• Source: 1969 in Wales

      • This article is about the particular significance of the year 1969 to Wales and its people.


      Incumbents


      Secretary of State for Wales – George Thomas
      Archbishop of Wales – Glyn Simon, Bishop of Llandaff
      Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
      E. Gwyndaf Evans (outgoing)
      Tilsli (incoming)


      Events


      1 April – Registration of births and deaths in the Welsh language is allowed for the first time.
      May – Deep mining of slate at Oakeley Quarry, Blaenau Ffestiniog, ceases.
      22 May – Engineer Morien Morgan becomes Director of the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, Hampshire, having been knighted in the New Year Honours.
      1 June – The South Wales Constabulary is created by merging the police forces of Glamorgan, Cardiff, Swansea and Merthyr Tydfil.
      11 June – The Prince of Wales' (now Charles III) new standard is flown for the first time.
      20 June – Llandudno Cable Car opened, the longest gondola lift system in the UK.
      30 June – Two members of the Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru (Movement for the Defence of Wales) are killed whilst placing a bomb outside government offices in Abergele in an attempt to disrupt the following day's events.
      1 July
      The Prince of Wales (now Charles III) is invested with his title at Caernarfon Castle.
      Six members of the Free Wales Army are convicted in Swansea of public order and firearms offences; three are imprisoned.
      3 July – Swansea is granted city status.
      25 July – The Development of Tourism Act 1969 paves the way for creation of the Wales Tourist Board.
      22 August – Closure of Dinorwic slate quarry.
      November – Clashes between police and anti-apartheid protesters occur when the touring South African rugby team play Swansea. A silent protest takes place at an Ebbw Vale match.
      December – Serious damage at Lluest-wen Reservoir requires emergency evacuation and repairs.


      Arts and literature


      Dafydd Iwan co-founds Sain Recordiau Cyf, which would become the major Welsh-language record label.


      = Awards

      =
      National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Flint)
      National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – James Nicholas
      National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Dafydd Rowlands
      National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Emyr Jones


      = New books

      =
      Glyn Mills Ashton – Angau yn y Crochan
      Pennar Davies – Meibion Darogan
      Rhys Davies – Print of a Hare's Foot
      T. Glynne Davies – Hedydd yn yr Haul
      R. F. Delderfield – Come Home, Charlie, and Face Them
      Raymond Garlick – A Sense of Europe
      Glyn Jones – The Dragon Has Two Tongues
      T. J. Morgan – Dydd y Farn Ac Ysgrifau Eraill
      Dennis Selby – Sanctity: or There's No Such Thing as a Naked Sailor
      John Griffith Williams – Pigau'r Sêr


      Drama


      Urien Wiliam – Cawl Cennin


      Poetry


      John Fitzgerald – Cadwyn Cenedl
      D. Gwenallt Jones – Y Coed
      Gwilym R. Jones – Cerddi
      John Ormond – Requiem and Celebration
      Penguin Book of Welsh Verse


      = Music

      =


      Albums


      Amen Corner – Explosive Company (album)
      Blonde on Blonde – Contrasts (album)
      Man – 2 Ozs of Plastic with a Hole in the Middle


      Singles


      Huw Jones – Dŵr ("Water") (protest song)


      Classical music


      Jeffrey Lewis – Mutations I
      Mansel Thomas – Mini-Variations on a Welsh Theme
      David Wynne – Cymric Rhapsody no. 2


      Film




      = English-language films

      =
      Richard Burton stars in Anne of the Thousand Days.
      Hywel Bennett stars in The Virgin Soldiers.


      Broadcasting


      Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (the Welsh Language Society) publishes a pamphlet entitled Broadcasting in Wales: To Enrich or Destroy Our National Life?


      = English-language television

      =
      Philip Madoc has roles in Manhunt!, The Avengers, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), The Champions and The Detective, among others.


      = Welsh-language television

      =
      Miri Mawr (children's)


      Sport


      BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Tony Lewis
      Cricket – Glamorgan win the County Championship.
      Rugby union – Wales win the Five Nations Championship and take the Triple Crown.
      football – Cardiff City win the Welsh Cup.


      Births


      6 January – Nicholas A'Hern, race walker
      20 January – Nicky Wire, musician
      5 February – Michael Sheen, actor
      10 February – Francesca Rhydderch, novelist and academic
      13 February – Gareth Abraham, footballer
      21 February – James Dean Bradfield, musician
      24 February – Gareth Llewellyn, rugby player
      1 March – Dafydd Ieuan, musician
      11 April – Cerys Matthews, singer
      4 June – Julie Gardner, television producer
      26 July – Tanni Grey-Thompson, born Carys Grey, wheelchair athlete
      4 August – Tony Roberts, footballer
      4 September – Sasha, DJ and record producer
      8 September – Gary Speed, footballer and national manager (died 2011)
      25 September – Catherine Zeta-Jones, actress
      8 October – David Abruzzese, footballer
      23 October – Chris Fry, footballer
      6 December – Anthony Davies, snooker player
      date unknown – Dyfed Wyn-Evans, operatic baritone


      Deaths


      20 January – Roy Evans, footballer, 25 (car crash)
      3 February – Trevor Thomas, dual-code rugby player, 61
      14 February – Ernest Roberts, judge, 78
      10 March – Jimmy Wilde, boxer, 76
      18 March – Llewellyn Alston, Royal Welch Fusiliers, 78
      20 March – Arthur E. Powell, Theosophist writer, 86
      26 March (in Australia) – Elizabeth Williams Berry, jockey of Welsh parentage, 114
      27 March – David Lloyd, tenor, 56
      31 March – Percy Jones, Wales international rugby player, 82
      5 April – Mal Griffiths, footballer, 50
      15 April
      John Davies, dual code rugby player, 28 (heart attack)
      Cowboy Morgan Evans, Texan rodeo rider of Welsh descent, 66
      20 April – Watkin Roberts, missionary, 82
      4 May – Albert Stock, Wales international rugby player, 72
      7 May – Stan Awbery, trade unionist and politician, 80
      21 May – Ben Beynon, Welsh rugby union international and Swansea Town player, 75
      23 May – Sir Evan Owen Williams, English-born Welsh engineer, 79
      28 May – Rhys Williams, actor, 71
      7 July – William David Davies, theologian, 72
      26 July – Noel Hopkins, clergyman and organist, 77
      12 August – Air Commodore James Bevan Bowen, RAF officer, 86
      19 August – Percy Thomas, architect, 85
      1 October – Dai Richards, footballer, 62
      5 October – Sir Edward John Davies, judge in colonial service, 71
      15 October – Charlie Phillips, footballer, 59
      18 October – Emrys Hughes, politician, 75
      11 November – Robert Thomas Jenkins, historian, 88
      21 November – D. B. Wyndham-Lewis, author, 78
      7 December
      Bill Roberts, Wales international rugby union player, 60
      (in London) Hugh Williams, dramatist, 65
      20 December – Eleanor Evans, actress, singer and director, 76


      See also


      1969 in Northern Ireland


      References

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