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1971 in Wales

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Centuries:
  
18th 19th 20th 21st

Decades:
  
1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1971 to Wales and its people.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Prince of Wales – Charles
  • Princess of Wales – vacant
  • Secretary of State for Wales – Peter Thomas
  • Archbishop of Wales
  • Glyn Simon, Bishop of Llandaff (retired)
  • Gwilym Williams, Bishop of Bangor (elected)
  • Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Tilsli

    • Events

  • February - Harold Charles becomes Bishop of St Asaph.
  • 6 May - Singer Dickie Valentine is killed in a car accident on the Glangrwyney bridge near Crickhowell.
  • 28 May - Opening of the Llanberis Lake Railway.
  • It becomes legal to register marriages in the Welsh language.
  • The Welsh Nursery Schools Movement is founded in Aberystwyth.
  • Anglesey Aluminium opens it smelting plant on the outskirts of Holyhead.
  • Wylfa Nuclear Power Station becomes operational.

    • Arts and literature

  • Mary Hopkin marries record producer Tony Visconti.
  • Welsh performers participate in the first Festival Interceltique de Lorient in Brittany.

    • Awards

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Bangor)
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Emrys Roberts
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Bryan Martin Davies
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Ifor Wyn Williams

    • New books

  • Rhys Davies - Nobody Answered the Bell
  • Islwyn Ffowc Elis - Y Gromlech yn yr Haidd
  • Gwynfor Evans - Aros Mae
  • Tudor Wilson Evans - Ar Gae'r Brêc
  • Beti Hughes - Aderyn o Ddyfed
  • John L. Hughes - Tom Jones Slept Here
  • Alan Llwyd - Y March Hud
  • Gwyn Thomas - Y Bardd Cwsg a'i Gefndir

    • Music

  • John Cale & Terry Riley - Church of Anthrax
  • Man - Do You Like It Here Now, Are You Settling In?
  • Iris Williams - Pererin Wyf (single)

    • Film

  • Merthyr Tydfil is one of the locations used for the filming of 10 Rillington Place.
  • Ruth Madoc appears in the film version of Fiddler on the Roof.

    • Welsh-language films

  • None

    • English-language television

  • Comedy duo Ryan Davies and Ronnie Williams transfer their successful Welsh language show to BBC1.
  • Nerys Hughes gets her big break in The Liver Birds.

    • Sport

  • BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year - John Dawes
  • Cricket - May: In a Glamorgan home match at Sophia Gardens, Roger Davis is struck on the temple while fielding at short leg and is almost killed.
  • Gymnastics - Pam Hopkins wins the British Women's Championship.
  • Rugby union - Wales win their sixth Grand Slam.
  • Sailing - Nicolette Milnes-Walker becomes the first woman to sail non-stop single-handed across the Atlantic.

    • Births

  • 11 January - Tom Ward, actor
  • 23 January - Scott Gibbs, rugby player
  • 19 March (in Taunton) - Kirsty Williams, politician
  • 2 April - Chico Slimani, singer
  • 8 July - Neil Jenkins, rugby player
  • 18 August (in Limerick) - Aphex Twin, musician
  • 8 September - Martyn Margetson, footballer
  • 26 October - Damon Searle, footballer
  • 5 November - Rob Jones, footballer
  • date unknown - Jason Walford Davies, poet

    • Deaths

  • 8 March - Harold Lloyd, American comedy actor of Welsh descent, 77
  • 18 March - Jack Gore, Wales international rugby player, 71
  • 19 April - Thomas Evan Nicholas (Niclas y Glais), writer and political activist, 91
  • 18 May - William Mainwaring MP, miners' leader
  • 20 May - Waldo Williams, poet, 66
  • 29 May - Howell Lewis, Wales international rugby player, 83
  • 5 July - Idris Jones, rugby player, 71
  • 4 September – C. E. Vulliamy, author
  • 9 November - Ceri Richards, artist
  • 27 November - Leslie Thomas, politician, 65
  • 1 December - Jack Jenkins, Wales international rugby player, 91
  • date unknown
  • Brenda Chamberlain, poet and artist
  • James Conway Davies, historian and palaeographer
  • Jack Evans, Welsh footballer)
  • Clifford Dyment, poet
  • Ifan Gruffydd ("Y Gŵr o Baradwys")
  • Dewi Morgan, poet, scholar and journalist

    • References

    1971 in Wales Wikipedia
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