1992 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1992 to Wales and its people.

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Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1992 in The United Kingdom England Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales – Charles
• Princess of Wales – Diana
• Secretary of State for Wales – David Hunt
• Archbishop of Wales – Alwyn Rice Jones, Bishop of St Asaph
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Ap Llysor

Events

• Wales play England at women's rugby at Cardiff Arms Park for the first time.
• 9 April - In the UK General Election:
  • Long-serving Liberal MP Geraint Howells unexpectedly loses the seat of Ceredigion and Pembroke North to Plaid Cymru. He is elevated to the peerage as Baron Geraint of Ponterwyd.[1]
  • Plaid Cymru's new MP, Cynog Dafis, is helped by an electoral alliance between Plaid and the Wales Green Party.[1]
  • Nick Ainger wins Pembroke for Labour from the Conservatives.[2]
  • Merlyn Rees retires from the House of Commons.
  • Llew Smith replaces the retiring Michael Foot as MP for Blaenau Gwent.
• Following his retirement at the election, Sir Geoffrey Howe becomes a life peer as Lord Howe of Aberavon.
• 13 April - Neil Kinnock resigns after nearly nine years as leader of the Labour Party, having failed for the second successive general election to defeat the Conservative government, although his party has gradually reduced the Conservative majority during that time.[3]
• 1 May-4 October - The Ebbw Vale Garden Festival, the last garden festival held in the UK.
• 6 August - Texaco offers to purchase the entire village of Rhoscrowther which lies immediately adjacent to its Pembroke Refinery.[4]
• 26 August - Five people are killed in a speedboat accident off Llandudno.
• December - One-off stage performance of An Evening with Dylan Thomas takes place to mark the opening of the new AIR Studios.
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  • The Passport Office agrees to process passport applications in the Welsh language.[5]
  • The Polytechnic of Wales becomes the University of Glamorgan.[6]
  • The Chwarae Teg organisation is launched to improve work opportunities for women in Wales by assisting with childcare.
  • The Swansea Barrage is constructed on the River Tawe estuary.[7]

Arts and literature

• A full-time officer for Welsh learners is appointed by the National Eisteddfod of Wales.
• The periodical Y Faner ceases publication.
• Michael Sheen co-stars with Vanessa Redgrave in When She Danced in the West End.
• Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau is established.

Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Aberystwyth)
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Idris Reynolds, "A Fo Ben"[8]
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Cyril Jones
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Robin Llywelyn, Seren Wen Ar Gefndir Gwyn[9]
• Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen - withheld[10]
• Wales Book of the Year:
  • English language: Emyr Humphreys - Bonds of Attachment[11]
  • Welsh language: Gerallt Lloyd Owen - Cilmeri

New books

Welsh language

• Bedwyr Lewis Jones - Yn Ei Elfen[12]
• Christopher Meredith - Griffri
• Gerallt Lloyd Owen - Cilmeri
• Ifor Rees - Bro a Bywyd:13. Aneirin Talfan Davies 1909-1980[13]
• M. Wynn Thomas - Morgan Llwyd, ei Gyfeillion a'i Gyfnod
• Angharad Tomos - Si Hei Lwli

Music

• Michael Ball competes for the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest, finishing second.
• Stereophonics formed in Cwmaman.
• Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists (album)
• Y Cyrff - Mae Ddoe Yn Ddoe (album)

Film

• Anthony Hopkins wins the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Silence of the Lambs.
• Hopkins and Paul Rhys are among the stars of Chaplin.
• Rebecca's Daughters, based on a 1948 screenplay by Dylan Thomas, is filmed in Wales and directed by Karl Francis. Stars include Paul Rhys and Keith Allen.[14]

Welsh-language films

• Gadael Lenin
• Hedd Wyn, wins the Royal Television Society's Award for Best Single Drama, BAFTA Cymru Awards in several categories and is the first Welsh language film nominated for an Academy Award.[15]

Broadcasting

• The first community radio stations in Wales are approved by the Radio Authority: Radio Ceredigion at Aberystwyth and Radio Maldwyn at Newtown.

Welsh-language television

• Merched Lasarus (comedy)

English-language television

Sport

• Athletics - Tanni Grey wins four gold medals at the Paralympics in Barcelona, and is named Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year.[16]
• Boxing
  • 13 October - Neil Haddock wins the British Super Featherweight boxing championship.
  • 14 November - Robbie Regan wins the European Flyweight boxing championship.
  • 12 December - Nicky Piper loses the World Super Middleweight Boxing title fight in London.
• Horse racing - Carl Llewellyn wins the Grand National on "Party Politics"
• Football - The League of Wales is launched.[17]

Births

• 13 January - Adam Matthews, footballer
• 12 February - Dafydd Carter, footballer
• 23 February - Daniel Alfei, footballer
• 23 March - Morgan Evans, rugby league player
• 15 April - Aaron Wildig, Cardiff City footballer (in Hereford, England)
• 13 May - Joe Walsh, footballer
• 27 May - Demi Holborn, singer
• 10 June - Lee Lucas, footballer
• 24 June - Sam Harrison, racing cyclist
• 5 July - Dan Baker, rugby player
• 7 July - Ben Jones, footballer
• 19 July - Aled Davies, rugby player
• 22 July - Reece Jones, Welsh international footballer (in Chessington, England)
• 25 July - Jonathan Evans, rugby player
• 12 October - Kyron Duke, powerlifter and field athlete

