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'{{Year in Wales header|1970}} This article is about the particular significance of the year '''1970''' to [[Wales]] and [[Welsh people|its people]]. ==Incumbents== {{For|United Kingdom incumbents|1971 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents}} *[[Secretary of State for Wales]] – [[George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy|George Thomas]] (until 20 June); [[Peter Thomas, Baron Thomas of Gwydir|Peter Thomas]]<ref>{{cite book|author1=E. B. Pryde|author2=D. E. Greenway|author3=S. Porter|author4=I. Roy|title=Handbook of British Chronology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zcgxEvGAK_kC&pg=PA157|date=23 February 1996|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-56350-5|pages=157}}</ref> *[[Archbishop of Wales]] – [[Glyn Simon]], [[Bishop of Llandaff]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Who was who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HT4OAQAAMAAJ|year=1971|publisher=A. & C. Black|page=728|isbn = 9780312877460}}</ref> *[[Archdruid]] of the [[National Eisteddfod of Wales]] – [[Gwilym Tilsley|Tilsli]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Meic Stephens|title=The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales|url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00meic|url-access=registration|date=April 1986|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00meic/page/589 589]}}</ref> ==Events== *[[11 January]] – The last [[trolleybus]]es run on the [[Trolleybuses in Cardiff|Cardiff trolleybus system]], the last such system in Wales.<ref>{{cite book|author=Jim Blake|title=Trolleybus Twilight: Britain's Last Trolleybus Systems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gnW7DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA43|date=30 April 2017|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=978-1-4738-6149-7|pages=43}}</ref> *[[23 May]] – The 120-year-old [[Britannia Bridge]] built by [[Robert Stephenson]] across the [[Menai Strait]] is [[Britannia Bridge#Fire and reconstruction|destroyed by fire]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Stanley C. Jenkins|author2=Martin Loader|title=The London, Midland and Scottish Railway Volume One Chester to Holyhead|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C1ZpCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT193|date=15 March 2015|publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited|isbn=978-1-4456-4416-5|pages=193}}</ref> *[[2 June]] – During the construction of the [[Cleddau Bridge]], a cantilever collapses, resulting in the deaths of four workers. It is the last major bridge disaster in the UK.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Dennis Kelsall|author2=Jan Kelsall|title=The Pembrokeshire Coast Path|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TKinCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA130|date=21 March 2016|publisher=Cicerone Press Limited|isbn=978-1-78362-326-6|pages=128}}</ref> *[[18 June]] – In the [[1970 United Kingdom general election|UK General Election]]: **[[S. O. Davies]], having resigned from the Labour Party, retains his Parliamentary seat of [[Merthyr Tydfil]], standing as an Independent Labour candidate.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Robert Waller|author2=Byron Criddle|title=The Almanac of British Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mC7pEr0R6QC&pg=PA475|year=1999|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-18541-7|pages=475}}</ref> **[[Gwynfor Evans]] loses his seat at [[Carmarthen]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Kenneth O. Morgan|title=Rebirth of a Nation: Wales, 1880-1980|url=https://archive.org/details/rebirthofnationw0000morg|url-access=registration|year=1981|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-821736-7|pages=[https://archive.org/details/rebirthofnationw0000morg/page/393 393]}}</ref> **[[Jim Griffiths]] retires as MP for [[Llanelli]], to be replaced by [[Denzil Davies]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Denis Balsom|author2=Martin Burch|title=Political and Electoral Handbook for Wales: 1959-1979|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6OgZAAAAMAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Gower Press|isbn=978-0-566-00236-6}}</ref> **[[Nigel Birch, Baron Rhyl|Nigel Birch]] retires from the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]], to be created Baron Rhyl. *[[25 October]] – [[Pope Paul VI]] canonizes the [[Forty Martyrs of England and Wales]], who include the priests [[Philip Evans and John Lloyd]], [[John Jones (martyr)|John Jones]], [[David Lewis (martyr)|David Lewis]], [[John Roberts (martyr)|John Roberts]], and the teacher [[Richard Gwyn]].<ref>[http://www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Calendar/National/Wales1.shtml National Calendar for Wales], Liturgy Office for England and Wales, accessed 31 July 2011</ref> *Dr [[Phil Williams (Welsh politician)|Phil Williams]] becomes the first Chairman of [[Plaid Cymru]].