1983 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1983 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
[edit]- Secretary of State for Wales – Nicholas Edwards[1]
- Archbishop of Wales – Derrick Childs, Bishop of Monmouth (elected)[2]
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Jâms Nicholas[3]
Events
[edit]- 5 May - District council elections take place across Wales (and England). The Conservatives regain control of Cardiff City Council.[4]
- 9 June - In the UK General Election.
- The SDP, led by Roy Jenkins, allies with the Liberals and gains fourteen seats.
- Stefan Terlezki becomes MP for Cardiff West.
- Plaid Cymru retains two seats.
- John Marek is elected for Wrexham, becoming the only Czech-speaking MP.
- Geraint Howells retains Ceredigion for the Liberals.
- 21 June - Last coal raised at Tymawr and Lewis Merthyr Colliery.
- September - The Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, heir to the Dutch throne, begins a two-year course of study at Atlantic College.[5]
- 5 September - Marcher Sound is launched on 1260 AM and 95.4 FM (now BBC Radio Wales) from Wrexham, inaugurating the Marcher Radio Group.
- 2 October - Neil Kinnock, 41-year-old MP for Islwyn, replaces Michael Foot as leader of the UK Labour Party.[6]
- Alan Wilson discovers what he believes to be King Arthur's memorial stone at the small ruined church of St Peter-super-Montem on Mynydd-y-Gaer in Glamorgan.
- The BBC National Chorus of Wales is formed.
Arts and literature
[edit]Awards
[edit]- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Llangefni)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Einion Evans
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Eluned Phillips
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Tudor Wilson Evans
New books
[edit]English language
[edit]- Walter Hugh Boore - The Odyssey of Dai Lewis[7]
- Rachel Bromwich - Dafydd ap Gwilym: Poems
- Alice Thomas Ellis - The 27th Kingdom
- Emyr Humphreys – The Taliesin Tradition[8]
- Nigel Jenkins - Practical Dreams
- Robert Nisbet - Stories of Sheepskin[9]
- Craig Thomas - Firefox Down
Welsh language
[edit]- Marion Eames - Y Gaeaf Sydd Unig[10]
- Donald Evans – Machlud Canrif[11]
- R. Tudur Jones - Ffydd ac Argyfwng Cenedl
- Alan Llwyd - Yn Nydd yr Anghenfil[12]
New drama
[edit]- W. S. Jones - Ifas y tryc
Music
[edit]- The Alarm - "Sixty Eight Guns" (#17 in the UK Singles Chart)
- Y Cyrff form at Llanrwst
- First Cardiff Singer of the World competition, won by Finnish soprano Karita Mattila
- Yma o Hyd is released by Dafydd Iwan and Ar Log
Film
[edit]- Owen Glendower, Prince of Wales (TV film), starring David Barry
Welsh-language films
[edit]- Yr Alcoholig Llon
Broadcasting
[edit]Welsh-language television
[edit]- SuperTed makes his first appearance.
English-language television
[edit]- QED: Simon's War (about Simon Weston)
Sport
[edit]- BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Colin Jones[13]
- Boxing - David Pearce of Newport wins the British heavyweight title.
