1973 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1973 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents[edit]
- Secretary of State for Wales – Peter Thomas[1]
- Archbishop of Wales – Gwilym Williams, Bishop of Bangor[2]
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Brinli[3]
Events[edit]
- 10 February - A special conference of the Trades Union Congress is held at Llandrindod Wells as part of the campaign to establish a Wales TUC.[4][5]
- April - Elections take place to the new county councils of Wales
- April - The first Welsh-language papur bro community newspaper, Y Dinesydd, is founded.[6]
- 10 May - Elections take place to the new Wales district councils, with big gains for the Labour Party in South Wales.[7]
- May - Sony opens its factory in Bridgend, the first major Japanese investment in Wales.
- 15 May - The Llyn Brianne dam is officially opened by Princess Alexandra.[8]
- 17 July - Sixteen-year-old Sandra Newton is found murdered at Tonmawr.[9]
- 16 September - Sixteen-year-olds Geraldine Hughes and Pauline Floyd are found murdered at Llandarcy. Their murders, along with that of Sandra Newton in July, will remain unsolved for 29 years.[10]
- 23 October - Professor Brian Josephson wins the Nobel Prize for Physics.[11]
- During the year, there are 424 road deaths in Wales - an all-time record.
- Drilling for oil and gas begins off the coast of Wales. A fourth oil refinery opens at Milford Haven.
Arts and literature[edit]
- The Welsh Philharmonia Orchestra is founded.
- Theatr Ardudwy at Coleg Harlech, designed by Colwyn Foulkes & Partners, opens.[12]
- Sir Richard Armstrong becomes conductor of Welsh National Opera.
- Joe Strummer begins his studies at Newport College of Art.
- Welsh actress Angharad Rees marries Christopher Cazenove.
Awards[edit]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Ruthin)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Alan Llwyd
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Alan Llwyd
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Emyr Roberts
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Drama Medal - Urien Wiliam
New books[edit]
English language[edit]
- Leo Abse - Private Member
- Gwynfor Evans - Wales Can Win
- Richard Hughes - The Wooden Shepherdess
- Emlyn Williams – Emlyn
Welsh language[edit]
- Huw Lloyd Edwards - Y Llyffantod
- Jane Edwards - Tyfu
- W. J. Gruffydd (Elerydd) - Cerddi'r Llygad
- Moses Glyn Jones - Y Ffynnon Fyw[13]
- T. Llew Jones - Barti Ddu[14]
- Judith Maro - Atgofion Haganah[15]
- Caradog Prichard - Afal Drwg Adda[16]
- Gomer M. Roberts - Cloc y Capel[17]
New drama[edit]
- Islwyn Ffowc Elis - Harris
Music[edit]
- 23 November - Max Boyce records his legendary Live at Treorchy show at Treorchy Rugby Club.[18]
- Karl Jenkins' first album with Soft Machine, Six, wins the Melody Maker British Jazz Album of the Year award. Jenkins also wins the miscellaneous musical instrument award.
- Grace Williams - Ave Maris Stella and Fairest of Stars
Visual arts[edit]
- Ivor Roberts-Jones - Statue of Winston Churchill, Parliament Square, unveiled on 1 November by Lady Churchill.[19]
Film[edit]
Welsh-language films[edit]
- None
English-language films[edit]
- Holiday on the Buses filmed on location at Pontins holiday camp, Prestatyn[20]
Broadcasting[edit]
- The Labour Party publishes a study arguing that independent television arrangements in the UK are causing non Welsh-speaking residents to lose their Welsh identity.[21]
Welsh-language television[edit]
- Youth music programme Disc a Dawn ends its six-year run, to be replaced the following year by Gwerin 74, a folk music show.[22]
English-language television[edit]
- Fish (with John Ogwen)
- Hang out your Brightest Colours, controversial documentary by Kenneth Griffith[23]
- Philip Madoc makes a memorable appearance as a U-boat captain in Dad's Army.[24]
Sport[edit]
- Athletics – Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club wins the British Athletics League Championship for the second time.
- Cycling – The Welsh Cycling Union is formed.
- Horse racing – Geoff Lewis wins both the Epsom Oaks and the 1,000 Guineas on "Mysterious".[25]
- Rugby union – Japan plays its first rugby match in Europe at Penygraig in the Rhondda Valley.