<ref>{{cite book|title=House of Commons: With Full Results of the Polling and Biographies of Members and Unsuccessful Candidates and a Complete Analysis, Statistical Tables, and a Map of the General Election|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5WNPAQAAMAAJ|date=October 1974|publisher=Times Office|isbn=978-0-7230-0124-9}}</ref> ==Arts and literature== *[[Robert Plant]] and [[Jimmy Page]] retreat to [[Bron-Yr-Aur]] to write songs for ''[[Led Zeppelin III]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Golden Age of the Singer-Songwriter, 1970-1973|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M5Dh_Owq0agC&pg=RA1-PA114|year=2012|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-37906-2|pages=1}}</ref> ===Awards=== *[[Bernice Rubens]] wins the [[Booker Prize]] for ''[[The Elected Member]]''. *National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in [[Ammanford]]) *National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – [[Tomi Evans]], "Y Twrch Trwyth"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair|title=Winners of the Chair|website=National Eisteddfod of Wales|date=17 November 2019}}</ref> *National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – [[Bryan Martin Davies]], "Darluniau ar Gynfas"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners|title=Winners of the Crown|website=National Eisteddfod of Wales|date=17 November 2019}}</ref> *National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – ''withheld''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-prose-medal|title=Winners of the Prose Medal|website=National Eisteddfod of Wales|access-date=7 November 2019}}</ref> ===New books=== ====English language==== *[[Ron Berry]] – ''So Long, Hector Bebb''<ref>{{cite book|author=Daniel G. Williams|title=Wales Unchained: Literature, Politics and Identity in the American Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8euVDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA45|date=15 April 2015|publisher=University of Wales Press|isbn=978-1-78316-213-0|pages=45}}</ref> *[[Tom Earley]] – ''The Sad Mountain''<ref>{{cite book|author=NA NA|title=Writers Directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hi-xCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA348|date=5 March 2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-349-03650-9|pages=348}}</ref> *[[Menna Gallie]] – ''You're Welcome to Ulster!''<ref>{{cite book|author=Kersti Tarien Powell|title=Irish Fiction: An Introduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yvkhJR5OeewC&pg=PA124|date=8 October 2004|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-8264-1596-7|pages=124}}</ref> *[[Sally Roberts Jones]] – ''Turning Away'' *[[John Ormond]] – ''Requiem and Celebration'' *[[Harri Webb]] – ''The Green Desert'' ====Welsh language==== *[[Marion Eames]] – ''[[The Secret Room|Y Stafell Ddirgel]]''<ref>{{cite book|author1=National Library of Wales|author2=Meic Stephens|title=A reader's guide to Wales: a selected bibliography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hMnfAAAAMAAJ|date=1 January 1973|publisher=National Book League|page=97|isbn=9780853531678}}</ref> *[[J. Gwyn Griffiths]] – ''Cerddi Cairo''<ref>{{cite book|author=Meic Stephens|title=The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales|url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00meic|url-access=registration|date=April 1986|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00meic/page/227 227]}}</ref> *[[John Robert Jones]] – ''Ac Onide'' *[[R. Williams Parry]] – ''Yr Haf a Cherddi Eraill'' *[[Gwynne Williams]] – ''Rhwng Gewyn ac Asgwrn''<ref>{{cite book|author=Stephen J. Calvert|title=Literary and Library Prizes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8LZkAAAAMAAJ|year=1980|publisher=R. R. Bowker Company|isbn=978-0-8352-1249-6|page=515}}</ref> *[[T. Wilson Evans]] – ''Iwan Tudur'' ===Music=== *[[Badfinger]] – ''No Dice'' (featuring the original recording of "[[Without You (Badfinger song)|Without You]]") *[[John Cale]] – ''Vintage Violence''<ref>{{cite book|author1=Nathan Brackett|author2=Christian David Hoard|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac|url-access=registration|year=2004|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-7432-0169-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/131 131]}}</ref> *[[Meic Stevens]] – ''Outlander'' *[[Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets]] – ''A Legend'' ==Film== *[[Stanley Baker]] stars in ''[[The Games (film)|The Games]]''. *[[Hugh Griffith]] appears in ''Start the Revolution Without Me''. ===Welsh-language films=== *''None'' ==Broadcasting== *[[6 April]] – [[ITV Wales & West|HTV]] starts broadcasting in colour from the [[Wenvoe transmitting station]] and from this day becomes known on air as HTV rather than Harlech Television. *Coverage of the [[Llangollen International