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1957 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1957 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

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  • Minister of Welsh Affairs – Henry Brooke{{cite book|author=Thomas Glyn Watkin|title=The Legal History of Wales|publisher=University of Wales Press|year=2012|page=192}}
  • Archbishop of Wales
  • John Morgan, Bishop of Llandaff (died 26 June){{cite DWB|id=s2-MORG-JOH-1886|title=Morgan, John (1886-1957), Archbishop of Wales|author=Mary Gwendoline Ellis|year=2001|access-date=6 June 2022}}
  • Edwin Morris, Bishop of Monmouth (elected){{cite book|author=John Stuart Peart-Binns|title=Alfred Edwin Morris, Archbishop of Wales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hT2gAAAAMAAJ|date=1 January 1990|publisher=Gomer|isbn=978-0-86383-636-7}}
  • Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
  • Dyfnallt (outgoing){{cite book|author=National Library of Wales|title=Annual Report – Presented by the Council to the Court of Governors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sC0jAQAAIAAJ|year=1955|publisher=The Library}}
  • William Morris (incoming){{cite web|url=https://historypoints.org/index.php?page=former-home-of-poet-william-morris-caernarfon|title=Former home of poet William Morris, Caernarfon|website=HistoryPoints|access-date=6 June 2022}}

Events

  • 18 January – Nigel Birch is appointed Economic Secretary to the Treasury.{{cite book|title=The Accountant|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5toWAQAAMAAJ|year=1957|publisher=Lafferty Publications, Limited|page=93}}
  • 25 February – Goronwy Rees, Principal of the University of Wales College Aberystwyth, resigns following allegations that he has spied for the Soviet Union.{{cite book|author=Tony Curtis|title=After the First Death: An Anthology of Wales and War in the Twentieth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ncllAAAAMAAJ|date=7 February 2007|publisher=Seren Books|isbn=978-1-85411-450-1}}
  • 28 February – Carmarthen by-election is held following the death of Sir Rhys Hopkin Morris the previous year. The Liberal Party lose the seat to Labour's Lady Megan Lloyd George, herself a former Liberal MP.{{cite book |last1=Craig |first1=F. W. S. |title=British parliamentary Election Results 1950-1970 |date=1971 |publisher=Political Reference Publications |location=Chichester |isbn=0 900178 02 7 |page=570}}
  • 1 July – Royal physician Horace Evans is created 1st Baron Evans of Merthyr Tydfil.{{London Gazette |issue=41116 |date=2 July 1957 |page=3964 }}
  • 6 July – The Royal Welsh Show is held at Blaendolau; the showground is flooded to a depth of 1 metre.
  • 16 July – Five people drown in a boating accident at Barmouth.
  • 31 July – The Tryweryn Bill, permitting Liverpool City Council to build a reservoir which will drown the village of Capel Celyn, becomes law.{{cite book|author=Matthew Jarvis|title=Welsh Environments in Contemporary Poetry: Writing Wales in English|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lo0fAQAAIAAJ|year=2008|publisher=University of Wales Press|isbn=978-0-7083-2152-2|page=153}}
  • 8 September – The town hall at Aberystwyth is seriously damaged by fire.
  • 21 November – Morgan Phillips and Aneurin Bevan, along with Richard Crossman, successfully sue The Spectator for libel.{{cite book|author=Alan Watkins|title=A slight case of libel: Meacher v Trelford and others|url=https://archive.org/details/slightcaseoflibe0000watk|url-access=registration|date=1 January 1990|publisher=Duckworth|isbn=978-0-7156-2334-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/slightcaseoflibe0000watk/page/20 20]}}
  • 12 December – Wales gets its own minister of state in the Westminster government for the first time. Prime Minister Harold Macmillan rejects requests for a Secretary of State.{{cite book|author=James Mitchell|title=Devolution in the UK|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w4QNAQAAMAAJ|date=15 October 2009|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-0-7190-5358-0|page=51}}
  • date unknown – Brecon Beacons becomes the third of Wales's national parks.{{cite book|author=International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Commission on Education and Communication|title=Education and Sustainability: Responding to the Global Challenge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q18nBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA82|year=2002|publisher=IUCN|isbn=978-2-8317-0623-8|pages=82}}

