1925 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1925 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
[edit]- Archbishop of Wales – Alfred George Edwards, Bishop of St Asaph[1]
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Elfed[2]
Events
[edit]- 3 February - An estimated 100,000 people line the streets of Cardiff for the funeral of boxer 'peerless' Jim Driscoll.[3]
- 13 July - The Ammanford anthracite strike[4] 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)[5] and others at Pwllheli.[6]
- 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.[7]
- US newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst buys the medieval St Donat's Castle in the Vale of Glamorgan for $120,000.[8]
- R. Silyn Roberts founds the North Wales branch of the Workers Educational Association.
Arts and literature
[edit]Awards
[edit]- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Pwllheli)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Dewi Morgan (Dewi Teifi), "Cantre'r Gwaelod"[9]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - William Evans (Wil Ifan), "Bro Fy Mebyd"[10]
New books
[edit]English language
[edit]- Sir Joseph Alfred Bradney - A Survey of the General History of the Town of Newport and District[11]
- Ifano Jones - Printing and Printers in Wales[12]
- Hilda Vaughan - The Battle to the Weak[13]
- Mortimer Wheeler - Prehistoric & Roman Wales[14]
Welsh language
[edit]- David Rees Davies - Tusw o Flodau[15]
- 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.[16]
- Kate Roberts (author) - O gors y bryniau (short stories)
- R. Silyn Roberts - Bugail Geifr Lorraine[17]
Music
[edit]- Mai Jones - "Blackbirds"
Film
[edit]- 27 July - The first Welsh-made animation series, Jerry the Tyke, is shown through Pathé Pictorials in British cinemas.[18]
- Gareth Hughes appears in The Midnight Girl.
- Ivor Novello appears in The Rat.[19]
Broadcasting
[edit]- 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.[20]
- 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).[21]
- 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
[edit]- Boxing
- 26 December - Tom Norris beats Dick Power at the Palace Theatre in Crumlin to take the Welsh heavyweight championship.[22]
- 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.
Births
[edit]- 26 March - Emlyn Hooson, Baron Hooson, lawyer and Liberal politician (died 2012)[23]
- 15 April - Geraint Howells, Liberal politician (died 2004)[24]
- 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)[25]
- 19 July - Ivor Roberts, television announcer and actor (died 1999)
- 30 July - Don Hayward, Wales international rugby player (died 1999 in New Zealand)
- 7 September - Laura Ashley, designer (died 1985)[26]
- 10 October - Tecwyn Roberts, spaceflight engineer (died 1988 in the United States)[27]
- 3 November - Gordon Parry, Baron Parry, Welsh politician (died 2004)[28]
- 10 November - Richard Burton, born Richard Jenkins, actor (died 1984)[29]
- 24 November - Alun Owen, screenwriter (died 1994)[30]
- 27 November - John Maddox, science writer (died 2009)[31]
- 3 December - Roy John, Wales and British Lions international rugby union player (died 1981)
- 14 December - Ron Stitfall, footballer (died 2008)
Deaths
[edit]- 21 January - John Puleston Jones (in Welsh), Methodist minister and author, 62[32]
- 27 January - Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell, 83[33]
- 30 January - Jim Driscoll, boxer ("Peerless Jim"), 44[34]
- 4 February - William Haggar, pioneer of the cinema industry, 73[35]
- 18 February - Frank Mills, Wales international rugby player
- 8 June - Edward John Lewis, Wales international rugby union player, 65[36]
- 9 August - J. Vyrnwy Morgan, minister and author, 65
- 26 September - William Bowen, rugby player, 63
- 19 October - David John Thomas, Wales international rugby union, 45[37]
- 4 November - William David Owen, writer, 51[38]
- 16 November - Towyn Jones, politician, 66[39]
- 20 November - Alexandra of Denmark, the queen mother, former Princess of Wales, 80[40]
- 19 December - Elizabeth Phillips Hughes, teacher, 74[41]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ Tony Woolway (15 October 2016). Cardiff in the Headlines. Amberley Publishing. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-4456-4889-7. Archived from the original on 12 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Ammanford Anthracite Strike 1925". 2010-08-24. Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
- ^ Morgan, Kenneth O. (1981). Rebirth of a nation: Wales, 1880-1980. History of Wales. Vol. 6 (reprint 2002 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 206. ISBN 0-19-821760-9. Archived from the original on 2021-09-12. 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. Archived from the original on 2021-09-12. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
- ^ Editor & Publisher. Editor & Publisher Company. 1962. p. 28. Archived from the original on 2021-09-12. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
- ^ "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 October 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Winners of the Crown". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "Bradney, Sir Joseph Alfred (Achydd Glan Troddi; 1859-1933), historian of Monmouthshire". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. 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. Archived from the original on 2021-09-12. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
- ^ "Reviews". Western Mail. 27 November 2010.[dead link]
- ^ Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society for ... University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. 1952. p. 128. Archived from the original on 2021-09-12. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
- ^ Evan David Jones. "Davies, David Rees ('Cledlyn'; 1875-1964), schoolmaster, poet, writer, local historian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Owen, William David (1874-1925), lawyer and journalist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ Studia Celtica. University of Wales Press. 1981. p. 232. Archived from the original on 2021-09-12. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
- ^ "Jerry The Troublesome Tyke". The National Library of Wales. Archived from the original on 3 June 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ Low, Rachael. History of British Film (Volume 4): The History of the British Film 1918 - 1929. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2013. Page 161
- ^ Davies, John (1994). Broadcasting and the BBC in Wales. University of Wales Press. pp. 33–34.
- ^ Davies, John (1994). Broadcasting and the BBC in Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 25.
- ^ "Tom Norris: boxing profile". Boxrec. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
- ^ Andrew Roth (26 February 2012). "Lord Hooson obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ Andrew Roth (19 April 2004). "Lord Geraint". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ John Graham Jones. "Thomas, John Stradling (1925-1991), Conservative politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Archived from the original on 12 September 2021. 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. Archived from the original on 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 12 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ Meic Stephens (6 September 2004). "Lord Parry". The Independent. Archived from the original on 11 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ Richard Burton (23 October 2012). The Richard Burton Diaries. Yale University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-300-18010-7. Archived from the original on 12 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ Tise Vahimagi. "Owen, Alun (1925–1994)". Screenonline. British Film Institute. Retrieved 2006-02-07.
- ^ "Obituary: Sir John Maddox" Archived 2021-09-12 at the Wayback Machine, The Times, 13 April 2009.
- ^ Robert Richard Hughes. "JONES, JOHN PULESTON (1862-1925)". Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig. Archived from the original on 12 September 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ The Encyclopedia Americana. Americana Corporation. 1954. p. 460. Archived from the original on 2021-06-20. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
- ^ Emlyn Wynne Evans. "Driscoll, James (1880-1925), boxer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 12 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ Edward John Lewis player profile Archived 2021-09-12 at the Wayback Machine Scrum.com
- ^ David Thomas player profile Scrum.com
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Owen, William David (1874-1925), lawyer and journalist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ David Thomas Jones. "Jones, Josiah Towyn (1858-1925), Congregational minister and Member of Parliament". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. 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. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.