1960 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1960 to Wales and its people.
Contents
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales – The Prince Charles
- Princess of Wales – vacant
- Archbishop of Wales – Edwin Morris, Bishop of Monmouth
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
- William Morris (outgoing)
- Trefin (incoming)
Events
- 1 January - Portmeirion Pottery is established when Susan Williams-Ellis and her husband Euan Cooper-Willis (managers of the gift ship at her father's village of Portmeirion) take over Gray's Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent (England).
- 5 January - Closure of the Swansea and Mumbles Railway (opened to passengers in 1807 and by this date operated by double-deck electric trams).[1] The service is replaced by buses operated by its owner South Wales Transport.
- 12 April - Nine miners are killed in a mining accident at Tower Colliery, Hirwaun.
- 28 June - Forty-five miners are killed in an accident at Six Bells Colliery, Monmouthshire.[2]
- 6 August - At Llandaff Cathedral a service of thanksgiving attended by Queen Elizabeth II is held to mark the end of eleven years' restoration work following air raid damage in 1941.[3]
- 5 September - Poet and peace campaigner Waldo Williams is sentenced at Haverfordwest to imprisonment for six weeks for non-payment of income tax (a protest against defence spending).[4]
- 3 November - Esso opens the first oil refinery at Milford Haven.[5]
Arts and literature
- 29 September - Ricky Valance is the first male Welsh singer to hit number one in the charts, with his cover version of Tell Laura I Love Her.
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Cardiff)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - withheld
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - W. J. Gruffydd
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Rhiannon Davies Jones
New books
- Glyn M. Ashton - Tipyn o Annwyd
- Thomas Glynne Davies - Haf Creulon
- Menna Gallie - Man's Desiring
- Dic Jones - Agor Grwn
- Kate Roberts - Y Lôn Wen
- Bernice Rubens - Set on Edge
- Raymond Williams - Border Country
New drama
- Saunders Lewis - Esther
Music
- Alun Hoddinott - Concerto no. 2
- Arwel Hughes - Serch yw’r Doctor (opera)
Film
- Glynis Johns stars in The Sundowners.
- Rachel Roberts stars in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, becoming the first Welsh actress to win a BAFTA for Best British Actress.
- Keith Baxter appears alongside Orson Welles in Chimes at Midnight.
Broadcasting
Welsh-language television
- Colegau Cerdd
- Her Yr Ifanc
English-language television
- 1 January - Broadcast of the first weekly episode of an eight-part serialization by BBC Wales of How Green Was My Valley.
- Johnny Morris narrates the imported children's TV series Tales of the Riverbank.
Sport
- Boxing - Dick Richardson wins the European Heavyweight title. Brian Curvis wins the British and Commonwealth welterweight titles.
- Summer Olympics - David Broome wins a bronze medal on Sunsalve in the individual show jumping event.
- Tennis - Mike Davies wins the British hard court title. He also becomes the first Welsh man to reach a Wimbledon final where he partners Bobby Wilson in the Men's Doubles.
- BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year - Brian Curvis
Births
- 30 January - Peter Black AM, politician
- 6 February - Jeremy Bowen, journalist and television presenter
- 3 May - Geraint Davies, politician
- 9 May - Jillian Lane, spiritual medium (d. 2013)
- 23 June - Ricky Evans, rugby union player
- 29 June - Helen Mary Jones, politician (in Colchester)
- 13 July - Ian Hislop, satirist
- 18 September - Ian Lucas, politician
- 12 December - Kelvin Smart, Flyweight boxer
- 24 December - Carol Vorderman, TV personality (in Bedford)
- date unknown
- Lesley Griffiths, politician
- Gareth Jones, orchestral and choral conductor
- Malcolm Pryce, novelist (in Shrewsbury)
Deaths
- 2 January - Leila Megàne, opera singer, c. 69
- 13 January - Reginald Herbert, 15th Earl of Pembroke, 79
- 17 January - E. Llwyd Williams, minister and poet, 53
- 27 January - Joseph Jones, dual-code rugby international, 60
- 2 February - Joseph "Joe" Jones, rugby league player, 60
- 30 March - Edward Evan, politician, 77
- 11 April - William Llewellyn Morgan, Wales international rugby union player, 76
- 7 May - Mai Jones, songwriter, 61
- 23 May - John Edwards, politician, 77
- 19 June - Thomas Alwyn Lloyd, architect, 78
- 27 June - Harry Pollitt, politician, 69
- 6 July - Aneurin Bevan, politician, 62
- 9 July - John Dyke, Wales international rugby union player, 76
- 24 August - Dai Edwards, Wales dual-code rugby international, 64
- 25 August - Tommy Jones-Davies, Wales international rugby player, 54
- 27 September - George Morgan Trefgarne, 1st Baron Trefgarne, politician, 66
- 29 October - Horace Williams, footballer, c. 60
- 20 December - Harry Uzzell, Wales international rugby union captain, 77
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