1986 in Wales

none 1986 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1986 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1986 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 Monmouth (retired)https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/10747840.bishop-hat-trick-at-newport-cathedral/ Bishop hat-trick at Newport Cathedral 18 October 2013 South Wales Argus 23 January 2021 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-lsquocountry-poetsrsquo-2316933.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/wj-gruffydd-writer-who-helped-keep-alive-the-welsh-tradition-of-lsquocountry-poetsrsquo-2316933.html 2022-05-01 subscription live WJ Gruffydd The Independent 20 July 2011 21 November 2019 Events 21 April – Elizabeth II is presented with a kilo of Welsh gold from Gwynfynydd Gold Mine for her 60th birthday, in the knowledge that supplies are becoming scarce.https://www.clogau.co.uk/aboutclogau/goldofroyalty.aspx Gold of Royalty Clogau 16 May 2022 May – Cardiff City and Swansea City are both relegated to the Football League Fourth Division in England. Swansea, who were in the First Division between 1981 and 1983, recently came close to going out of existence due to huge debts.http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/fla/1985-86.html Season 1985-86 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100127100741/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1985-86.html 2010-01-27 30 June – Mardy Colliery, the last pit in the Rhondda, is closed, but underground links to Tower Colliery in the Cynon Valley enable the coal cut there to be raised at Tower.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/7921927.stm 'Little Moscow' remembers strike 4 March 2009 BBC News 30 March 2019 September – The Wales National Ice Rink opens in Cardiff.http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/gallery/ice-ice-baby-8276251 Ice, ice baby Jessica Flynn 12 December 2014 WalesOnline 6 December 2020 November – Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Beaumaris, Caernarfon, Conwy and Harlech Castles and Caernarfon and Conwy town walls, designated collectively) become the first Welsh sites designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, in the first tranche of U.K. designations. December – Bersham Colliery, the last deep mine in the Denbighshire Coalfield, is closed. date unknown – A planning application is turned down at Llanrhaeadr, Clwyd, on the grounds that it would be detrimental to the Welsh language. It is the first time such a decision has ever been made.https://www.eryri.llyw.cymru/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/24360/lingustic_impact_assessment_eng.pdf Planning and the Welsh Language: the Way Ahead 2005 27 September 2019 27 September 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190927082305/https://www.eryri.llyw.cymru/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/24360/lingustic_impact_assessment_eng.pdf dead Arts and literature Alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers formed at Oakdale Comprehensive School. Ballet Cymru formed as Cwmni Ballet Gwent, a touring classical ballet company based in Newport. The first Welsh Proms are held at St David's Hall, Cardiff. The Old Devils, Kingsley Amis's novel set in Wales, wins the Booker Prize. Publisher Honno is established in Aberystwyth to publish writing by the women of Wales.http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/honno-founder-explains-how-women-2148161 Wales Online Honno founder explains how women got a voice 2008-10-24 2014-02-16 Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Fishguard) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Gwynn ap Gwilym, "Y Cwmwl"https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair Winners of the Chair National Eisteddfod of Wales 16 May 2022 13 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210213204407/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair dead National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – T James Jones, "Llwch"https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners Crown Winners National Eisteddfod of Wales 16 May 2022 7 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191107194429/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners dead National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Ray Evans Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen – Robat Gruffudd, Llosgi New books English language Duncan Bush – Salt Mary Jones – Resistance Jenny Nimmo – The Snow SpiderDonna R. White A century of Welsh myth in children's literature Greenwood Press 1998 9780313305702 152 Christopher Norris – Contest of Faculties Oliver Reynolds – Skevington's Daughter Alun Richards – Days of Absence R. S. Thomas – Experimenting with an Amen Gwyn Alf Williams – When Was Wales?Christopher Harvie A floating commonwealth: politics, culture, and technology on Britain's Atlantic coast, 1860-1930 OUP Oxford 2008 9780198227830 17 Raymond Williams – Loyalties Welsh language J. Eirian Davies – Cerddi Bobi Jones – Hunllef ArthurAndrew Duncan Centre and Periphery in Modern British Poetry Liverpool University Press 2005 9780853237440 x Dic Jones – Sgubo'r StorwsWelsh Lives: Gone But Not Forgotten Eirwyn George Dic Jones Y Lolfa 2012 9781847714879 Rhiannon Davies Jones – Dyddiadur Mary GwynBritish Book News National Book League 1986 260 Elyn L. Jones – Cyfrinach HannahReference Wales John May University of Wales Press 9780708312346 1994 202 Angharad Tomos – Yma o Hyd Music Classical