Births
[edit]- 11 January
- Claire Evans, beauty queen
- Rhodri Gomer-Davies, rugby player and reporter
- 14 February - Rhydian Roberts, singer
- 18 February - David Vaughan, footballer
- 5 March - Owain Arthur, actor
- 28 March - Richard Jones, chess master
- 13 April - Nicole Cooke, cyclist[14]
- 12 May - Jamie Tolley, footballer
- 7 June - Gareth Jewell, actor
- 9 June
- Kate Alicia Morgan, beauty queen
- Ryan Watkins, cricketer
- 11 June - Huw Bennett, rugby player[15]
- 19 June - Richard Evans, footballer
- 22 July - Ifan Evans, rugby player
- 6 August - Lloyd Langford, comedian
- 10 August - Richie Pugh, rugby player and coach[16]
- 23 August - James Collins, footballer
- 26 August - Darren Jones, footballer
- 9 October - Rianti Cartwright, half-Welsh actress (in Indonesia)
- 5 November - David Pipe, footballer
Deaths
[edit]- 5 January - Amy Evans, singer and actress, 98
- 10 January (in Amsterdam) - Carwyn James, rugby coach, 53[17]
- 31 January - Edwin Williams, dual-code rugby international, 84
- 10 February - Michael Roberts, politician, 55 (collapsed in Parliament)[18]
- 3 March - Percy Morgan, cricketer, 78
- 20 March - Alec Jones, politician, 58[19]
- 23 March - David Wynne, composer, 82[20]
- 16 April - Gladys Morgan, comedienne, 84[21]
- 6 June - Bryn Howells, dual-code rugby player, 72
- 23 June - Emrys Evans, dual-code rugby player, 72
- 31 August - Iorwerth Jones, dual-code rugby player, 80
- 1 September - John Williams, Dean of Llandaff, 76[22]
- 9 September - Edgar Morgan, dual-code rugby international, 87
- 1 October - Ernie Finch, Wales international rugby player, 84
- 8 October - Ron Wynn, footballer, 59
- 24 October - Norman Fender, Wales dual-code rugby international, 73
- 2 November - Tudor Watkins, politician, 80[23]
- 8 November - E. G. Bowen, geographer, 82[24]
- 15 November (in London) - Dai Rees, golfer, 70[25]
- 30 November - Richard Llewellyn, novelist, 76[26]
- 30 December - Ellis Evans, Dean of Monmouth, 75
- date unknown - Mary Vaughan Jones, novelist, 64/65[27]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Stephen Bates (19 March 2018). "Lord Crickhowell obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ The Times, 10 February 1983; pg. 12; Issue 61453; col F News in Brief
- ^ Stephens, Meic (17 October 2013). "James Nicholas: Poet, teacher and Archdruid of Wales". The Independent. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- ^ Michael Thomas (6 May 1983). "Cardiff is back in Tory hands". South Wales Echo. p. 1.
- ^ "Terugblik: De koning op school in Wales". Blauw Bloed. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "1983: 'Dream ticket' wins Labour leadership". 2 October 1983.
- ^ Meic Stephens (1998). Cydymaith i lenyddiaeth Cymru. University of Wales Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-7083-1383-1.
- ^ M. Wynn Thomas (1 September 2018). Emyr Humphreys. University of Wales Press. p. 173. ISBN 978-1-78683-297-9.
- ^ Meic Stephens (April 1986). The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford University Press. p. 430. ISBN 978-0-19-211586-7.
- ^ Whitaker's Cumulative Book List: A Classified List of Publications...together with an Index to Authors and Titles. J. Whitaker and sons, limited. 1983. p. 288. ISBN 978-0-85021-138-2.
- ^ Meic Stephens (1998). The New Companion to the Literature of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-7083-1383-1.
- ^ Sally Harper; Wyn Thomas (2007). Bearers of Song: Essays in Honour of Phyllis Kinney and Meredydd Evans. University of Wales Press. p. 304. ISBN 9780708320815.
- ^ "BBC Wales Sport Personality winners". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Nicole Cooke: I hated cycling, I was in pain, I wanted to quit". The Independent. 19 October 2008. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "Ospreys profile". Ospreys (archived). Archived from the original on 15 January 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "Richie Pugh". WRU. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ Llyr James. "James, Carwyn Rees (1929-1983), teacher, rugby player and coach". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ John Graham Jones. "Roberts, Michael Hilary Adair (1927-1983), Conservative politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ John Graham Jones. "Jones, Trevor Alec (1924-1983), Labour politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ Rhidian Griffiths. "Wynne, David (1900-1983), composer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ Roy Hudd; Philip Hindin (1997). Roy Hudd's Cavalcade of Variety Acts: A who was who of Light Entertainment, 1945-60. Robson Books. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-86105-115-8.
- ^ ‘WILLIAMS, Very Rev. John Frederick’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U170453.
- ^ John Graham Jones. "Watkins, Tudor Elwyn, Baron Watkins of Glantawe (1903-1983), Labour politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ Harold Carter, 'Bowen, Emrys George (1900–1983)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
- ^ "Mr Dai Rees - Major Welsh Golfer", The Times, 17 November 1983; pg. 14; Issue 61692.
- ^ "Lloyd, Richard Dafydd Vivian Llewellyn (1906–1983)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. September 2004. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
- ^ The School Librarian. School Library Association. 2003.