1967 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1967 to Wales and its people.

← 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1967 in Wales → 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1967 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales – Charles
• Princess of Wales – vacant
• Secretary of State for Wales – Cledwyn Hughes
• Archbishop of Wales – Edwin Morris, Bishop of Monmouth (retired)
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – E. Gwyndaf Evans

Events

• 20 February – The first Royal Mail postbus in Britain runs between Llanidloes and Llangurig.[1]
• April – Rhodri Morgan marries fellow Welsh Labour MP Julie Edwards.[2]
• 13 April – Tri-annual county council elections take place across Wales
• 5 May – The Brynglas Tunnels on the M4 motorway by-passing Newport are opened.[3]
• 8 May – Local elections take place across the county boroughs and districts, with the Labour Party losing its majority on Ebbw Vale Urban Council for the first time in 30 years.[4]
• 27 July – The Welsh Language Act allows the use of Welsh in legal proceedings and official documents.
• 7 August – Two men and a boy are drowned in the Dyfi estuary.
• 25–27 August – The Beatles, along with Mick Jagger, Cilla Black, and Jane Asher, come to Bangor to attend a seminar by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Transcendental Meditation. Their visit is cut short by the shock news of manager Brian Epstein's death.[5]
• 2 October – The new Passport Office opens in Newport as part of a United Kingdom government effort to move government offices into the regions.[6]
• 25 October - Foot and Mouth Disease breaks out in North Wales and parts of England.[7]
• November - HM Land Registry opens an office in Swansea.[8]
• 18 December – Newtown, Montgomeryshire, is designated as a New Town.[9] The River Severn is re-channelled to prevent the town becoming further damaged by floods.
• date unknown
  • The Gittins Report on Primary Education in Wales recommends that "every child should be given sufficient opportunity to be reasonably bilingual by the end of the primary stage".[10]
  • Merched y Wawr is founded in the village of Parc near Bala, by language campaigner Zonia Bowen, after the Women's Institute refused to allow the Welsh language to be used.[11]
  • The University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST) in Cardiff is incorporated by charter;[12] it later becomes part of the University of Wales.
  • The former Royal Navy Propellant Factory, Caerwent, RAF Caerwent weapons storage facility, is transferred to United States administration.
  • The Clywedog Reservoir is completed.[13]

Arts and literature

• The first Welsh pantomime is put on by Theatr Felinfach, based on the life of Twm Siôn Cati.
• Rhys Davies wins an Edgar Allan Poe Award for his story "The Chosen One", originally published in The New Yorker.
• The publisher Y Lolfa is established by Robat Gruffudd in Tal-y-bont, Ceredigion.[14]

Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Bala)
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Emrys Roberts, "Y Gwyddonydd"[15]
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Eluned Phillips, "Corlannau"[16]
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – withheld[17]

New books

English language

• Alan Garner – The Owl Service
• Bill Meilen – The Division
• Leslie Norris – The Loud Winter
• Bertrand Russell – War Crimes in Vietnam

Welsh language

• Hydwedd Boyer – I'r Ynysoedd
• Brinley Richards – Cerddi'r Dyffryn
• Kate Roberts – Tegwch y Bore
• William Nantlais Williams – O Gopa Bryn Nefo

New drama

• Saunders Lewis – Cymru Fydd[18]

Music

• Hogia'r Wyddfa – Tylluanod (album)
• Mary Hopkin – Mae Pob Awr
• Arwel Hughes – Mab y Dyn (cantata)
• Jeffrey Lewis – Epitaphium – Children of the Sun
• William Mathias – Sinfonietta[19]
• Toni ac Aloma – Caffi Gaerwen
• Y Triban – Paid â dodi dadi ar y dôl
• Y Blew – Maes B

Film

• Richard Burton stars in The Taming of the Shrew opposite his wife Elizabeth Taylor.
• Carry On up the Khyber is filmed in North Wales.

