1958 in Wales

Centuries:	18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; ;
Decades:	1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1958 in The United Kingdom Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1958 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents[]

Archbishop of Wales – Edwin Morris, Bishop of Monmouth
Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales –

Events[]

18 January – Nigel Birch resigns as Economic Secretary to the Treasury.
5 February – The Wales national football team qualifies for this summer's World Cup in Sweden under the management of Jimmy Murphy.^[1]
6 February – Manchester United F.C., the English league champions where Jimmy Murphy is also assistant manager, are involved in a plane crash in Munich, West Germany, on the journey home from a European Cup tie in Yugoslavia. Seven United players are among the 21 people who die, but among the survivors is Swansea born winger Kenny Morgans.^[2]
25 February – The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is launched by Bertrand Russell.
2 April – Accidental discovery of the Caernarfon Mithraeum.
6 May – Murderer Vivian Teed is hanged by Robert Leslie Stewart in Swansea Prison, the last hanging to take place in Wales.^[3]
19 June – Wales are knocked out of the World Cup in the quarter-finals, losing to Brazil.^[4]
26 July – At the Empire Games in Cardiff, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom announces that her son, The Prince Charles, is to be created Prince of Wales.^[5]
6 August – Daniel Granville West becomes the first Welsh life peer.
18 August
- Accidental discovery of Brymbo Man (c.2000 BCE).
- Regional postage stamps of Great Britain are first issued.
24 October – Huw T. Edwards announces his resignation from the chair of the Council for Wales and Monmouthshire in protest at the decision to flood the Tryweryn valley.
13 December – New road bridge across the River Conway at Conway supersedes Telford's suspension bridge.
Thomas Parry becomes Principal of University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Arts and literature[]

Awards[]

National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Ebbw Vale)
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – T. Llew Jones, "Caerllion ar Wysg"^[6]
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Llywelyn Jones, "Cymod"^[7]
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – , "Hunangofiant: Ei Ffanffer ei Hun"^[8]

New books[]

English language[]

Tom Beynon – Howell Harris, Reformer and Soldier
Brenda Chamberlain – The Green Heart
Paul Ferris – A Changed Man
Cyril Fox – Pattern and purpose: a study of early Celtic art in Britain
Peter George – Red Alert^[9]
Emyr Humphreys – A Toy Epic^[10]
Bertrand Russell – Understanding History and Other Essays
Raymond Williams – Culture and Society^[11]

Welsh language[]

Aneirin Talfan Davies – Englynion a Chywyddau
Islwyn Ffowc Elis – Blas y Cynfyd
Bobi Jones – Nid yw Dwr yn Plygu
D. Gwenallt Jones – Cofiant Idwal Jones^[12]
T. Llew Jones – Trysor Plas y wernen and Merched y môr a chwedlau eraill
– Crwydro Sir Benfro^[13]

New drama[]

George Fisher – Y Ferch a'r Dewin^[14]
John Gwilym Jones – Lle Mynno'r Gwynt
Saunders Lewis – Brad

Music[]

Daniel Jones – The Country Beyond the Stars (cantata)^[15]
Ian Parrott – Cor Anglais concerto

Film[]

Richard Burton stars in the film version of Look Back in Anger.
Ronald Lewis co-stars in The Wind Cannot Read.
Release of The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, with location scenes (representing China) filmed around Nantmor near Beddgelert.

Broadcasting[]

July – In order to broadcast the British Empire and Commonwealth Games from Cardiff, a broadcasting centre is set up on the bank of the River Taff, near Cardiff Arms Park.

Welsh-language television[]

Commercial TV becomes available in Wales, broadcasting some Welsh-language programmes, such as Amser Te.^[16]

English-language television[]

30 November – During the live broadcast of the Armchair Theatre play Underground on the ITV network, actor Gareth Jones has a fatal heart attack between two of his scenes.
Gwlad y Gân / Land of Song, with Ivor Emmanuel and Sian Hopkins

Sports[]

British Empire and Commonwealth Games (held in Cardiff):
- Wales' single gold medal is won by Howard Winstone in the bantamweight boxing competition.
- Silver medals are won by: John Merriman (6 miles), Malcolm Collins (featherweight boxing), and Robert Higgins (light-heavyweight boxing).
- Due to being on National Service in the British Army, Swansea fighter Brian Curvis competed in the games for England, winning a bronze medal at welterweight.
Football – Wales reaches the quarter-finals of the World Cup, being knocked out by a goal from Pelé.
Gymnastics – Margaret Neale of Cardiff is the British Women's Champion for the second year running.
BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Howard Winstone^[17]

