actor M. J. Trow, writer Deaths 20 January - Artie Moore, wireless operator (born 1887)https://mc0mnx.webs.com/ Welcome Artie Moore Amateur Radio Society 22 September 2019 13 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230513173312/https://mc0mnx.webs.com/ dead 21 January J. H. Thomas, politician, 72Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 54 2004 Oxford University Press 342–3 0-19-861404-7 Philip Williamson Thomas, James Henry Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Rowley Thomas, Wales international rugby player, 85 7 March - T. Gwynn Jones ("Tir-na-Nog"), poet and journalist, 77 20 April - Sir Evan Davies Jones, 1st Baronet, civil engineer and politician, 90https://biography.wales/article/s2-JONE-DAV-1859 Jones, Sir Evan Davies (1859-1949), 1st baronet, of Pentower, Fishguard, civil engineer, Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire William Llewelyn Davies Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 22 September 2019 21 April - Sir Alfred Thomas Davies, civil servant, 88 27 April - Evan Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar, poet and occulist, 55 1 May - Horace Lyne, Wales international rugby player and WRU president, 88Dai Smith Gareth Williams Fields of Praise: The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union, 1881-1981 https://books.google.com/books?id=XfOBAAAAMAAJ 1 January 1980 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-0766-3 310 3 May - David John Tawe Jones, composer, 64 8 May - Abel J. Jones, teacher, writer and public servant 6 June - Walter E. Rees, Secretary of the Welsh Rugby Union, 86 3 July - William McCutcheon, Wales international rugby player, 78/79http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=B7Ivnj7qjL82LGB4OHBYpA&scan=1 Death details at freebmd.org.uk freebmd.org.uk 31 December 2011 1 January 2012 23 July - John Bodvan Anwyl (Bodfan), lexicographer, 74https://biography.wales/article/s2-ANWY-BOD-1875 Anwyl, John Bodvan ('Bodfan'; 1875-1949), minister (Congl.), lexicographer, and author Thomas Herbert Parry-Williams Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 22 September 2019 10 August - William Jones Williams, public servant, 86 26 August - Edgar Chappell, sociologist, 70https://biography.wales/article/s2-CHAP-LEY-1879 Chappell, Edgar Leyshon (1879-1949), sociologist, a pioneer of town and village redevelopment, and writer William Llewelyn Davies Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 22 September 2019 1 September - Dr Teddy Morgan, Welsh international rugby player, 69 24 October - T. Rowland Hughes, author, 46 9 November - William Dowell, Wales dual code rugby international, 64 16 December - George Maitland Lloyd Davies, pacifist politician, 59https://biography.wales/article/s2-DAVI-LLO-1880 Davies, George Maitland Lloyd (1880-1949), Calvinistic Methodist minister and apostle of peace John Ellis Meredith Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 22 September 2019 See also 1949 in Northern Ireland References Wales Category:1949 in Europe Category:1940s in Wales