Broadcasting

Welsh-language television

• Hob y Deri Dando; Disc a Dawn

English-language television

• Conqueror's Road (drama series)[20]
• The Shepherds of Moel Siabod (documentary)
• The Prisoner, filmed at Portmeirion
• The cast and crew of Doctor Who film the serial The Abominable Snowmen at Nant Ffrancon, doubling for Tibet.

Sport

• Boxing – June 15: Howard Winstone is controversially defeated on points by Mexico's Vincente Saldivar at Ninian Park, Cardiff.[21]
• Cricket – Glamorgan County Cricket Club moves to a new home at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.[22]
• Cross-country – The 1967 International Cross Country Championships are held at Barry.[23]
• Gymnastics – Bobby Williams of Swansea is British champion.
• Rugby union – Barry John and Gareth Edwards make their international debut.
• Swimming – Paul Radmilovic is the first Briton to be elected to the American Swimming Hall of Fame.
• BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Howard Winstone

Births

• 7 February – Richie Burnett, darts player
• 16 February – Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely, politician[24]
• 18 February – Colin Jackson CBE, athlete[25]
• 22 February – Wayne Curtis, footballer
• 1 March – Steffan Rhodri, screen actor
• 21 March – Carwyn Jones, politician[26]
• 27 March – Bob Morgan, Olympic diver
• 5 April – Andy Allen, rugby player
• 8 April – Arwyn Davies, Welsh actor
• 10 May – Jon Ronson, journalist and documentary filmmaker[27]
• 9 July – Richard Webster, rugby player
• 22 July – Rhys Ifans, actor and musician[28]
• 7 September – Steve James, cricketer
• 13 October – Steve O'Shaughnessy, footballer
• 27 October – Jason Gummer, footballer
• 12 November – Grant Nicholas, musician
• 18 November – Zoë Skoulding, poet and musician
• 27 November – Geraint Rees, neurologist
• date unknown
  • Robert Huw Morgan, organist and choral conductor
  • (in Bolton) – Paul Pritchard, climber

Deaths

• 7 January
  • Vince Griffiths, rugby player, 65
  • Sir Frederick Rees, Welsh historian and academic, 83[29]
• 15 January – Sir Cyril Fox, archaeologist, 84[30]
• 22 January
  • Idris Bell, papyrologist and author, 87[31]
  • Mary Myfanwy Wood, missionary, 84[32]
• 28 January – Cliff Davies, Wales international rugby player, 47
• 2 February – Griffith Griffith, Presbyterian leader, 83[33]
• 14 February – Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby, politician, 70[34]
• 18 February – Gwynno James, Dean of Brecon, 54[35]
• 7 March – Percy Morris, trade unionist and politician, 73[36]
• 11 March
  • Rupert Davies, Welsh-Canadian author, editor, newspaper publisher, and politician, 87
  • Ivor Rees, Victoria Cross recipient, 73[37]
• 26 April – W. J. A. Davies, rugby player, 76
• 5 May – Owen Thomas Jones, geologist, 89
• 27 June – David Thomas, educationalist, writer and politician, 86[38]
• 29 July – Jack Wetter, Wales international rugby union captain, 79
• 30 July – George Littlewood Hirst, Wales international rugby player, 77[39]
• 15 September
  • Rhys Gabe, Wales international rugby union captain, 87
  • Enid Wyn Jones, nurse, 68[40]
• 18 September – William Davies, dual-code rugby player, 76
• 8 October – Vernon Watkins, poet, 61[41]
• 9 October – Edward Tegla Davies, clergyman and writer, 87[42]
• 29 October – Bobbie Williams, rugby player, 71?
• 2 November – Robert John Rowlands ("Meuryn"), poet, 87[43]
• 25 November – Tom Parker, Welsh international rugby union captain, 76
• 12 December – Tommy Bamford, footballer, 62
• 30 December – Ronald Lewis, operatic baritone, 51 (cancer)[44]
• 31 December – Watkin William Price, historian and activist, 94[45]
• date unknown
  • Len Apsey, footballer, 57
  • Colin Jones, artist, 38[46]

See also

• 1967 in Northern Ireland

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