1936 in Wales

1936 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1936 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

*Prince of Wales - "vacant"
*Princess of Wales - "vacant"
*Archbishop of Wales - Charles Alfred Howell Green
*Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - J.J.

Events

*20 January - Edward, Prince of Wales, accedes to the throne as King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom. On a visit to depressed areas of South Wales later in the year, he declares that "something must be done".
*March - Jim Griffiths, later the first Secretary of State for Wales, is elected member for Llanelli following the death in office of the sitting MP.
*May - Colonial Secretary Jimmy Thomas is forced to resign from politics after a scandal involving Stock Exchange dealings.
*September - In an incident immortalised as "Llosgi'r ysgol fomio (The burning of the bombing school)", or, "Tân yn Llŷn (Fire in Llŷn)", a sabotage attack on Penyberth aerodrome is carried out by Lewis Valentine, D. J. Williams and Saunders Lewis.
*Saunders Lewis courts further controversy by appearing to praise Adolf Hitler.
*Six men and one woman are jailed after an anti-Fascist demonstration at Tonypandy.
*Of 118 men from the South Wales coalfield who enlist in the International Brigade, 34 are killed.

Arts and literature

Awards

*National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Fishguard )

*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Simon B. Jones
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - David Jones

New books

*Rex Barker - "Christ In The Valley of Unemployment"
*Ambrose Bebb - "Crwydro'r Cyfandir"
*Geraint Goodwin - "The Heyday in the Blood"
*I. D. Hooson - "Cerddi a Baledi"
*Bertrand Russell - "Which Way to Peace?"

New drama

*Saunders Lewis - "Buchedd Garmon"

Music

*John Glyn Davies - "Cerddi Portinllaen"
*Arwel Hughes - "Fantasia" for strings
*Ivor Novello - "Careless Rapture"

Film

*"Visit of David Lloyd George to Germany" (shot by David Lloyd George's private secretary)

Broadcasting

*

port

*Rugby Union
**14 March - Wales beats Ireland 3–0 at Cardiff Arms Park

Births

*1 May - Elizabeth Rees-Williams, socialite
*30 July - Haydn Morgan, Welsh international rugby union player
*18 September - Brian Huggett, golfer
*20 September - Andrew Davies, screenwriter
*25 September - Michael Davies, Catholic writer
*7 November - Dame Gwyneth Jones, opera singer

Deaths

*20 January - King George V, Prince of Wales 1901-1910
*7 February - John Henry Williams, sitting MP for Llanelli
*28 October - George Barker, politician


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