1956 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1956 to Wales and its people.

1956
in
Wales

Centuries:
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
See also:
1956 in
The United Kingdom
Ireland
Scotland

Incumbents

Events

Arts and literature

Awards

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Aberdare)
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Mathonwy Hughes, "Gwraig"[9]
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – withheld[10]
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – W. T. Gruffydd, "Y Pwrpas Mawr"[11]

English language

Welsh language

Drama

  • John Roberts EvansBroc Môr

Music

Film

Broadcasting

Welsh-language television

  • Granada Television begins producing produced up to an hour a week of current affairs and education programmes in Welsh, to serve the overlap audience in north Wales.

English-language television

  • June – First televised English-language play produced in Wales, Wind of Heaven.

Sport

Births

Deaths

Frank Brangwyn, died 11 June
Winifred Coombe Tennant, died 31 August

See also

References

  1. Mary Gwendoline Ellis. "Morgan, John (1886-1957), Archbishop of Wales". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  2. Phillips, Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander (2014). Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-7509-5214-9.
  3. Jones, Gareth E. (1987). The Conservation of Ecosystems and Species. Croom Helm. ISBN 978-0-7099-1463-1.
  4. "Teaching through Welsh". Western Mail. Cardiff. 1956-09-04. p. 5.
  5. Nash, Roy (2011). Schooling in Rural Societies. Routledge. pp. 93–. ISBN 978-0-415-50490-4.
  6. Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1957). House of Commons Papers. H.M. Stationery Office.
  7. "Huw T. Edwards Papers". Archives Wales. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  8. Mick O'Hare (16 November 2016). "Old Scientist: Happily upholding ideals since issue number 1". New Scientist. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  9. "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  10. "Winners of the Crown". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  11. "Winners of the Prose Medal". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  12. Bedwyr Lewis Jones (1 January 1972). Robert Williams Parry. University of Wales Press [for] the Welsh Arts Council. p. 73.
  13. Frank Brangwyn (1958). The Water-colours of Sir Frank Brangwyn, R.A., 1867-1956. F. Lewis. p. 27.
  14. Deirdre Beddoe. "Tennant, Winifred Margaret Coombe". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/70091. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  15. Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 651. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
  16. Peter Barberis (28 January 2005). Liberal Lion: Jo Grimond, A Political Life. I.B.Tauris. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-85043-627-0.
  17. Denise Hooker (October 1986). Nina Hamnett, queen of Bohemia. Constable. p. 258.
  18. "Owen, John Dyfnallt ('Dyfnallt'; 1873-1956), minister (Congl.), poet, writer, journalist and Archdruid of Wales". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
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