Arwel Hughes – Gloria Patri Daniel Jones – Cello Concerto Colin Ross – Prelude for Piano Albums Y Cyrff – Dan y Cownter Bonnie Tyler – Secrets Dreams And Forbidden Fire (album) Chichester Psalms, featuring Aled Jones Film Welsh-language films Ibiza, Ibiza Milwr Bychan Rhosyn a Rhith (en Coming Up Roses) Broadcasting Welsh-language television Sam Tân (Fireman Sam) English-language television A Child's Christmas in Wales (adaptation of a short story by Dylan Thomas) BBC Wales wins awards for Penyberth and Ms Rhymney Valley 1985 (documentary) at the Celtic Film and Television Festival. Chris Stuart – Cha Cha Chat Show Sports Athletics: Kirsty Wade becomes the first Welsh woman to win the gold medal in the 800m and 1500m at the Commonwealth Games. BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Kirsty WadeBBC Wales Sport Personality winners BBC Sport https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/20670643 2 August 2021 Boxing: 9 April – Robert Dickie wins the British featherweight title. Cricket: Greg Thomas is capped for England. Matthew Maynard becomes the youngest player ever to score 1000 runs for Glamorgan CCC. Gymnastics: Andrew Morris becomes British men's champion for the third time. Births 9 January – Craig Davies, footballer 20 January – Hannah Daniel, actress 3 February – David Edwards, footballer 11 February – Robin Hawkins, singer and bass player 21 February – Charlotte Church, singerhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/charlotte-church/ Charlotte Church BBC Wales Music 30 March 2019 21 March – Samantha Bowen, Paralympic sitting volleyball playerSamantha Bowen http://www.paralympics.org.uk/gb/athletes/samantha-bowen paralympics.org.uk 7 January 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130127082526/http://www.paralympics.org.uk/gb/athletes/samantha-bowen 27 January 2013 dead dmy-all 28 March – Jay Curtis, broadcaster and actor 31 March – Matthew Collins, footballer 11 April – Dai Greene, athletehttps://www.iaaf.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/david-greene-211492 David Greene Profile IAAF 30 March 2019 25 May – Geraint Thomas, cyclisthttps://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/new/bio/Geraint_Thomas_MBE Geraint Thomas MBE British Cycling 30 March 2019 17 November – Joe Jacobson, footballer Deaths 8 January – Mansel Thomas, conductor and composer, 76https://biography.wales/article/s8-THOM-TRE-1909 THOMAS, MANSEL TREHARNE (1909-1986), composer, conductor, BBC Wales Head of Music Terence Gilmore-James Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 22 November 2018 9 January – Wilson Jones, footballer, 71 15 January – Alfred Bestall, illustrator, 93Something about the Author https://books.google.com/books?id=PngYAAAAIAAJ 1987 Gale Research 978-0-8103-2258-5 39 16 February – John Tripp, poet, 58The Poetry Review https://books.google.com/books?id=52UEAQAAIAAJ 1990 Poetry Society of America 28 February – Sir Thomas Williams, lawyer and politician, 70 1 March – Tommy Farr, boxer, 72Gene Pantalone Madame Bey'S: Home to Boxing Legends https://books.google.com/books?id=E3ImDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT652 16 September 2016 Archway Publishing 978-1-4808-3645-7 652 5 March – Lewis Valentine, political activist, 92https://biography.wales/article/s11-VALE-EDW-1893 VALENTINE, LEWIS EDWARD (1893-1986), Baptist minister, author and Welsh nationalist Dafydd Johnston Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 22 November 2018 10 March E. Gwyndaf Evans, poet and archdruid, 73http://ecorwyddfa.co.uk/downloads/papurau/1986/113_4_1986.pdf Y Parch E. Gwyndaf Evans B.A. April 1986 W Elfyn Thomas Eco's Wyddfa cy 31 January 2019 Ray Milland, actor, 79Flint Peter B. Ray Milland Dies. Won Oscar for 'Lost Weekend' https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/11/obituaries/ray-milland-dies-won-oscar-for-lost-weekend.html 2 December 2014 The New York Times 11 March 1986 14 March – Sir Huw Wheldon, television producer and presenter, 69 30 April – George Whitcombe, footballer, 84 5 June – John Bevan, Wales rugby union coach, 38 29 July – Gordon Mills, music industry manager, 51Patricia Burgess Trish Burgess Annual Obituary, 1986 https://books.google.com/books?id=oZPZBuqy_SYC 1 August 1989 St James Press 978-1-55862-013-1 29 August – Annie Powell, politician and Wales's first Communist mayor, 79https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/29/obituaries/annie-powell.html Annie Powell 29 August 1986 New York Times 31 January 2019 18 September – Elwyn Davies, university and cultural administrator, 77"Dr Elwyn Davies", The Times (London), 23 September 1986, p. 14. IF0503071994. 1 November – Tom Arthur, Wales national rugby player, 80 6 November (at Henley-on-Thames) – Howard Thomas, radio producer, 77 November/December – Ivor Davies, Liberal politician, journalist and administrator, 71John Davies Keeper of the Liberal Flame Journal of Liberal History 34/35 Spring/Summer 2002 http://www.liberalhistory.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/34-35-Davies-Keeper-of-the-Liberal-Flame.pdf 13 December – Glyn Daniel, archaeologist, 72Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Transactions - Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society https://books.google.com/books?id=6AgiAQAAIAAJ 1987 Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 280 9780900197253 date unknown Geoffrey D. Lloyd, journalist Fred Warren, footballer, 78 See also 1986 in Northern Ireland References Wales Wales Category:1980s in Wales Category:1986 in Europe