Births[]

4 January – Gary Jones, actor
1 March – Ian Love, footballer
2 March – Ian Woosnam, golfer^[18]
8 March – Wayne Hughes, footballer
16 April – Caryl Parry Jones, singer
30 April – Claire Curtis-Thomas, politician^[19]
8 May – Aneirin Hughes, actor
17 May – Paul Whitehouse, actor, writer and comedian^[20]
3 July – Siân Lloyd, television presenter
18 July – Chris Ruane, politician^[21]
19 July – Angharad Tomos, author
3 September (in Totnes) – Tamsin Dunwoody, politician
16 September – Neville Southall, footballer
4 October – Anneka Rice, television presenter^[22]
24 November – Robin Llywelyn, novelist
date unknown – Cerith Wyn Evans, conceptual artist

Deaths[]

31 January – Edgar Long, Wales international rugby player
January/February – William Beynon, Canadian oral historian, of Welsh parentage, 69/70^[23]
6 February – Charles Langbridge Morgan, novelist and dramatist, 64^[24]
11 February – Ernest Jones, psychoanalyst, 79^[25]
18 February – Rhisiart Morgan Davies, physicist, 55^[26]
2 April – Tudor Davies, singer, 65^[27]
3 April – John Strand-Jones, Wales international rugby union player
19 April – Billy Meredith, footballer, 83
28 April – Joseph Booth, rugby player, 84/85^[28]
18 July – Ernie Jenkins, Wales international rugby player, 77
20 July (in London) – Margaret Haig Thomas, Viscountess Rhondda, political campaigner and businesswoman, 75^[29]
29 August – Harry Beadles, international footballer, 60
25 September – Henry Arthur Evans, politician, 60
9 October – Sven Hansen, ship-owner, 82^[30]
30 October – Tommy Vile, Welsh international rugby player, 76
4 November – Dick Jones, Welsh international rugby player, 78
30 November (in Manchester) – Gareth Jones, actor, 33
November – Ivor Lewis, Welsh-Canadian artist, 76^[31]
13 December – Rose Davies, teacher, feminist, and labour activist, 66^[32]
date unknown – Evan Edwards, footballer, 59/60

References[]

^ [1]^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Munich survivor Morgans dies". BBC Sport.
^ "Vivian Teed - the last man hanged in Wales". www.capitalpunishmentuk.org. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
^ "19 June 1958: Wales's last World Cup game". 19 June 2009.
^ Annette Joelson (1966). Heirs to the Throne: the Story of the Prince of Wales. Heinemann. p. 219.
^ "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 17 November 2019.
^ "Winners of the Crown". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 17 November 2019.
^ "Winners of the Prose Medal". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
^ Peter Bryant; Peter George (1958). Red Alert. Ace Books, Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-59654-582-3.
^ "BBC - North West Wales Arts -Emyr Humphreys". BBC Wales. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
^ Mulhern, Francis (January–February 2009). "Culture and Society, Then and Now". New Left Review. New Left Review. II (55).
^ National Library of Wales (1969). Annual Report - National Library of Wales. p. 39.
^ National Library of Wales; Meic Stephens (1 January 1973). A reader's guide to Wales: a selected bibliography. National Book League. p. 38. ISBN 9780853531678.
^ Meic Stephens (1998). Cydymaith i lenyddiaeth Cymru. University of Wales Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-0-7083-1383-1.
^ Randel Don (1996). The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. p. 427. ISBN 978-0-674-37299-3.
^ TWW
^ "BBC Wales Sport Personality winners". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
^ Andy Farrell (2 April 1997). "Famous five on the 40th fairway". The Independent. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
^ "Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas". Endole. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
^ Comic Paul tells of talent change Wales on Sunday – 28 October 2007
^ Valerie Passmore (2005). Dod's Parliamentary Companion: Guide to the General Election, 2005. Dod's Parliamentary Companion Limited. p. 341. ISBN 978-0-905702-57-5.
^ Screen International Film and TV Year Book. Screen International, King Publications Limited. 1990. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-900925-21-4.
^ B.C. Indian Authority Dies" (obituary for William Beynon). Vancouver, B.C., Province, February 11, 1958, p. 28.
^ The Encyclopedia Americana. Americana Corp. 1980. p. 451. ISBN 9780717201112.
^ Davies, Thomas Gruffydd (2001). "Jones, Alfred Ernest". In Roberts, Brynley F. (ed.). The Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Aberystwyth, Wales: National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
^ Melfyn Richard Williams. "Davies, Rhisiart Morgan (1903-1958), scientist and professor of physics". The Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Aberystwyth, Wales: National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^ Gerald Norris (June 1981). A musical gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland. David & Charles. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-7153-7845-8.
^ Fred Booth player profile Scrum.com
^ Jones, Evan David. "Thomas, Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda (1883-1958), author, editor and chairperson of companies". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
^ Obituary, The Times, 16 October 1958
^ Ontario Reports: Reports of Cases Determined in the Courts of Ontario. Canada Law Book. 1966.
^ Neil Evans, "(Florence) Rose Davies" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press 2011): accessed 1 April 2016; doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/70090

