1987 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1987 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents[edit]
- Secretary of State for Wales – Nicholas Edwards (until 13 June);[1] Peter Walker
- Archbishop of Wales – George Noakes, Bishop of St David's (elected)[2]
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
- Elerydd (outgoing)[3]
- Emrys Deudraeth (incoming)[4]
Events[edit]
- 12 January - The lowest daytime maximum temperature ever recorded in Wales (-8.0 °C) is recorded at Trecastle, Powys.[5]
- 12 February - The Roman Catholic Church in Wales creates a new Diocese of Wrexham[6] and moves the Diocese of Menevia to Swansea.
- 5 March - The High Court declares Dorothy Squires a vexatious litigant.[7]
- 15 March - Roy Jenkins is elected Chancellor of the University of Oxford.[8]
- 14 April - Oakwood Leisure Park opens near Narberth, Pembrokeshire.[9]
- 7 May - District council elections take place across Wales (and England). The Conservatives lose control of Cardiff City Council.[10]
- 24 May - Neil Kinnock is interviewed by David Frost about Labour's defence policy and plans for government.
- 28 May - The Mametz Wood Memorial, sculpted by David Petersen, is unveiled in Cardiff.[11]
- 11 June - In the general election
- Plaid Cymru's Ieuan Wyn Jones wins the seat of Ynys Môn from the Conservatives. Plaid retain their other two parliamentary seats.[12]
- Alun Michael replaces James Callaghan as MP for Cardiff South.
- Labour's Paul Flynn wins back Newport West from the Conservatives.
- 11 July - The Mametz Wood Memorial is dedicated at the site of the Royal Welch Fusiliers battle of 1916 in France.[13]
- 5 October - Keith Best, former Conservative MP for Ynys Môn, having been sentenced to four months' imprisonment for share-dealing activities, has his sentence quashed by the Court of Appeal after serving five days.[14]
- 19 October - Four people are killed in the Glanrhyd Bridge collapse, when a train falls into the swollen River Tywi,[15] as a result of the flooding that affects many parts of Wales.
- 20 November - Roy Jenkins becomes Baron Jenkins of Hillhead.[16]
- 22 November - The Welsh language is used within the Vatican for the first time on an official occasion, as part of a beatification ceremony for three Welsh martyrs.[17]
- date unknown
- Creation of the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.
- Chris Loyn establishes the architectural practice Loyn & Co in Penarth.[18]
- The National Trust buys Dinefwr Park in Llandeilo, including the deer park.
Arts and literature[edit]
- Jim Burns becomes the first non-American to win the Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist.[19]
Awards[edit]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Porthmadog)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Ieuan Wyn
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - John Griffith Jones
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Margiad Williams
New books[edit]
English language[edit]
- Dannie Abse - Ask the Bloody Horse[20]
- Rees Davies - Wales: The Age Of Conquest, 1063-1415[21]
- Stephen Gregory - The Cormorant
- Douglas Houston - With the Offal Eaters
- J. Beverley Smith - Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
- Frances Thomas - Seeing Things
- Peter Thomas - Strangers from a Secret Land
- R. S. Thomas - Welsh Airs
Welsh language[edit]
- Euros Bowen - Oes y Medwsa[22]
- T. Glynne Davies - Cerddi
- Dafydd Glyn Jones - Drych yr Amseroedd
- Nesta Wyn Jones - Rhwng Chwerthin a Chrio
- Alan Llwyd - Barddoniaeth y Chwedegau
- Gwylon Phillips - Llofruddiaeth Shadrach Lewis
- Rhydwen Williams - Amser i Wylo
Music[edit]
- 3 December - Indian classical musician Ram Narayan records his album Rag Lalit at Wyastone Leys near Monmouth.
- MusicFest Aberystwyth is founded by cellist Nicholas Jones.
- The Alarm - Eye Of The Hurricane (album)
- Anrhefn - Defaid Skateboard a Wellies[23]
- Y Cyrff - Y Testament Newydd (EP)
- Frank Hennessy - Thoughts and Memories (album)
- Karl Wallinger - Private Revolution (album)
Film[edit]
- Timothy Dalton makes his debut as James Bond in The Living Daylights.
- On the Black Hill, adapted from the novel by Bruce Chatwin and set in Wales, stars Bob Peck, Gemma Jones and Mike Gwilym.[24]
Broadcasting[edit]
English-language radio[edit]
- John Humphrys becomes a regular presenter on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
Welsh-language television[edit]
- Ioan Gruffudd joins the cast of Pobol y Cwm.
