1925 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1925 to Wales and its people.
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Incumbents
Events
- 3 February - An estimated 100,000 people line the streets of Cardiff for the funeral of 'peerless' Jim Driscoll.[1]
- 13 July - The Ammanford anthracite strike[2] begins.
- 5 August - Founding of Plaid Cymru by Lewis Valentine (head of Y Mudiad Cymreig - The Welsh Movement), H. R. Jones (head of the Byddin Ymreolwyr Cymru - The Welsh Home Rule Army),[3] and others at Pwllheli.[4]
- 2 November - After several days of heavy rain, the Llyn Eigiau dam at Dolgarrog on the River Conwy bursts, destroying the village of Porth-llwyd and killing 16 people.
- date unknown
- Clough Williams-Ellis begins construction of Portmeirion.[5]
- US newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst buys the medieval St Donat's Castle in the Vale of Glamorgan for $120,000.[6]
- Silyn Roberts founds the North Wales branch of the Workers Educational Association.
Arts and literature
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Pwllheli)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Dewi Morgan (Dewi Teifi), "Cantre'r Gwaelod"[7]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - William Evans (Wil Ifan), "Bro Fy Mebyd"[8]
English language
- Sir Joseph Alfred Bradney - A Survey of the General History of the Town of Newport and District[9]
- Ifano Jones - Printing and Printers in Wales[10]
- Hilda Vaughan - The Battle to the Weak[11]
- Mortimer Wheeler - Prehistoric & Roman Wales[12]
Welsh language
- David Rees Davies - Tusw o Flodau[13]
- Edward Tegla Davies - Rhys Llwyd Y Lleuad
- Thomas Davies (Teglyn) - Dinas Mawddwy a'i Hamgylchoedd
- Henry Lewis (ed.) - Cywyddau Iolo Goch ac Eraill
- William David Owen - Madam Wen.[14]
- Kate Roberts (author) - O gors y bryniau (short stories)
- Silyn Roberts - Bugail Geifr Lorraine[15]
Music
- Mai Jones - "Blackbirds"
Film
- 27 July - The first Welsh-made animation series, Jerry the Tyke, is shown through Pathé Pictorials in British cinemas.[16]
- Gareth Hughes appears in The Midnight Girl.
- Ivor Novello appears in The Rat.
Broadcasting
- 14 February - The BBC transmits readings from the poetry of T. Gwynn Jones.
- 22 February - A Welsh-language religious service is broadcast by the BBC.
- 28 February - Saunders Lewis insists on using the Welsh language for his contribution to the BBC series A Welsh Hour.
- 6 March - Readings from the poetry of R. Williams Parry are broadcast by the BBC.
- 3 April - The BBC's Liverpool transmitter broadcasts Noson Gymreig (A Welsh Night).
- 31 May - A bilingual service is broadcast from Cardiff Baptist Chapel.
- 2 October - The BBC broadcasts a talk on the Welsh language from Swansea.
Sport
- Boxing
- 26 December - Tom Norris beats Dick Power at the Palace Theatre in Crumlin to take the Welsh heavyweight championship.
- Football:
- 28 February - England defeat Wales 2-1 at the Vetch Field, Swansea.
- 25 April - Cardiff City reach the FA Cup final, losing 1-0 to Sheffield United
- 31 October - Scotland defeat Wales 3-0 at Ninian Park.
- The Welsh Lawn Tennis Association is formed.
- Rugby union - Wales finish fourth in the Five Nations Championship with just one win, over France.
