• Source: 1951 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1951 to Wales and its people.




Incumbents


Archbishop of Wales – John Morgan, Bishop of Llandaff
Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Cynan




Events


3 May – Josef Herman's Miners, a mural commissioned for the Minerals of the Island Pavilion at the Festival of Britain, is displayed for the first time.
14 May – The Talyllyn Railway is reopened by the Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society, generally considered to be the world's first such voluntary body to operate a railway.
17 July – The Chancellor of the Exchequer opens the Abbey Works at Port Talbot Steelworks at Margam, Europe's largest steel plant.
31 July–11 August – Festival Ship Campania is on show in Cardiff Docks as part of the Festival of Britain. Steam tug Earl capsizes while assisting her to berth.
12 October – Penrhyn Castle and estate, given to HM Treasury in lieu of death duties, is accepted by the National Trust.
28 October – Sir David Maxwell Fyfe is appointed the first-ever Minister for Welsh Affairs.
20 November – Snowdonia becomes a National Park.
Brynmawr Rubber Factory completed.




Arts and literature






= Awards

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National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Llanrwst)
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Brinley Richards
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – T. Glynne Davies
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Islwyn Ffowc Elis




= New books

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Ambrose Bebb – Machlud yr Oesoedd Canol
Edward Tegla Davies – Y Foel Faen
Islwyn Ffowc Elis – Cyn Oeri'r Gwaed
Eynon Evans – Prize Onions
W. F. Grimes – The Prehistory of Wales
Thomas Jones – Memoirs of Thomas Jones, Penkerrig, Radnorshire, 1803
Donald Peers – Pathway
John Cowper Powys – Porious: A Romance of the Dark Ages
Lynette Roberts – Gods with Stainless Ears: a Heroic Poem
Richard Vaughan – Moulded in Earth
Ronald Welch – The Gauntlet




= New drama

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Peter Philp – Castle of Deception




= Music

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17–22 September – The fourth annual Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts opens with a controversial speech by one of Wales's leading composers, Daniel Jones. The festival is the final component in the Festival of Britain and consists of seven programmes, featuring Welsh composer Arwel Hughes's new oratorio St. David and appearances by Victoria de los Ángeles, Zino Francescatti, André Navarra, Walter Susskind and Jean Martinon.
Mai Jones – "Rhondda Rhapsody" (theme from the radio programme, Welsh Rarebit)
D. Afan Thomas – Magnificat in F
Grace Williams – The Dancers




Film


David, the Welsh cinematic contribution to the Festival of Britain. It is based on the real-life story of the poet David Rees Griffiths (Amanwy), who plays himself.




Broadcasting


28 May – Sir Harry Secombe stars in the first broadcast of Crazy People (later renamed The Goon Show).
Welsh Rarebit transfers from stage to radio.




Sport


Boxing – February 21: Eddie Thomas wins the European welterweight title.




Births


5 February – Geraint Watkins, musician
7 March – Boyd Clack, actor and screenwriter, in Vancouver, Canada
31 March
Henry Spinetti, musician
Sir Wyn Lewis Williams, judge
13 April – Leszek Borysiewicz, immunologist
17 May – Simon Hughes, politician
28 May – Phil Rogers, potter and author
8 June – Bonnie Tyler (born Gaynor Hopkins), singer
2 July – Gareth Glyn (born Gareth Glynne Davies), composer
15 August – Berwyn Price, athlete
September – Richard Parry-Jones, automotive engineer (died 2021)
3 September – Ray Gravell, rugby player and radio presenter (died 2007)
11 September – Gareth Jenkins, Wales rugby coach
18 November – David Llewellyn, golfer
24 November – Graham Price, rugby player
3 December – Nicky Stevens, pop singer
24 December – Nick Griffiths, Australian politician, in Barry, Wales




Deaths


23 January – Charlie Pugh, Wales international rugby player, 54
28 February – Evan Lloyd, Wales international rugby player, 79
5 March – David Thomas, Archdeacon of Cardigan
6 March – Ivor Novello, composer, actor and singer, 58 (in London)
14 March – Evan Walters, artist, 58
19 March – Jack Jones, Welsh international rugby player, 65
15 June – James Grey West, architect, 66 (in Beer, Devon)
18 May – Lewis Davies, writer, 88
3 July – Gwendoline Davies, philanthropist, 69
13 August – David Jenkins, Wales national rugby player, 47 (in Whitley Bay)
22 August – Timothy Davies, politician, 94
29 August – Alf Davies, trade union leader, 53-55
8 September – W. Aubrey Thomas, Welsh-born US politician, 85
27 September – Robert Thomas, politician, 78
29 September
Llewellyn Evans, hockey player, 75
Evan Roberts, preacher, 72
17 October – Sir Arthur Probyn Jones, 2nd Baronet, barrister and politician, 59
30 November – Dai Fitzgerald, Wales international rugby union player, 79
3 December – George Henry Powell, songwriter, 71




See also


1951 in Northern Ireland




References

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• Selandia Baru
• 1951 in Wales
• Lists of MPs for constituencies in Wales
• List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (1951–1955)
• 1951 NSWRFL season
• History of rugby union matches between South Africa and Wales
• List of Wales national rugby union players
• National parks of Wales
• List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (1950–1951)
• James Wales
• List of vice-chancellors of the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David