1953 in Wales
List of events
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1953 to Wales and its people .
Incumbents
Events
The Royal Badge of Wales with its 1953 augmentation of honour
Arts and literature
Awards
New books
English language
Welsh language
Music
Film
Broadcasting
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
Births
10 February – Jeffrey John , Dean of St Albans[ 20]
15 March - Alan Couch , footballer
11 April – Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM , politician
12 April – Huw Edwards , Labour politician, MP for Monmouth 1991–1992 and 1997–2005
26 April – Andy Secombe , voice actor and fantasy novelist
8 June – Bonnie Tyler , singer[ 21]
7 July – Eleri Rees , judge[ 22]
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[ 23]
Shani Rhys James , Australian-born painter
Hywel Williams , Plaid Cymru politician, MP for Caernarfon, later Arfon 2001–
Deaths
10 January – Howell Elvet Lewis ("Elved"), poet and Archdruid, 92[ 24]
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, queen consort of the United Kingdom 1936–1952, 85[ 25]
6 April – Idris Davies , poet, 48[ 26]
30 April – Sir David Rocyn-Jones , medical practitioner and President of the WRU, 90[ 27]
2 May – Thomas Mardy Rees , author, 81/82[ 28]
23 May – Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway , industrialist, horticulturalist and politician, 74[ 29]
5 June – Elizabeth Mary Jones ("Moelona "), novelist, 75[ 30]
18 June – Reg Plummer , Wales and British Lion rugby union player, 64
26 August – Rachel Barrett , Welsh editor and suffragette, 77[ 31]
9 November – Dylan Thomas , poet, 39[ 32]
11 November – John Glyn Davies , poet and children's writer, 83[ 33]
26 November – Sir Ivor Atkins , organist and choirmaster, 83[ 34]
27 November – T. F. Powys , Anglo-Welsh writer, 77[ 35]
17 December – David Rees Griffiths , poet, 71
See also
References
^ Carr, H. Gresham (1961). Flags of the World . London: Warne. p. 66.
^ The London Gazette . H.M. Stationery Office. 1953. p. 2978.
^ "The Queen At Eisteddfod: Visit To Wales Concluded, Caernarvon Castle Ceremony". The Times . No. 52671. London. 1953-07-11. p. 6.
^ Goronwy Rees (2001). Goronwy Rees: Sketches in Autobiography . University of Wales Press. p. xvi. ISBN 978-0-7083-1676-4 .
^ The London Gazette . H.M. Stationery Office. 1953. p. 3677.
^ Everett Aaker (16 May 2017). Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary . McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 308. ISBN 978-1-4766-2856-1 .
^ James Nicholas (1975). Waldo Williams . University of Wales Press; the Welsh Arts Council. p. 65. ISBN 9780708305850 .
^ Wilson library bulletin . 1952. p. 60.
^ "Winners of the Chair" . National Eisteddfod of Wales . Retrieved 7 November 2019 .
^ "Winners of the Crown" . National Eisteddfod of Wales . Retrieved 7 November 2019 .
^ "Winners of the Prose Medal" . National Eisteddfod of Wales . Retrieved 7 November 2019 .
^ Keri Edwards; Welsh Arts Council (1974). Jack Jones . University of Wales Press [for] the Welsh Arts Council. p. 64. ISBN 9780708305522 .
^ Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium . Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University. 1998. p. 439. ISBN 9780674023840 .
^ Bwletin Y Bwrdd Gwybodau Celtaidd . University of Wales Press. 1987. p. 56.
^ Eurwyn Wiliam (1986). The Historical Farm Buildings of Wales . John Donald Publishers. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-85976-136-9 .
^ British Broadcasting Corporation (1954). Annual Report and Accounts .
^ Jamie Medhurst (1 June 2010). A History of Independent Television in Wales . University of Wales Press. pp. 25–. ISBN 978-0-7083-2308-3 .
^ Radio Times . G. Newnes. 1953. p. 24.
^ The British Archer . 1957. p. 241.
^ "John, Very Rev. Jeffrey Philip Hywel" . UK Who's Who . Retrieved 7 November 2019 .
^ Fred Bronson (1985). The Billboard book of number one hits . Billboard Publications. p. 1980 . ISBN 978-0-8230-7522-5 .
^ 'REES, Eleri Mair', Who's Who 2017 , A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 11 Oct 2017
^ David Housham; John Frank-Keyes; Tiger Television (30 November 1992). Funny business . Boxtree. p. 170. ISBN 978-1-85283-792-1 .
^ National Library of Wales (1951). Annual Report Presented by the Council to the Court of Governors . National Library of Wales. p. 12.
^ "1953: Queen Mary dies peacefully after illness" , BBC News , retrieved 29 May 2018
^ Idris Davies; Dafydd Johnston (1994). The complete poems of Idris Davies . University of Wales Press. p. xxix. ISBN 978-0-7083-1272-8 .
^ Royal Society of Health (Great Britain) (1953). Journal: Supplement to V. ... p. 466.
^ Evan David Jones. "Rees, Thomas Mardy (1871-1953), Independent minister, historian and author" . Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 March 2019 .
^ Ray Desmond (25 February 1994). Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers . CRC Press. p. 456. ISBN 978-0-85066-843-8 .
^ David Jenkins. "Jones, Elizabeth Mary ('Moelona'; 1877-1953), teacher and novelist" . Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 March 2019 .
^ Morrell, Caroline. "Rachel Barrett". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/63825 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Dylan Thomas: Death of a Poet" . BBC Wales. 6 November 2008. Retrieved 15 July 2012 .
^ Robert Geraint Gruffydd. "Davies, John Glyn (1870-1953), scholar, songwriter and poet" . Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 March 2019 .
^ Moore, Jerrold Northrop (May 2008). "Atkins, Sir Ivor Algernon (1869–1953)" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press . Retrieved 2009-02-05 .
^ J. Lawrence Mitchell (2005). T. F. Powys: aspects of a life . Brynmill Press Ltd. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-907839-86-6 .