The Welsh Crown Green Bowling Association was formed www.wcgba.com
Births
- 26 March - Emlyn Hooson, Baron Hooson, lawyer and Liberal politician (died 2012)[17]
- 15 April - Geraint Howells, Liberal politician (died 2004)[18]
- 2 May - Dai Davies, Wales and British Lions international rugby union player (died 2003)
- 1 June - Roy Clarke, footballer (died 2006)
- 10 June - Sir John Stradling Thomas, Conservative politician (died 1991)[19]
- 19 July - Ivor Roberts, television announcer and actor (died 1999)
- 30 July - Don Hayward, Wales international rugby player (died 1999 in New Zealand)
- 11 August - Brian Badcoe, actor (died 1992)
- 7 September - Laura Ashley, designer (died 1985)[20]
- 10 October - Tecwyn Roberts, spaceflight engineer (died 1988 in the United States)[21]
- 10 November - Richard Burton, born Richard Jenkins, actor (died 1984)[22]
- 27 November - John Maddox, science writer (died 2009)[23]
- 3 November - Gordon Parry, Baron Parry, Welsh politician (died 2004)[24]
- 3 December - Roy John, Wales and British Lions international rugby union player (died 1981)
- 14 December - Ron Stitfall, footballer (died 2008)
Deaths
- 21 January - John Puleston Jones (in Welsh), Methodist minister and author, 62[25]
- 27 January - Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell, 83[26]
- 30 January - Jim Driscoll, boxer ("Peerless Jim"), 44
- 4 February - William Haggar, pioneer of the cinema industry, 73[27]
- 18 February - Frank Mills, Wales international rugby player
- 8 June - Edward John Lewis, Wales international rugby union player, 65[28]
- 9 August - J. Vyrnwy Morgan, minister and author, 65
- 25 August - John Fox Tallis, mining engineer, 70
- 26 September - William Bowen, rugby player, 63
- 19 October - David John Thomas, Wales international rugby union, 45[29]
- 4 November - William David Owen, writer, 51[30]
- 16 November - Towyn Jones, politician, 66[31]
- 20 November - Alexandra of Denmark, the queen mother, former Princess of Wales, 80[32]
- 19 December - Elizabeth Phillips Hughes, teacher, 74[33]
See also
References
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- "Ammanford Anthracite Strike 1925". 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
- Morgan, Kenneth O. (1981). Rebirth of a nation: Wales, 1880-1980. History of Wales. 6 (reprint 2002 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 206. ISBN 0-19-821760-9. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
- Davies, John (1994). A History of Wales. Penguin. p. 547. ISBN 0-14-014581-8.
- Nigel R. Jones (2005). Architecture of England, Scotland, and Wales. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-313-31850-4.
- Editor & Publisher. Editor & Publisher Company. 1962. p. 28.
- "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 October 2019.
- "Winners of the Crown". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- William Llewelyn Davies. "Bradney, Sir Joseph Alfred (Achydd Glan Troddi; 1859-1933), historian of Monmouthshire". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Caernarvonshire: I East: the Cantref of Arllechwedd and the Commote of Creuddyn. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. 1960. p. 182.
- "Reviews". Western Mail. 27 November 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2014 – via Questia Online Library.
- Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society for ... University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. 1952. p. 128.
- Evan David Jones. "Davies, David Rees ('Cledlyn'; 1875-1964), schoolmaster, poet, writer, local historian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Owen, William David (1874-1925), lawyer and journalist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- Studia Celtica. University of Wales Press. 1981. p. 232.
- "Jerry The Troublesome Tyke". The National Library of Wales. Archived from the original on 3 June 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- Andrew Roth (26 February 2012). "Lord Hooson obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- Andrew Roth (19 April 2004). "Lord Geraint". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- John Graham Jones. "Thomas, John Stradling (1925-1991), Conservative politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- Colin Matthew; Henry Colin Gray Matthew (1999). Brief Lives: Twentieth-century Pen Portraits from the Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-19-280089-3.
- Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfired (23 March 2016). The Birth of NASA: The Work of the Space Task Group, America's First True Space Pioneers. Springer. p. 280. ISBN 978-3-319-28428-6.
- Richard Burton (23 October 2012). The Richard Burton Diaries. Yale University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-300-18010-7.
- "Obituary: Sir John Maddox", The Times, 13 April 2009.
- Meic Stephens (6 September 2004). "Lord Parry". The Independent. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- Robert Richard Hughes. "JONES, JOHN PULESTON (1862-1925)". Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- The Encyclopedia Americana. Americana Corporation. 1954. p. 460.
- Peter Yorke (8 May 2007). William Haggar (1851-1925): fairground film-maker : [biography of a pioneer of the cinema]. Accent Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-905170-87-6.
- Edward John Lewis player profile Scrum.com
- David Thomas player profile Scrum.com
- Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Owen, William David (1874-1925), lawyer and journalist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- David Thomas Jones. "Jones, Josiah Towyn (1858-1925), Congregational minister and Member of Parliament". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- Eilers, Marlene A., Queen Victoria's Descendants, p. 171.
- Megan Lewis. "Hughes, Elizabeth Phillips (1851-1925), educationalist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
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