Eisteddfod]] is the first colour programme to be made by [[BBC Wales]]. ===Welsh-language television=== *''Fo a Fe'' makes a star of [[Ryan Davies]], who goes on to make three series of ''[[Ryan a Ronnie]]'' in Welsh with his partner [[Ronnie Williams]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons|title=Sessional Papers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d0-ZbSnilL4C|year=1971|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office}}</ref> ===English-language television=== * ==Sport== *[[Boxing]] – [[Eddie Avoth]] wins the Commonwealth lightweight title. *[[Show Jumping]] – David Broome wins the individual [[Show Jumping World Championship]]. *[[Snooker]] – [[Ray Reardon]] wins the [[1970 World Snooker Championship|World Professional Snooker Championship]] for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/profile-ray-reardon_sto2189453/story.shtml |title=Profile: Ray Reardon |date=2 March 2010 |publisher=[[Eurosport]] |access-date=16 May 2019}}</ref> *[[David Broome]] wins [[BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year]].<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Wales Sport Personality winners |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/wales/20670643 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref> ==Births== *[[1 January]] – [[Brian Law]], footballer *[[7 March]] – [[Cameron Toshack]], footballer<ref>{{Cite book | title = The Who's Who of Cardiff City | first = Dean | last = Hayes | publisher = Breedon Books | year = 2006 | page=189 | location=Derby | isbn= 1-85983-462-0}}</ref> *[[19 March]] – [[Tracey Hinton]], athlete *[[2 April]] – [[Jason Perry (footballer)|Jason Perry]], footballer *[[15 April]] – [[Rebecca John]], television presenter *[[19 May]] – [[Stuart Cable]], rock musician and television presenter (died [[2010 in Wales|2010]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jun/07/stuart-cable-obituary|title=Stuart Cable obituary|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=7 June 2010|author=Dave Simpson}}</ref> *[[25 May]] – [[Robert Croft]], cricketer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/19491909|title=Robert Croft to end record-breaking Glamorgan career|date=5 September 2012|website=BBC Sport|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref> *[[18 June]] – [[Lucy Owen]], television presenter *[[22 June]] – [[Paul Davies (snooker player)|Paul Davies]], snooker player *[[18 July]] – [[Gruff Rhys]], rock musician<ref>{{cite book|author=Andy Gregory|title=The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZIjT8PgJMEC&pg=PA428|year=2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-161-2|pages=428}}</ref> *[[27 July]] (in England) – [[David Davies (Welsh politician)|David Davies]], politician<ref>{{cite news| title=UK: Wales: AMs – David Davies| work=BBC News | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/enwiki/static/uk/wales/13013.stm| access-date=29 October 2022| date=12 May 1998| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204184939/http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/enwiki/static/uk/wales/13013.stm| archive-date=4 February 2019| url-status=live}}</ref> *[[30 July]] – [[Alun Cairns]], politician<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-9861|title=Cairns, Rt Hon. Alun (Hugh)|publisher=UK Who's Who|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U9861|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref> *[[9 August]] – [[Lee Jones (goalkeeper)|Lee Jones]], football goalkeeper *[[19 August]] – [[Me One]] (Eric Martin), singer-songwriter and rapper *[[26 September]] – [[Kevin Lloyd (footballer, born 1970)|Kevin Lloyd]], footballer *October – [[Helen Stokes-Lampard]], chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners *[[11 October]] (in England) – [[Andy Marriott]], goalkeeper *[[14 November]] – [[Derwyn Jones]], rugby union player *[[27 November]] – [[Stephen Evans (actor)|Stephen Evans]], actor and comedy writer *[[29 December]] – [[Aled Jones]], singer and radio presenter<ref>{{cite book|author=Aled Jones|title=Aled Jones - My Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2zetDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT8|date=17 October 2013|publisher=John Blake|isbn=978-1-78219-821-5|pages=8}}</ref> *[[31 December]] – [[Louise Rickard]], rugby union player ==Deaths== *[[3 January]] – [[Trefor Morgan]], financier, 55 *[[4 January]] – [[David John Williams]] (D. J. Williams), author and Plaid Cymru politician, 84<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-WILL-JOH-1885|title=Williams, David John (1885-1970), writer|author=Hywel Teifi Edwards|author-link=Hywel Teifi Edwards|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=9 July 2019}}</ref> *[[23 January]] – [[Ifan ab Owen Edwards]], founder of the [[Urdd]], 74<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-EDWA-OWE-1895|title=Edwards, Sir Ifan ab Owen (1895-1970), lecturer, founder of Urdd Gobaith