Harman Patil (Editor)

1948 in Wales

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Centuries:
  
18th19th20th21st

Decades:
  
1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1948 to Wales and its people.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Prince of Wales – vacant
  • Princess of Wales – vacant
  • Archbishop of Wales – David Prosser, Bishop of St David's
  • Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Wil Ifan

    • Events

  • 21 May - Hugh Dalton is appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
  • 24 June - Thomas Williams is created 1st Baron Williams of Ynyshir.
  • 1 July - The National Museum of Wales opens the Welsh Folk Museum at St Fagans to the public, the first open-air museum in the UK (director: Iorwerth Peate).
  • October - Opening of the Hoover washing machine factory at Merthyr Tydfil.
  • December - Plas Machynlleth given to the people of the town.
  • Aneurin Bevan is instrumental in the passing of the Local Government Act and National Assistance Act.
  • Ness Edwards joins the Privy Council.
  • Creation of the Welsh Joint Education Committee.
  • Beginning of nylon manufacture at Pontypool.
  • Jim Griffiths becomes Chairman of the Labour Party.
  • The Council for Wales and Monmouthshire is established as an advisory body.
  • A residential Welsh-medium preparatory school for boys is founded at Llanilar in Cardiganshire.
  • Physicist Rhisiart Morgan Davies publishes the results of his work on stress waves.

    • Arts and literature

  • Kingsley Amis becomes a lecturer at the University of Wales, Swansea.

    • Awards

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Bridgend)
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - D. Emrys James
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Euros Bowen
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Robert Ivor Parry

    • New books

  • Ambrose Bebb - Gadael tir
  • Sir Alfred Thomas Davies - The Lloyd George I Knew
  • Aneirin Talfan Davies - Eliot, Pwshcin, Poe
  • William Eames & Megan Ellis - Melin y Ddôl
  • Griffith Wynne Griffith - Ffynnon Bethlehem
  • Robert David Griffith - Hanes Canu Cynulleidfaol Cymru
  • Isaac Daniel Hooson - Y Gwin a Cherddi Eraill
  • David James Jones (Gwenallt) - Bywyd a Gwaith Islwyn
  • Jack Jones - Some Trust in Chariots
  • Griffith John Williams - Traddodiad Llenyddol Morgannwg

    • New drama

  • Saunders Lewis - Blodeuwedd

    • Music

  • Arwel Hughes - String Quartet No. 1
  • David Wynne - Sonata for violin and piano

    • Film

  • Glynis Johns stars in Miranda.
  • Hugh Griffith appears in London Belongs to Me
  • Wandering Through Wales

    • Sport

  • Athletics – Tom Richards finishes second in the marathon at the London Olympics, becoming the first Welshman to win an individual athletics medal at the Olympics.
  • Equestrianism
  • Harry Llewellyn is part of the team winning a bronze medal at the Olympic Games in London.
  • The only Welsh Grand National to be run at Caerleon is won by Bora's Cottage.
  • Rugby Union
  • 21 February – France beats Wales 3–11 at the St Helen's Ground in Swansea.

    • Births

  • 22 January - Roger Williams, UK politician
  • 4 March - Shakin' Stevens, singer
  • 1 April
  • Dai Davies, footballer
  • Peter Law, politician
  • J.J. Williams, rugby player
  • 2 April - Tom David, Wales international rugby union and rugby league player
  • 14 May - Albert Alan Owen, composer
  • 18 May - Keith Jarrett, rugby player
  • 26 May (in London) - Jenny Randerson, politician
  • 4 June (in Glasgow) - Jeff Cuthbert, politician
  • 14 June - Ffred Ffransis, political activist
  • 2 August - Andy Fairweather-Low, musician
  • 9 August - Jackie Lawrence, politician
  • 12 September (in Jamaica) - Neville Meade, heavyweight boxer (d. 2010)
  • 24 October - Phil Bennett, rugby player
  • 14 November (in London) - Charles, future Prince of Wales
  • 25 November - Paul Murphy, politician
  • 26 December - Steve Curtis, boxer (d. 1994)
  • date unknown
  • Alan Llwyd, poet
  • Manon Rhys, writer

    • Deaths

  • 12 January – Wilfred Bailey, 3rd Baron Glanusk, 56
  • 21 February – Tom Pook, Wales international rugby union player, 78
  • 8 March – Charlie Thomas, Wales international rugby player
  • 25 April – Arthur Boucher, Wales international rugby union player, 77
  • 30 April – David Daniel, Wales international rugby union player, 77
  • 17 May – David Evans, organist and composer, 74
  • 22 May – David Delta Evans (Dewi Hiraddug), journalist, author, and Unitarian minister, 82
  • 9 June – Len Trump, Wales international rugby player, 61
  • 18 July – John Tywi Jones, Baptist minister and journalist, 78
  • 20 August – David John de Lloyd, composer, 65
  • 28 August – Charles Evans Hughes, American politician of Welsh descent, 86
  • 4 October – Arthur Whitten Brown, British aviator, in Swansea, 62
  • 18 October – Isaac Daniel Hooson, poet, 68
  • 17 November – B. B. Mann, Wales international rugby union player, 90

    • References

    1948 in Wales Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


    Similar Topics