1953 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1953 to Wales and its people.
Contents
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales – vacant (The Duke of Cornwall (Prince Charles) was not created Prince of Wales until 1958)
- Princess of Wales – vacant
- Archbishop of Wales – John Morgan, Bishop of Llandaff
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
Events
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- 7 March - A "Saint David's Day" pageant is held in the streets of London.
- 11 March - The Royal Badge of Wales is granted an augmentation of honour including the motto Y Ddraig goch ddyry cychwyn ("The red dragon inspires action").[1]
- 1 June - In the Queen's Coronation Honours List, Victoria Cross recipient Ted Chapman is awarded the British Empire Medal.
- 9 July - Elizabeth II makes her first visit to Wales since her 2 June Coronation.
- 10 July - The royal tour of Wales concludes with a ceremony at Caernarfon Castle and visits to the National Eisteddfod site at Rhyl, Wrexham and the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod.[2]
- 2 December - Llandudno experiences unusually warm weather as a result of the "foehn effect".
- The Royal College of General Practitioners is established in Wales.
- Goronwy Rees becomes Principal of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
- Grismond Picton Philipps is knighted.
Arts and literature
- Dorothy Squires marries Roger Moore.
- Thomas Parry (later Sir Thomas) becomes head of the National Library of Wales.
- Waldo Williams leaves the Baptist denomination and becomes a Quaker.
- Robert Frank photographs a Glamorgan mining village for U.S.Camera.
- Susan Williams-Ellis joins her father, Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, in his work on the village of Portmeirion.
Awards
- Emyr Humphreys wins the Somerset Maugham Prize for Hear and Forgive.
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Rhyl)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - E. Llwyd Williams
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Dilys Cadwaladr
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - withheld
New books
- Islwyn Ffowc Elis - Cysgod y Cryman
- Jack Jones - Time and the Business
- Bertrand Russell - Satan in the Suburbs and Other Stories
- David John Williams - Hen dŷ ffarm
Music
- 8 June - Geraint Evans appears in the première of Benjamin Britten's Gloriana.
Film
- Rachel Thomas and Clifford Evans co-star in Valley of Song.
- Richard Burton stars in The Robe.
- Rachel Roberts stars in The Limping Man.
Broadcasting
- 6 January - The Broadcasting Council for Wales meets for the first time.
- January - Edward Williamson, Bishop of Swansea and Brecon, broadcasts a lecture on Henry Vaughan on BBC radio.
Welsh-language television
- 1 March - First broadcast of a television programme entirely in Welsh: a religious service from the Tabernacle Baptist Chapel, Cardiff.
English-language television
Sport
- Archery - The North Wales Archery Society is founded.
- Rugby - In December, Wales defeat New Zealand 13-8 at Cardiff Arms Park.
Births
- 10 February - Jeffrey John, Dean of St Albans
- 11 April - Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM, politician
- 12 April - Huw Edwards, Labour politician, MP for Monmouth 1991-1992 and 1997–2005
- 8 June - Bonnie Tyler, singer
- 11 July - Nigel Rees, footballer
- 20 July - Dave Evans, singer
- 10 August - Gillian Elisa, actress, singer, and comedian
- 2 September - Keith Allen, comedian and actor
- 28 October - Phil Dwyer, footballer
- 16 November - Griff Rhys Jones, actor, comedian and television presenter
Deaths
- 10 January - Howell Elvet Lewis ("Elved"), poet and Archdruid, 92
- 7 March - Jack Williams, Victoria Cross recipient, 66
- 20 March - Fred Parfitt, Wales international rugby player, 83
- 24 March - Mary of Teck, Princess of Wales 1910-1936 and Queen 1936-1952, 85
- 6 April - Idris Davies, poet, 48
- 30 April - Sir David Rocyn-Jones, medical practitioner and President of the WRU, 90
- 2 May - Thomas Mardy Rees, author
- 23 May - Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway, industrialist, horticulturalist and politician, 74
- 5 June - Elizabeth Mary Jones ("Moelona"), 75
- 18 June - Reg Plummer, Wales and British Lion rugby union player, 64
- 26 August - Rachel Barrett, Welsh editor and suffragette, 77
- 9 November - Dylan Thomas, poet, 39
- 11 November - John Glyn Davies, poet and children's writer, 83
- 26 November - Sir Ivor Atkins, organist and choirmaster, 83
- 27 November - T. F. Powys, Anglo-Welsh writer, 77
- 17 December - David Rees Griffiths, poet, 71
