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1975 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1975 to Wales and its people.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Prince of Wales – Charles
  • Princess of Wales – vacant
  • Secretary of State for Wales – John Morris
  • Archbishop of Wales – Gwilym Williams, Bishop of Bangor
  • Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
  • Brinli (outgoing)
  • R. Bryn Williams (incoming)

    • Events

  • 20 March - Opening of the Cleddau Bridge at Milford Haven.
  • 14 April - Actor/singer Michael Flanders dies suddenly of an intracranial berry aneurysm while on holiday in Betws-y-Coed.
  • May - A leak from the Esso Tenby tanker off the coast of Pembrokeshire kills an estimated 1,300 seabirds.
  • 28 July - 8 people are injured when a train derails between Sarnau and St Clears.
  • 19 November - The Wales national football team qualifies for the quarter-finals of UEFA Euro 1976, beating Austria 1-0 in Wrexham.
  • date unknown - The Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust is established.

    • Arts and literature

  • Ryan and Ronnie announce the end of their comedy partnership.

    • Awards

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Criccieth)
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Gerallt Lloyd Owen
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Elwyn Roberts
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - withheld

    • English language

  • Gwynfor Evans - National Future for Wales
  • Jeremy Hooker - Soliloquies of a Chalk Giant
  • Emyr Humphries - Flesh and Blood
  • Richard Llewellyn - Green, Green, My Valley Now
  • Moelwyn Merchant - Breaking the Code
  • Prys Morgan - Iolo Morganwg
  • Leslie Norris - Mountains, Polecats, Pheasants and other Elegies
  • Bernice Rubens - I Sent a Letter to My Love
  • Peter Tinniswood - Except You're a Bird
  • Rhydwen Williams - The Angry Vineyard

    • Welsh language

  • Aneirin Talfan Davies - Diannerch Erchwyn a Cherddi Eraill
  • J. Eirian Davies - Cân Galed
  • T. Glynne Davies - Marged
  • Richard Cyril Hughes - Catrin o Ferain
  • John G. Williams - Maes Mihangel

    • New drama

  • W. S. Jones - Y Toblarôn

    • Music

  • Max Boyce - We All Had Doctors' Papers
  • Edward H. Dafis - Ffordd Newydd Eingl-Americanaidd Grêt o Fyw
  • Dave Edmunds - Subtle As A Flying Mallet (album)
  • Andy Fairweather-Low - "Wide Eyed And Legless" (top ten hit single)

    • Film

  • Rachel Roberts appears in Picnic at Hanging Rock.
  • Ken Loach's Days of Hope is partly set in Wales.

    • Welsh-language films

  • None

    • Welsh-language television

  • The Siberry Report recommends a new Welsh-language fourth channel broadcasting 25 hours a week of Welsh-language programs, with BBC and HTV each responsible for 50% of the output.

    • English-language television

  • Grand Slam, starring Hugh Griffith and Windsor Davies
  • How Green Was My Valley adapted for television by Elaine Morgan, starring Stanley Baker, Sian Phillips, Mike Gwilym, Nerys Hughes and Gareth Thomas.
  • Angharad Rees stars in Poldark.

    • Sport

  • Boxing - Pat Thomas wins the British Welterweight title.
  • Darts - Wales win the Home International Series.
  • Football - The Wales national football team qualifies for the quarter-finals of UEFA Euro 1976.
  • Snooker - Ray Reardon is World Professional Champion for the fourth time.

    • Births

  • 12 March - Richard Harrington, actor
  • 21 March - Mark Williams, snooker player
  • 5 April - John Hartson, footballer
  • 22 May - Kelly Morgan, badminton player
  • 18 June - Jem, singer
  • 1 July - Hayley Tullett, athlete
  • 24 July - Dafydd James, rugby player
  • 4 September - Kai Owen, actor
  • 26 September - Dai Thomas, footballer
  • 19 October - Jamie Donaldson, golfer
  • 28 October - Adrian Durston, rugby player
  • 5 November - Lisa Scott-Lee, singer
  • 25 November - Paul Mealor, composer
  • date unknown
  • Euros Childs, songwriter
  • Cynan Jones, novelist

    • Deaths

  • 14 February - Arthur Probert, politician, 67
  • 23 February - Ossie Male, rugby player, 81
  • 3 March - T. H. Parry-Williams, poet, 87
  • 20 April - Stephen Halden Beattie, recipient of the Victoria Cross, 67
  • 23 April - Pete Ham, musician, leader of the group Badfinger (suicide), 27
  • 21 May - A. H. Dodd, historian
  • 7 June - Jack Smith, footballer, 63
  • 7 August - Jim Griffiths, politician, 84
  • 27 August - Noel Morgan, cricketer, 69
  • 4 September - Walley Barnes, footballer and broadcaster, 55
  • 6 November - Norman Riches, cricketer
  • date unknown
  • Robert Herring, poet and critic, 72
  • Alun Jones (Alun Cilie), poet
  • Huw Lloyd Edwards, dramatist

    • References

    1975 in Wales Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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