1948 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1948 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

*Prince of Wales - "vacant"
*Princess of Wales - "vacant"
*Archbishop of Wales - David Lewis Prosser
*Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Crwys

Events

*May 21 - Hugh Dalton is appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
*June 24 - Thomas Williams is created 1st Baron Williams of Ynyshir.
*Aneurin Bevan is instrumental in the passing of the Local Government Act and National Assistance Act.
*Ness Edwards joins the Privy Council.
*Creation of the Welsh Joint Education Committee.
*Opening of the Hoover washing machine factory at Merthyr Tydfil.
*Beginning of nylon manufacture at Pontypool.
*Jim Griffiths becomes Chairman of the Labour Party.
*The "Council of Wales" is established as an advisory body.
*A residential Welsh-medium preparatory school for boys is founded at Llanilar in Cardiganshire.
*Physicist Rhisiart Morgan Davies publishes the results of his work on stress waves.

Arts and literature

*Kingsley Amis becomes a lecturer at the University of Wales, Swansea.

Awards

*National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Bridgend)

*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - D. Emrys James
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Euros Bowen
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Robert Ivor Parry

New books

*Ambrose Bebb - "Gadael tir"
*Sir Alfred Thomas Davies - "The Lloyd George I Knew"
*Aneirin Talfan Davies - "Eliot, Pwshcin, Poe"
*William Eames & Megan Ellis - "Melin y Ddôl"
*Griffith Wynne Griffith - "Ffynnon Bethlehem"
*Robert David Griffith - "Hanes Canu Cynulleidfaol Cymru"
*Isaac Daniel Hooson - "Y Gwin a Cherddi Eraill"
*David James Jones (Gwenallt) - "Bywyd a Gwaith Islwyn"
*Jack Jones - "Some Trust in Chariots"
*Griffith John Williams - "Traddodiad Llenyddol Morgannwg"

New drama

*Saunders Lewis - "Blodeuwedd"

Music

*Arwel Hughes - "String Quartet No. 1"
*David Wynne - "Sonata for violin and piano"

Film

*Glynis Johns stars in "Miranda".
*Hugh Griffith appears in "London Belongs to Me"
*"Wandering Through Wales"

Broadcasting

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port

*Athletics - Tom Richards finishes second in the marathon at the London Olympics, becoming the first Welshman to win an individual athletics medal at the Olympics.
*Equestrian events - Sir Harry Llewellyn wins a bronze medal at the Olympic Games in London.

Births

*22 January - Roger Williams, UK politician
*4 March - Shakin' Stevens, singer
*1 April
**Dai Davies, footballer
**Peter Law, politician
**J.J. Williams, rugby player
*14 May - Albert Alan Owen, composer
*18 May - Keith Jarrett, rugby player
*26 May (in London) - Jenny Randerson, politician
*4 June (in Glasgow) - Jeff Cuthbert, politician
*14 June - Ffred Ffransis, political activist
*2 August - Andy Fairweather-Low, musician
*9 August - Jackie Lawrence, politician
*24 October - Phil Bennett, rugby player
*14 November (in London) - Charles, future Prince of Wales
*25 November - Paul Murphy, politician
*"date unknown"
**Alan Llwyd, poet
**Manon Rhys, writer

Deaths

*25 April - Arthur Boucher Wales international rugby union player (born 1870)
*17 May - David Evans, organist and composer
*18 July - John Tywi Jones, Baptist minister and journalist (born 1870)
*20 August - David John de Lloyd, composer
*18 October - Isaac Daniel Hooson, poet