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1957 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1957 to Wales and its people.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Prince of Wales – vacant
  • Princess of Wales – vacant
  • Archbishop of Wales
  • John Morgan, Bishop of Llandaff (died 26 June)
  • Edwin Morris, Bishop of Monmouth (elected)
  • Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
  • Dyfnallt (outgoing)
  • William Morris (incoming)

    • Events

  • 18 January - Nigel Birch is appointed Economic Secretary to the Treasury.
  • 25 February - Goronwy Rees, Principal of the University of Wales College Aberystwyth, resigns following allegations that he has spied for the Soviet Union.
  • 1 July - Royal physician Horace Evans is created Baron Evans of Merthyr Tydfil.
  • 6 July - The Royal Welsh Show is held at Blaendolau; the showground is flooded to a depth of 1 metre.
  • 16 July - Five people drown in a boating accident at Barmouth.
  • 31 July - The Tryweryn Bill, permitting Liverpool City Council to build a reservoir which will drown the village of Capel Celyn, becomes law.
  • 8 September - The town hall at Aberystwyth is seriously damaged by fire.
  • 12 December - Wales gets its own minister of state in the Westminster government for the first time.
  • Morgan Phillips and Aneurin Bevan, along with Richard Crossman, successfully sue The Spectator for libel.
  • Brecon Beacons becomes a national park.

    • Arts and literature

  • Paul Robeson addresses the Miners' Eisteddfod at Porthcawl via a transatlantic link to the miners' leader Will Paynter.
  • Elizabeth Rees-Williams marries Richard Harris.

    • Awards

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Llangefni)
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Gwilym Tilsley
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Dyfnallt Morgan
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Tom Parri Jones

    • Welsh language

  • Käte Bosse-Griffiths - Mae'r Galon wrth y Llyw
  • Islwyn Ffowc Elis - Wythnos Yng Nghymru Fydd
  • Bobi Jones - Y Gân Gyntaf
  • T. Harri Jones - The Enemy in the Heart
  • W. Leslie Richards - Telyn Teilo
  • Gwilym Tilsley - Y glöwr a cherddi eraill

    • English language

  • John Charles - King of Soccer
  • Rhys Davies - The Perishable Quality
  • Trevor Ford - I Lead the Attack
  • Dick Francis - The Sport of Queens

    • New drama

  • Albert Evans-Jones - Absalom Fy Mab

    • Music

  • Shirley Bassey - Banana Boat Song (her first chart single)
  • Alun Hoddinott - Harp Concerto (written for Osian Ellis)
  • Daniel Jones - String Quartet 1957

    • Film

  • Donald Houston stars in The Girl in the Picture.

    • Broadcasting

  • Alun Oldfield-Davies becomes senior regional BBC controller, after several years of successful campaigning for Welsh-language television.

    • Welsh-language television

  • February - Cefndir (first regular Welsh-language programme)
  • September - Dewch i Mewn (magazine programme)

    • English-language television

  • Adaptation of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood, starring Donald Houston and William Squire.

    • Sport

  • Football
  • Swansea-born John Charles transfers from Leeds United to Juventus of Turin for a transfer fee of £65,000 (almost double the previous British record)
  • Pelé scores a hattrick against Wales
  • BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year - Dai Rees
  • Inaugural Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy competition held; Taibach RFC are champions.

    • Births

  • 10 March - Terry Holmes, rugby player
  • 19 March (in Birmingham) - Jane Davidson, AM, politician
  • 20 April - Geraint Wyn Davies, actor
  • 26 April - Edwina Hart, AM, politician
  • 17 May - Anne Main, educator and politician
  • 12 June - Javed Miandad, former Glamorgan cricketer
  • 1 July - Wayne David MP, politician
  • 20 July - Chris Bromham, stuntman
  • 11 August - Leighton Andrews AM, politician
  • 11 October
  • (in Holyhead) Dawn French, actress and comedian
  • Jon Langford, musician
  • 10 November - Nigel Evans, MP, politician

    • Deaths

  • 30 July - William Richard Arnold, rugby player, 76
  • 6 June - John Morgan, Archbishop of Wales and Bishop of Llandaff, 71
  • 1 August - Llewellyn Lloyd, Wales international rugby union player, 80
  • 20 August - Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, explorer and admiral, 75
  • 12 September - Tom Pearson, Wales national rugby player, 85
  • 26 September - Arthur Powell Davies, Unitarian minister and writer, 55
  • 12 November - Wilfred Hodder, Wales international rugby player, 61
  • 7 December - Maurice Jones, priest and academic, 94
  • 9 December - Llewellyn Gwynne, first bishop of Egypt and Sudan, 94

    • References

    1957 in Wales Wikipedia
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