1988 in Wales

1988 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1988 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

*Prince of Wales - Charles, Prince of Wales
*Princess of Wales - Diana, Princess of Wales
*Secretary of State for Wales - Peter Walker
*Archbishop of Wales - George Noakes
*Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Emrys

Events

*Conway Castle, Beaumaris Castle, Caernarfon Castle and Harlech Castle become the first Welsh sites to be placed on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
*The last British Rail steam train stops operating on the Vale of Rheidol line.

Arts and literature

*Tom Jones loses a paternity suit and is forced to support a son, Jonathan Berkery.
*The European Centre for Traditional and Regional Cultures opens in Llangollen.
*The Gregynog festival is re-launched by Anthony Rolfe Johnson.
*This year sees the foundation of:
**BAFTA Cymru
**Hay-on-Wye Festival of Literature
**Ffilm Cymru (Film Foundation for Wales)
**"New Welsh Review"

Awards

*National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Newport)

*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Elwyn Edwards
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - T. James Jones
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - "withheld"

New books

*T. Glynne Davies - "Cerddi"
*Bobi Jones - "Llenyddiaeth Gymraeg 1902-36"
*Rhiannon Davies Jones - "Cribau Eryri"
*Hilary Llywelyn-Williams - "The Tree Calendar"
*Sheenagh Pugh - "Beware Falling Tortoises"
*Oliver Reynolds - "The Player Queen's Wife"
*William Owen Roberts - "Y Pla"
*Bernice Rubens - "Our Father"
*Huw Walters - "Canu'r Pwll a'r Pulpud"
*Glanmor Williams - "Recovery, Reorientation and Reformation"

Music

*Malcolm Arnold - "Four Welsh Dances, Op. 138"
*Ffa Coffi Pawb - "Dalec Peilon"

Film

*Peter Greenaway directs "Drowning by Numbers".

Welsh-language films

*"None"

Broadcasting

Welsh-language television

*"Pobol y Cwm" becomes the first European soap opera to be broadcast daily.
*"C'mon Midffild!" (drama)

English-language television

*

ports

*Steve Jones becomes the first Briton to win the New York Marathon.
*Snooker - Doug Mountjoy wins the UK Open Championship.

Deaths

*26 January - Raymond Williams, writer
*23 September - Arwel Hughes, composer and conductor
*12 October - Ruth Manning-Sanders, poet and children's author
*11 November - William Ifor Jones, conductor and organist
*13 December - Brynmor John, politician
*"date unknown"
**Euros Bowen, poet
**John Gwilym Jones, writer
**John Morgan, journalist


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