[1] [1]^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Munich survivor Morgans dies". BBC Sport.

[3] "Vivian Teed - the last man hanged in Wales". www.capitalpunishmentuk.org. Retrieved 3 December 2018.

[4] "19 June 1958: Wales's last World Cup game". 19 June 2009.

[5] Annette Joelson (1966). Heirs to the Throne: the Story of the Prince of Wales. Heinemann. p. 219.

[6] "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 17 November 2019.

[7] "Winners of the Crown". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 17 November 2019.

[8] "Winners of the Prose Medal". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2019.

[9] Peter Bryant; Peter George (1958). Red Alert. Ace Books, Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-59654-582-3.

[10] "BBC - North West Wales Arts -Emyr Humphreys". BBC Wales. Retrieved 1 February 2010.

[11] Mulhern, Francis (January–February 2009). "Culture and Society, Then and Now". New Left Review. New Left Review. II (55).

[12] National Library of Wales (1969). Annual Report - National Library of Wales. p. 39.

[13] National Library of Wales; Meic Stephens (1 January 1973). A reader's guide to Wales: a selected bibliography. National Book League. p. 38. ISBN 9780853531678.

[14] Meic Stephens (1998). Cydymaith i lenyddiaeth Cymru. University of Wales Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-0-7083-1383-1.

[15] Randel Don (1996). The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. p. 427. ISBN 978-0-674-37299-3.

[16] TWW

[17] "BBC Wales Sport Personality winners". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

[18] Andy Farrell (2 April 1997). "Famous five on the 40th fairway". The Independent. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

[19] "Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas". Endole. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

[20] Comic Paul tells of talent change Wales on Sunday – 28 October 2007

[21] Valerie Passmore (2005). Dod's Parliamentary Companion: Guide to the General Election, 2005. Dod's Parliamentary Companion Limited. p. 341. ISBN 978-0-905702-57-5.

[22] Screen International Film and TV Year Book. Screen International, King Publications Limited. 1990. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-900925-21-4.

[23] B.C. Indian Authority Dies" (obituary for William Beynon). Vancouver, B.C., Province, February 11, 1958, p. 28.

[24] The Encyclopedia Americana. Americana Corp. 1980. p. 451. ISBN 9780717201112.

[25] Davies, Thomas Gruffydd (2001). "Jones, Alfred Ernest". In Roberts, Brynley F. (ed.). The Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Aberystwyth, Wales: National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 October 2017.

[26] Melfyn Richard Williams. "Davies, Rhisiart Morgan (1903-1958), scientist and professor of physics". The Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Aberystwyth, Wales: National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

[27] Gerald Norris (June 1981). A musical gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland. David & Charles. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-7153-7845-8.

[28] Fred Booth player profile Scrum.com

[29] Jones, Evan David. "Thomas, Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda (1883-1958), author, editor and chairperson of companies". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 March 2019.

[30] Obituary, The Times, 16 October 1958

[31] Ontario Reports: Reports of Cases Determined in the Courts of Ontario. Canada Law Book. 1966.

[32] Neil Evans, "(Florence) Rose Davies" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press 2011): accessed 1 April 2016; doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/70090

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1958 in Wales

Contents

Incumbents[]

Events[]

Arts and literature[]

Awards[]

New books[]

English language[]

Welsh language[]

New drama[]

Music[]

Film[]

Broadcasting[]

Welsh-language television[]

English-language television[]

Sports[]

Births[]

Deaths[]

See also[]

References[]