1957 in Wales

Centuries:	18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1957 in The United Kingdom Scotland

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

Incumbents

Archbishop of Wales
- John Morgan, Bishop of Llandaff (died 26 June)
- Edwin Morris, Bishop of Monmouth (elected)[1]
Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
- Dyfnallt (outgoing)[2]
- William Morris (incoming)

Events

18 January – Nigel Birch is appointed Economic Secretary to the Treasury.[3]
25 February – Goronwy Rees, Principal of the University of Wales College Aberystwyth, resigns following allegations that he has spied for the Soviet Union.[4]
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.[5]
1 July – Royal physician Horace Evans is created Baron Evans of Merthyr Tydfil.[6]
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.[7]
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.[8]
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.[9]
date unknown – Brecon Beacons becomes the third of Wales's national parks.[10]

Arts and literature

5 October – Paul Robeson (blacklisted at this time from travelling outside the United States) addresses the Miners' Eisteddfod at the Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl via a transatlantic telephone link to the miners' leader Will Paynter.

Awards

National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Llangefni)
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Gwilym Tilsley, "Cwm Carnedd"[11]
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Dyfnallt Morgan, "Drama Fydryddol Rhwng Dau"[12]
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Tom Parri Jones, Teisennau Berffro[13]

Welsh language

Käte Bosse-Griffiths – Mae'r Galon wrth y Llyw
Islwyn Ffowc Elis – Wythnos Yng Nghymru Fydd
Bobi Jones – Y Gân Gyntaf
T. Harri Jones – The Enemy in the Heart
W. Leslie Richards – Telyn Teilo
Gwilym Tilsley – Y glöwr a cherddi eraill

English language

John Charles – King of Soccer
Rhys Davies – The Perishable Quality
Trevor Ford – I Lead the Attack
Dick Francis – The Sport of Queens

New drama

Albert Evans-Jones – Absalom Fy Mab

Music

Shirley Bassey – Banana Boat Song (her first chart single)[14]
Alun Hoddinott – Harp Concerto (written for Osian Ellis)[15]
Daniel Jones – String Quartet 1957[16]

Film

Donald Houston stars in The Girl in the Picture.

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)[17]

English-language television

Adaptation of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood, starring Donald Houston and William Squire.

Sport

Football
- Swansea-born John Charles transfers from Leeds United to Juventus of Turin for a transfer fee of £65,000 (almost double the previous British record)
- Pelé scores a hattrick against Wales
BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Dai Rees[18]
Inaugural Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy competition held; Taibach RFC are champions.

Births

10 March – Terry Holmes, rugby player[19]
19 March (in Birmingham) – Jane Davidson, AM, politician
20 April – Geraint Wyn Davies, actor
26 April – Edwina Hart AM, politician
17 May – Anne Main, educator and politician
12 June – Javed Miandad, former Glamorgan cricketer
1 July – Wayne David MP, politician
20 July – Chris Bromham, stuntman
11 August – Leighton Andrews AM, politician
11 October
- (in Holyhead) Dawn French, actress and comedian
- Jon Langford, musician
10 November – Nigel Evans MP, politician
21 December – Roger Blake, actor
Charlotte Voake, children's illustrator[20]

Deaths

6 March – Gwladys Evan Morris, actress and writer, 77[21]
21 March – Russell Thomas, doctor, lawyer and politician, 60
30 July – William Richard Arnold, rugby player, 76
6 June – John Morgan, Archbishop of Wales and Bishop of Llandaff, 71[22]
1 August – Llewellyn Lloyd, Wales international rugby union player, 80
15 August – Alice Williams, writer, painter and voluntary worker, 94[23]
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[24]
10 October – Lloyd Davies, footballer, 80[25]
12 November – Wilfred Hodder, Wales international rugby player, 61
7 December
- Maurice Jones, priest and academic, 94[26]
- Alfred Ernest Watkins, footballer, 79[27]
9 December – Llewellyn Gwynne, first bishop of Egypt and Sudan, 94[28]