Deaths

• 27 January - Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, actress, 101[18]
• 4 February - Alan Davies, footballer, 30
• February - Alexander Tudor-Hart, doctor and political activist, 90[19]
• 17 February - Curigwen Lewis, actress, 86
• 22 February - David Davies, rugby league player, 89[20]
• 11 March - Archie Hughes, footballer, 73[21]
• 18 March
  • Gruffydd Evans, Baron Evans of Claughton, solicitor and politician, 64
  • Jack Kelsey, footballer, 62
• 30 March - Alun Williams, radio and TV presenter, 81
• 6 April - Hywel Lewis, philosopher, 81[22]
• 28 April - Elfed Davies, Baron Davies of Penrhys, politician, 78[23]
• 27 June - Ivor Davies, Archdeacon of Lewisham, 74
• 14 July - Gwyn Davies, rugby player, 84
• 19 July - Gareth Price, rugby league player, 74
• 22 August - David Tecwyn Lloyd, author, 77
• 28 or 29 August - Bedwyr Lewis Jones, writer and scholar, 58[24]
• 6 September - Mervyn Johns, actor, 93
• 8 September - Edward Roderick Davies, industrialist, 77
• 16 September - Roderick Jones, opera singer, 82[25]
• 19 September - Sir Geraint Evans, opera singer, 70[26]
• October - Wilf Jones, cricketer, 80
• 20 October - Brian Badcoe, actor
• 30 October - Joe Price, cricketer, 64
• 21 November - Irwyn Ranald Walters, musician, 89[27]
• 23 December - Cyril Walters, cricketer, 87
• 26 December - Edmund Davies, Baron Edmund-Davies, judge, 86[28]
• date unknown - John Weston Thomas, harp builder, 81[29]

See also

• 1992 in Northern Ireland

References

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2. Robert Waller; Byron Criddle (1999). The Almanac of British Politics. Psychology Press. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-415-18541-7.
3. "1992: Labour's Neil Kinnock resigns". On This Day. BBC. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
4. Prestage, Michael (1992-08-08). "Texaco offers to buy village". The Independent. London. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
5. Reference Wales. University of Wales Press. 1994. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-7083-1234-6.
6. B. Hunter (23 December 2016). The Statesman's Year-Book 1993-94. Springer. p. 1369. ISBN 978-0-230-27122-7.
7. Jean Paul Lagardere; Marie-Laure Begout Anras; Guy Claireaux (31 October 1998). Advances in Invertebrates and Fish Telemetry: Proceedings of the Second Conference on Fish Telemetry in Europe, Held in LaRochelle, France, 5 - 9 April 1997. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 322. ISBN 978-0-7923-5211-2.
8. "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 October 2019.
9. Robin Llywelyn (1992). Seren wen ar gefndir gwyn. Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Frenhinol Cymru. ISBN 978-0-86383-985-6.
10. "Enillwyr Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen". BBC Cymru (in Welsh). Retrieved 24 November 2019.
11. M Wynn Thomas (1 November 2010). In The Shadow of the Pulpit: Literature and Nonconformist Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 353. ISBN 978-0-7083-2342-7.
12. Glyn Jones (1999). The Collected Stories of Glyn Jones. University of Wales Press. p. 362. ISBN 978-0-7083-1420-3.
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17. S4C: A season in brief: 1992/93. Accessed 6 March 2014
18. Martial Rose (2003). Forever Juliet: The Life and Letters of Gwen Ffrancon-Davies, 1891-1992. Larks Press. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-904006-12-1.
19. Conrad Keating (5 July 2016). Smoking Kills: The Revolutionary Life of Richard Doll. Andrews UK Limited. p. 400. ISBN 978-1-909930-40-7.
20. Melling, Phil (1994). Man of Amman: The Life of Dai Davies. Gomez. ISBN 1 85902 083 6.
21. Bob Goodwin (16 August 2017). The Spurs Alphabet. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-9540434-2-1.
22. Sutherland, Stewart. (1993). Obituary: Hywel David Lewis 1910–1992. Philosophy. Vol. 68, No. 264. pp. 263–264.
23. Who was who: A Companion to Who's Who, vol IX. A. & C. Black. 2002. ISBN 978-0-7136-6125-5.
24. Nomina. English Name-Studies. 1992. p. 132.
25. "Roderick Jones". The Independent. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
26. An Almanack...: By Joseph Whitaker, F.S.A. Whitaker's Almanack. 1993. p. 1160.
27. Beryl Bowen James; David Ian Allsobrook (1995). First in the World: The Story of the National Youth Orchestra of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-7083-1296-4.
28. Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Peerage Limited. 2011. p. 513. ISBN 978-1-870520-73-7.
29. Folk Harp Journal. 2005. p. 56.