- Snooker – Ray Reardon wins his second World Championship title.[26]
- Berwyn Price wins BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year.[27]
Births[edit]
- 20 January - Stephen Crabb, politician (born in Scotland)[28]
- 15 February - Adrian Lewis Morgan, actor
- 27 February - Mark Taylor, rugby union player and manager
- 24 April - Gabby Logan, television presenter
- 3 May - Jamie Baulch, athlete (born in Nottingham)[29]
- 10 May - Ryan Nicholls, footballer
- 29 May - Lee Jones, footballer
- 6 July - Bradley Dredge, golfer
- 6 August - Donna Lewis, singer
- 22 August - Lee Dainton, skateboarder
- 17 September – Jason Mohammad, radio and television sports presenter
- 6 October - Ioan Gruffudd, actor[30]
- 9 October - Sian Evans, singer
- 3 November - Mark Evans, comedy scriptwriter
- 29 November - Ryan Giggs, footballer
- 25 December - Ewen MacIntosh, comic actor (died 2024)[31]
Deaths[edit]
- 8 January - Sir David Hughes Parry, professor of law and university administrator, 80[32]
- 11 January - Vernon Morris, cricketer
- 30 January - Trystan Edwards, architectural critic, town planner and amateur cartographer, 88[33]
- 12 March - Willie Llewellyn, Wales international rugby player, 94
- 19 March - Sir Clement Price Thomas, surgeon, 79[34]
- 23 May - Kenneth Allott, poet and critic[35]
- 29 July - Guy Morgan, rugby player, 65
- 9 August - Donald Peers, singer, 66[36]
- 11 August
- Johnnie Clay, Test cricketer, 75
- Gil Morgan, rugby league player, 65
- 21 September - C. H. Dodd, theologian, 89[37]
- 8 October - Evan Tom Davies, mathematician, 69[38]
- 3 November - Melville Richards, academic, 63[39]
- 4 November - Billy Williams, dual-code international rugby player, 67
- 16 November - Dai Hiddlestone, Wales international rugby player, 83
- 24 November - Brigadier Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes, soldier and medical administrator, 81[40]
- date unknown
- Anne Griffith-Jones, educationist, 83[41]
- Elena Puw Morgan, novelist
- Wick Powell, rugby player
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^ Meic Stephens (April 1986). The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford University Press. p. 523. ISBN 978-0-19-211586-7.
- ^ Arthur Ivor Marsh (1 December 1979). Concise encyclopedia of industrial relations: with bibliography. Gower Press. p. 336. ISBN 978-0-566-02095-7.
- ^ University of Wales Press: The Wales TUC, 1974-2004
- ^ "Y Dinesydd". Y Dinesydd official website. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ Stephen Mitchell, John O'Sullivan (11 May 1973). "Labour sweep to power in S. Wales". South Wales Echo. p. 1.
- ^ "Llyn Brianne Dam". Engineering Timelines. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ Nicole Martin (7 June 2002). "Dead man named as triple murderer after DNA tests". The Telegraph. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ BBC News Wales
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1973". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ "Theatr Ardudwy, Harlech (407907)". Coflein. RCAHMW. 2008-07-11. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- ^ Meic Stephens (1998). Cydymaith i lenyddiaeth Cymru. University of Wales Press. p. 395. ISBN 978-0-7083-1383-1.
- ^ Aleksander Bednarski; Maciej Czerniakowski; Paweł Tomasz Czerniak (5 February 2015). New Perspectives in Celtic Studies. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-4438-7506-6.
- ^ Jasmine Donahaye (15 February 2012). Whose People?: Wales, Israel, Palestine. University of Wales Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-78316-497-4.
- ^ Russell Davies (15 June 2015). People, Places and Passions: A Social History of Wales and the Welsh 18701948. University of Wales Press. p. 650. ISBN 978-1-78316-239-0.
- ^ Meic Stephens (1998). Cydymaith i lenyddiaeth Cymru. University of Wales Press. p. 646. ISBN 978-0-7083-1383-1.
- ^ "Max Boyce - Hymns And Arias (Uk,1974,Emi 2291,PROMO 7)". discoogle.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ^ Howard, Philip (2 November 1973). "Resolute and defiant as ever, Churchill's statue is revealed". The Times. London.
- ^ Howard Maxford (8 November 2019). Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company. McFarland. p. 400. ISBN 978-1-4766-2914-8.
- ^ Medhurst, Jamie (1 June 2010). A History of Independent Television in Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-7083-2308-3.
- ^ "BBC Year Book 1975" (PDF). BBC. p. 117. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ Mark Connelly (10 January 2014). The IRA on Film and Television: A History. McFarland. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-7864-8961-9.
- ^ Bill Pertwee (3 November 2009). Dad's Army: The Making of a TV Legend. Bloomsbury USA. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-84486-105-7.
- ^ Chronicle of the Horse. Chronicle of the Horse, Incorporated. April 1973. p. 10.
- ^ "Profile: Ray Reardon". Eurosport. 2 March 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ "BBC Wales Sport Personality winners". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ Valerie Passmore (2005). Dod's Parliamentary Companion: Guide to the General Election, 2005. Dod's Parliamentary Companion Limited. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-905702-57-5.
- ^ "Jamie Baulch - profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Ioan Gruffudd biography". BBC Arts. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Ewen MacIntosh, Comedian on British Sitcom 'The Office', Dies at 50". New York Times. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ D. W. Logan: Parry, Sir David Hughes (1893–1973), rev. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2010, accessed 30 October 2012
- ^ Goulden, Gontran; Saint, Andrew (2004). "Edwards, (Arthur) Trystan (1884–1973)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31062. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Alun Roberts. "Price Thomas, Clement (1893-1973), pioneering surgeon". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ Ian Sansom, ‘Allott, Kenneth Cyril Bruce (1912–1973)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2015 accessed 4 March 2017
- ^ Trevor Herbert, 'Peers, Donald Rhys Hubert (1909–1973)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, May 2011; online edn, September 2011 accessed 16 April 2017
- ^ John Tudno Williams. "Dodd, Charles Harold (1884-1973), biblical scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Evan Tom Davies". www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk. School of Mathematics and Statistics University of St Andrews, Scotland. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ Dr Brynley Francis Roberts. "Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig" (in Welsh). Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "Gen. Hugh Hughes, freed Belsen Camp". New York Times. 30 November 1973. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ W. Ambrose Bebb (15 July 2009). A Welsh Hundred: Glimpses of Life in Wales Drawn from a Pair of Family Diaries for 1841 and 1940. AuthorHouse. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-4678-6128-1.