References

John Stuart Peart-Binns (1 January 1990). Alfred Edwin Morris, Archbishop of Wales. Gomer. ISBN 978-0-86383-636-7.
National Library of Wales (1955). Annual Report – Presented by the Council to the Court of Governors. The Library.
The Accountant. Lafferty Publications, Limited. 1957. p. 93.
Tony Curtis (7 February 2007). After the First Death: An Anthology of Wales and War in the Twentieth Century. Seren Books. ISBN 978-1-85411-450-1.
Craig, F. W. S. (1971). British parliamentary Election Results 1950-1970. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. p. 570. ISBN 0 900178 02 7.
"No. 41116". The London Gazette. 2 July 1957. p. 3964.
Matthew Jarvis (2008). Welsh Environments in Contemporary Poetry: Writing Wales in English. University of Wales Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-7083-2152-2.
Alan Watkins (1 January 1990). A slight case of libel: Meacher v Trelford and others. Duckworth. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-7156-2334-3.
James Mitchell (15 October 2009). Devolution in the UK. Manchester University Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-7190-5358-0.
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Commission on Education and Communication (2002). Education and Sustainability: Responding to the Global Challenge. IUCN. p. 82. ISBN 978-2-8317-0623-8.
"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.
Colin Larkin (1993). The Guinness who's who of fifties music. Guinness Publishing. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-85112-732-3.
The Anglo-Welsh Review. Dock Leaves Press. 1980. p. 129.
Marianne Barton (1979). British Music Yearbook. Classical Music. p. 623. ISBN 978-0-7136-1963-8.
Jamie Medhurst (1 June 2010). A History of Independent Television in Wales. University of Wales Press. pp. 29–. ISBN 978-0-7083-2308-3.
"BBC Wales Sport Personality winners". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
Peter Jackson (1998). Lions of Wales: A Celebration of Welsh Rugby Legends. Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84018-026-8.
"Charlotte Voake - Literature". literature.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
"Obituary: Gwladys Evan Morris". The Stage. 14 March 1957. p. 10. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
'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 accessed 29 May 2017
Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan, ‘Williams, Alice Helena Alexandra (1863–1957)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 20 Oct 2017
Felice Levy; Facts on File, Inc (1979). Obituaries on File. Facts on File. ISBN 978-0-87196-372-7.
Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
Mary Gwendoline Ellis. "Jones, Maurice (1863-1957), priest and college principal". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
"Watkins, Alfred Ernest (Alf) (Ernie) (Fred)". astonvillaplayerdatabase.com. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
H̤̊asan Makkī Muh̤̊ammad Ah̤̊mad (1989). Sudan, the Christian design: a study of the missionary factor in Sudan's cultural and political integration, 1843-1986. Islamic Foundation. ISBN 978-0-86037-193-9.

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[1] John Stuart Peart-Binns (1 January 1990). Alfred Edwin Morris, Archbishop of Wales. Gomer. ISBN 978-0-86383-636-7.

[2] National Library of Wales (1955). Annual Report – Presented by the Council to the Court of Governors. The Library.

[3] The Accountant. Lafferty Publications, Limited. 1957. p. 93.

[4] Tony Curtis (7 February 2007). After the First Death: An Anthology of Wales and War in the Twentieth Century. Seren Books. ISBN 978-1-85411-450-1.

[Craig50-70-5] Craig, F. W. S. (1971). British parliamentary Election Results 1950-1970. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. p. 570. ISBN 0 900178 02 7.

[6] "No. 41116". The London Gazette. 2 July 1957. p. 3964.

[7] Matthew Jarvis (2008). Welsh Environments in Contemporary Poetry: Writing Wales in English. University of Wales Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-7083-2152-2.

[8] Alan Watkins (1 January 1990). A slight case of libel: Meacher v Trelford and others. Duckworth. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-7156-2334-3.

[9] James Mitchell (15 October 2009). Devolution in the UK. Manchester University Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-7190-5358-0.

[10] International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Commission on Education and Communication (2002). Education and Sustainability: Responding to the Global Challenge. IUCN. p. 82. ISBN 978-2-8317-0623-8.

[11] "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2019.

[12] "Winners of the Crown". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2019.

[13] "Winners of the Prose Medal". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2019.

[14] Colin Larkin (1993). The Guinness who's who of fifties music. Guinness Publishing. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-85112-732-3.

[15] The Anglo-Welsh Review. Dock Leaves Press. 1980. p. 129.

[16] Marianne Barton (1979). British Music Yearbook. Classical Music. p. 623. ISBN 978-0-7136-1963-8.

[17] Jamie Medhurst (1 June 2010). A History of Independent Television in Wales. University of Wales Press. pp. 29–. ISBN 978-0-7083-2308-3.

[18] "BBC Wales Sport Personality winners". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

[19] Peter Jackson (1998). Lions of Wales: A Celebration of Welsh Rugby Legends. Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84018-026-8.

[20] "Charlotte Voake - Literature". literature.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

[21] "Obituary: Gwladys Evan Morris". The Stage. 14 March 1957. p. 10. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

[22] '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 accessed 29 May 2017

[23] Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan, ‘Williams, Alice Helena Alexandra (1863–1957)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 20 Oct 2017

[24] Felice Levy; Facts on File, Inc (1979). Obituaries on File. Facts on File. ISBN 978-0-87196-372-7.

[25] Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.

[26] Mary Gwendoline Ellis. "Jones, Maurice (1863-1957), priest and college principal". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

[27] "Watkins, Alfred Ernest (Alf) (Ernie) (Fred)". astonvillaplayerdatabase.com. Retrieved 15 December 2017.

[28] H̤̊asan Makkī Muh̤̊ammad Ah̤̊mad (1989). Sudan, the Christian design: a study of the missionary factor in Sudan's cultural and political integration, 1843-1986. Islamic Foundation. ISBN 978-0-86037-193-9.