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1967 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1967 to Wales and its people.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Prince of Wales – Charles
  • Princess of Wales – vacant
  • Secretary of State for Wales – Cledwyn Hughes
  • Archbishop of Wales – Edwin Morris, Bishop of Monmouth (retired)
  • Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – E. Gwyndaf Evans

    • Events

  • 20 February - The first Royal Mail postbus in Britain runs between Llanidloes and Llangurig.
  • 5 May - The Brynglas Tunnels on the M4 motorway by-passing Newport are opened.
  • 27 July - The Welsh Language Act allows the use of Welsh in legal proceedings and official documents.
  • 7 August - Two men and a boy are drowned in the Dyfi estuary.
  • August - The Beatles, along with Mick Jagger, Cilla Black, and Jane Asher, come to Bangor to attend a seminar by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Their visit is cut short by the shock news of manager Brian Epstein's death.
  • 18 December - Newtown, Montgomeryshire, is designated as a New Town. The River Severn is re-channelled to prevent the town becoming further damaged by floods.
  • The Gittins Report on Primary Education in Wales recommends that "every child should be given sufficient opportunity to be reasonably bilingual by the end of the primary stage".
  • Merched y Wawr is founded in the village of Parc near Bala.
  • The University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST) in Cardiff becomes part of the University of Wales.
  • Foot and Mouth Disease breaks out in North Wales and parts of England.
  • Rhodri Morgan marries fellow Welsh Labour MP Julie Edwards.
  • The former Royal Navy Propellant Factory, Caerwent, RAF Caerwent weapons storage facility, is transferred to United States administration.
  • The Passport Office comes to Newport and the Land Registry to Swansea, as part of a United Kingdom government effort to move government offices into the regions.
  • Clywedog Reservoir completed.

    • Arts and literature

  • The first Welsh pantomime is put on by Theatr Felinfach, based on the life of Twm Siôn Cati.
  • Rhys Davies wins an Edgar Allan Poe Award for his story "The Chosen One", originally published in The New Yorker.
  • The publisher Y Lolfa is established by Robat Gruffudd in Tal-y-bont, Ceredigion.

    • Awards

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Bala)
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Emrys Roberts
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Eluned Phillips
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - withheld

    • New books

  • Hydwedd Boyer - I'r Ynysoedd
  • Alan Garner - The Owl Service
  • Bill Meilen - The Division
  • Leslie Norris - The Loud Winter
  • Brinley Richards - Cerddi'r Dyffryn
  • Kate Roberts - Tegwch y Bore
  • Bertrand Russell - War Crimes in Vietnam
  • William Nantlais Williams - O Gopa Bryn Nefo

    • New drama

  • Saunders Lewis - Cymru Fydd

    • Music

  • Hogia'r Wyddfa - Tylluanod (album)
  • Mary Hopkin - Mae Pob Awr
  • Arwel Hughes - Mab y Dyn (cantata)
  • Jeffrey Lewis - Epitaphium - Children of the Sun
  • William Mathias - Sinfonietta
  • Toni ac Aloma - Caffi Gaerwen
  • Y Triban - Paid â dodi dadi ar y dôl
  • Y Blew - Maes B

    • Film

  • Richard Burton stars in The Taming of the Shrew opposite his wife Elizabeth Taylor.
  • Carry On up the Khyber is filmed in North Wales.

    • Welsh-language television

  • Hob y Deri Dando; Disc a Dawn

    • English-language television

  • Conqueror's Road (drama series)
  • The Shepherds of Moel Siabod (documentary)
  • The Prisoner, filmed at Portmeirion
  • The cast and crew of Doctor Who film the serial The Abominable Snowmen at Nant Ffrancon, doubling for Tibet.

    • Sport

  • Boxing - Howard Winstone is beaten by Mexico's Vincente Saldivar at Ninian Park, Cardiff.
  • Cricket - Glamorgan County Cricket Club moves to a new home at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.
  • Cross-country - The 1967 International Cross Country Championships are held at Barry.
  • Gymnastics - Bobby Williams of Swansea is British champion.
  • Rugby union - Barry John and Gareth Edwards make their international debut.
  • Swimming - Paul Radmilovic is the first Briton to be elected to the American Swimming Hall of Fame.
  • BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year - Howard Winstone

    • Births

  • 7 February – Richie Burnett, darts player
  • 16 February – Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely, politician
  • 18 February – Colin Jackson CBE, athlete
  • 22 February – Wayne Curtis, footballer
  • 21 March – Carwyn Jones, politician
  • 27 March – Bob Morgan, Olympic diver
  • 5 April - Andy Allen, rugby player
  • 8 April - Arwyn Davies, Welsh actor
  • 10 May – Jon Ronson, journalist and documentary filmmaker
  • 9 July - Richard Webster, rugby player
  • 22 July – Rhys Ifans, actor and musician
  • 7 September – Steve James, cricketer
  • 13 October - Steve O'Shaughnessy, footballer
  • 12 November – Grant Nicholas, musician
  • 18 November – Zoë Skoulding, poet and musician
  • 27 November – Geraint Rees, neurologist
  • date unknown
  • Robert Huw Morgan, organist and choral conductor
  • (in Bolton) – Paul Pritchard, climber

    • Deaths

  • 15 January – Sir Cyril Fox, archaeologist, 84
  • 22 January – Idris Bell, papyrologist and author, 87
  • 28 January – Cliff Davies, Wales international rugby player, 47
  • 14 February – Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby, politician, 70
  • 11 March – Ivor Rees, Victoria Cross recipient, 73
  • 5 May – Owen Thomas Jones, geologist, 89
  • 29 July – Jack Wetter, Wales international rugby union captain, 79
  • 30 July – George Littlewood Hirst, Wales international rugby player, 77
  • 15 September – Rhys Gabe, Wales international rugby union captain, 87
  • 8 October – Vernon Watkins, poet, 61
  • 9 October – Edward Tegla Davies, clergyman and writer, 87
  • 29 October - Bobbie Williams, rugby player, 71?
  • 2 November – Robert John Rowlands ("Meuryn"), poet, 87
  • 25 November – Tom Parker, Welsh international rugby union captain, 76
  • 12 December – Tommy Bamford, footballer, 62
  • date unknown - Len Apsey, footballer, 57

    • References

    1967 in Wales Wikipedia
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