Cymru|author=Mary Euronwy James|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=9 July 2019}}</ref> *[[26 January]] – [[Albert Evans-Jones]] (Cynan), poet, 74<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-JONE-EVA-1895|title=Jones, Sir Cynan (Albert) Evans ('Cynan'; 1895-1970), poet, dramatist and eisteddfodwr|author=Thomas Parry|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=9 July 2019}}</ref> *[[2 February]] – [[Bertrand Russell]], philosopher, 97<ref>{{cite book|first1=Jagdish |last1=Mehra |author-link1=Jagdish Mehra|first2=Helmut |last2=Rechenberg |author-link2=Helmut Rechenberg|title=The Historical Development of Quantum Theory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c9ZmLmVFSYQC&pg=PA44|date=28 December 2000|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-0-387-95178-2|pages=44}}</ref> *[[16 February]] – [[Bill Perry (rugby player)|Bil Perry]], Wales international rugby player, 83 *[[22 February]] – [[Roddy Hughes]], actor, 78 *[[20 April]] – [[Thomas Iorwerth Ellis]], academic, 70<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-ELLI-IOR-1899|title=Ellis, Thomas Iorwerth (1899-1970), educationalist and author|author=Mary Gwendoline Ellis|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=9 July 2019}}</ref> *[[29 April]] – [[Bryn Evans (Welsh rugby union player)|Bryn Evans]], Welsh rugby international, 68 *[[7 May]] **[[Annie Davies]], radio and TV producer, 59<ref>{{cite web|title=Annie Davies|url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-DAVI-ANN-1910|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|last=Edwards|first=Owen|accessdate=27 December 2016}}</ref> **[[Jack Jones (novelist)|Jack Jones]], novelist, 75<ref>{{cite DWB|id=s2-JONE-JAC-1884|title=Jones, Jack (1884-1970), author and playwright|author=Keri Edwards|year=2001|access-date=2 June 2022}}</ref> *[[30 May]] – [[John Edward Jones (Welsh politician)|John Edward Jones]], Plaid Cymru leader, 64<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-JONE-EDW-1905|title=Jones, John Edward (1905-1970), secretary and organiser of Plaid Cymru, 1930-62|author=Gwynfor Evans|author-link=Gwynfor Evans|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=9 July 2019}}</ref> *[[3 June]] – [[John Robert Jones]], philosophy professor, 58<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-JONE-ROB-1911|title=Jones, John Robert (1911-1970), philosopher and patriot|author=Mary Beynon Davies|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=9 July 2019}}</ref> *[[4 June]] – [[Daniel John Davies]], Independent minister and poet, 84<ref>{{cite web|title=Daniel John Davies|url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-DAVI-JOH-1885|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|last=Jones|first=Iorwerth|accessdate=17 January 2017}}</ref> *[[9 June]] – [[Billy Spiller]], cricketer and rugby player, 83 *[[10 July]] – [[Isaac Griffiths]], politician in Canada, 78 *[[3 August]] – Sir [[Lincoln Evans]], trade unionist, 80<ref>"Sir Lincoln Evans: trade union leader", ''[[The Times]]'', 5 August 1970</ref> *[[26 August]] – [[Thomas Mardy Jones]], miner and politician, 91<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-MARD-ISA-1879|title=Mardy-Jones, Thomas Isaac (1879-1970), economist and politician|author=John Graham Jones|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|accessdate=19 March 2020}}</ref> *[[10 October]] – [[Owen Picton Davies (journalist)|Owen Picton Davies]], journalist, 88<ref name="DWB">{{cite web|title=Owen Picton Davies|url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-DAVI-PIC-1882|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|last=Williams|first=Griffith John|accessdate= 1 August 2017}}</ref> *[[8 November]] – [[Huw T. Edwards]], trade union leader and politician, 77<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ward|first1=Paul|title=Huw T Edwards: British Labour and Welsh Socialism|date=2011|publisher=University of Wales Press|isbn=9780708323298|page=9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8HqvBwAAQBAJ&q=Huw+T.+Edwards+labour|accessdate=21 April 2018|language=en}}</ref> *[[17 November]] – [[Naunton Wayne]], actor, 69<ref>{{cite web |url= https://the.hitchcock.zone/wiki/The_Times_(18/Nov/1970)_-_Obituary:_Naunton_Wayne |title=Obituary: Naunton Wayne - The Times (18 November 1970) |work=The Alfred Hitchcock Wiki |year=2015 |accessdate=10 July 2019}}</ref> *[[9 November]] – [[Huw T. Edwards]], trade union leader and politician, 77<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-EDWA-THO-1892|title=Edwards, Huw Thomas (1892-1970), trade union leader and politician|author=John Graham Jones|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=9 July 2019}}</ref> ==See also== *[[1970 in Northern Ireland]] ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:1970 in Wales| ]] [[Category:1970 by country|Wales]] [[Category:1970 in the United Kingdom| Wales]] [[Category:1970 in Europe]] [[Category:1970s in Wales]]'