Arts and literature

=Awards=

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Llangefni)
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Gwilym Tilsley, "Cwm Carnedd"{{cite web|url=https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair|title=Winners of the Chair|website=National Eisteddfod of Wales|access-date=7 November 2019}}
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Dyfnallt Morgan, "Drama Fydryddol Rhwng Dau"{{cite web|url=https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners|title=Winners of the Crown|website=National Eisteddfod of Wales|access-date=7 November 2019}}
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Tom Parri Jones, Teisennau Berffro{{cite web|url=https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-prose-medal|title=Winners of the Prose Medal|website=National Eisteddfod of Wales|access-date=7 November 2019}}

=New books=

==Welsh language==

==English language==

=New drama=

=Music=

  • Shirley Bassey – Banana Boat Song (her first chart single){{cite book|author=Colin Larkin|title=The Guinness who's who of fifties music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uZem6VyBfjsC|year=1993|publisher=Guinness Publishing|isbn=978-0-85112-732-3|page=33}}
  • Alun Hoddinott – Harp Concerto (written for Osian Ellis){{cite book|title=The Anglo-Welsh Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5NM7AQAAIAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Dock Leaves Press|page=129}}
  • Daniel Jones – String Quartet 1957{{cite book|author=Marianne Barton|title=British Music Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GbU3AAAAMAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Classical Music|isbn=978-0-7136-1963-8|page=623}}

=Film=

=Broadcasting=

  • Alun Oldfield-Davies becomes senior regional BBC controller, after several years of successful campaigning for Welsh-language television.

==Welsh-language television==

  • February – Cefndir (first regular Welsh-language programme)
  • September – Dewch i Mewn (magazine programme){{cite book|author=Jamie Medhurst|title=A History of Independent Television in Wales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YXyvBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA29|date=1 June 2010|publisher=University of Wales Press|isbn=978-0-7083-2308-3|pages=29–}}

==English-language television==

Sport

Births

Deaths

  • 6 March – Gwladys Evan Morris, actress and writer, 77{{cite news |title=Obituary: Gwladys Evan Morris |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19570314/118/0010 |accessdate=5 July 2018 |work=The Stage |date=14 March 1957 |page=10}}
  • 21 March – Russell Thomas, doctor, lawyer and politician, 60
  • 30 July – William Richard Arnold, rugby player, 76
  • 26 June – John Morgan, Archbishop of Wales and Bishop of Llandaff, 71'MORGAN, Most Rev. John', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U240990 accessed 29 May 2017]
  • 1 August – Llewellyn Lloyd, Wales international rugby union player, 80
  • 15 August – Alice Williams, writer, painter and voluntary worker, 94Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan, ‘Williams, Alice Helena Alexandra (1863–1957)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/55511, accessed 20 Oct 2017]
  • 20 August – Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, explorer and admiral, 75
  • 12 September – Tom Pearson, Wales national rugby player, 85
  • 26 September – Arthur Powell Davies, Unitarian minister and writer, 55{{cite book|author1=Felice Levy|author2=Facts on File, Inc|title=Obituaries on File|url=https://archive.org/details/obituariesonfile01feli|url-access=registration|year=1979|publisher=Facts on File|isbn=978-0-87196-372-7}}
  • 10 October – Lloyd Davies, footballer, 80{{Cite book |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |first=Michael |last=Joyce |publisher=Soccerdata |year=2004 |isbn=1-899468-67-6 }}
  • 12 November – Wilfred Hodder, Wales international rugby player, 61
  • 7 December
  • Maurice Jones, priest and academic, 94{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-JONE-MAU-1863|title=Jones, Maurice (1863-1957), priest and college principal|author=Mary Gwendoline Ellis|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=5 July 2019}}
  • Alfred Ernest Watkins, footballer, 79{{Cite web | title = Watkins, Alfred Ernest (Alf) (Ernie) (Fred) | website = astonvillaplayerdatabase.com | accessdate = 15 December 2017 | url = http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/1400.html }}
  • 9 December – Llewellyn Gwynne, first bishop of Egypt and Sudan, 94{{cite book|author=H̤̊asan Makkī Muh̤̊ammad Ah̤̊mad|title=Sudan, the Christian design: a study of the missionary factor in Sudan's cultural and political integration, 1843-1986|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2ImAQAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Islamic Foundation|isbn=978-0-86037-193-9}}

See also

References

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