Sport[edit]
- BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year - Ian Woosnam.[25]
- Golf - David Llewellyn and Ian Woosnam win golf's World Cup in Hawaii.
- Rugby union
- Wales finish 4th in the 1987 Five Nations Championship with just a single win, over England.
- Wales finish third, their best ever position, in the first Rugby World Cup.
- 5 April - Pontypool Park hosts the first international for the Wales women's national rugby union team who lose 22–4 to England.[26]
- Skiing - Dry ski slope opened on the Great Orme at Llandudno.
Births[edit]
- 9 January - Bradley Davies, rugby union player
- 21 January - Joe Ledley, footballer
- 24 January - Wayne Hennessey, footballer[27]
- 14 February - Lee Selby, World champion boxer
- 24 March - Rob Davies, footballer
- 27 March - Adam Davies, footballer
- April - Hannah Stone, harpist
- 8 May - Aneurin Barnard, actor[28]
- 23 August - Alexandra Roach, actress
- 4 September - Mike O'Shea, cricketer
- 29 September - Claire Williams, athlete
- 21 October - Steph Davies, cricketer
- 30 November - Victoria Thornley, Olympic rower[29]
Deaths[edit]
- 5 January - Brinley Williams, Wales dual-code rugby international, 91
- 21 January - Donald Holroyde Hey, chemist, 83[30]
- 4 February - Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, writer and broadcaster, 78[31]
- 7 March - E. D. Jones, librarian, 83[32]
- 4 April - Richard Ithamar Aaron, philosopher, 85[33]
- 13 April - Alfred Evans, Labour MP, 73[34]
- 19 April - Stan Richards, footballer, 70
- 22 May - Keidrych Rhys, poet and editor[35]
- 22 June - William Price, footballer, 83
- 20 August - Dorothy Rees, politician, 89[36]
- 4 September - Richard Marquand, film director, 49 (stroke)[37]
- 11 September - Hugh David, television director, 62
- 25 September - Emlyn Williams, dramatist and actor, 81[38]
- 5 November - Howard Davies, rugby player, 70
- date unknown - Clifford Williams, politician, Labour MP for Abertillery 1965–1970[39]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Stephen Bates (19 March 2018). "Lord Crickhowell obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "The Right Rev George Noakes: Archbishop of Wales, 1987-1991". Times, The (London). 22 July 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2008.
- ^ "WJ Gruffydd: Writer who helped keep alive the Welsh tradition". The Independent. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ "Former Archdruid of Wales Emrys Roberts dies at 82". BBC News. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
- ^ R Brugge (1987). "Low daytime temperatures over England and Wales on 12 January 1987". Weather. 42 (5): 146–152. Bibcode:1987Wthr...42..146B. doi:10.1002/j.1477-8696.1987.tb06953.x.
- ^ David Pepin (1994). Discovering Cathedrals. Shire Publications. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-7478-0173-3.
- ^ Punch. January 1990. p. 124.
- ^ "What a swell party this is ..And, by the way, we also elected a chancellor – The triumph of Roy Jenkins". The Times. 15 March 1987.
- ^ Chris Bunting (16 April 2004). "Girl, 16, dies after roller-coaster fall". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ Michael Thomas (8 May 1987). "Tories lose city control, but council hung". South Wales Echo. pp. 1–2.
- ^ Wyke, Terry; Cocks, Harry (2004). Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester. Liverpool University Press. p. 457. ISBN 9780853235675. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ Byron Criddle (19 August 2005). The Almanac of British Politics. Routledge. p. 892. ISBN 978-1-134-49381-4.
- ^ "File NLW ex 2596. - Ceremony of dedication : Mametz Wood memorial". National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ Michael Levi (1999). Fraud: Organization, Motivation, and Control. Ashgate. p. 389. ISBN 978-1-85521-716-4.
- ^ Report on the Collapse of Glanrhyd Bridge (1990), page 1
- ^ "No. 51132". The London Gazette. 25 November 1987. p. 14513.
- ^ Ivor Wynne Jones (2008). Llandudno: Queen of the Welsh Resorts. Landmark Publishing. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-84306-429-9.
- ^ "Chris Loyn". Building Dream Homes (BBC). 19 April 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ Steve Holland (3 March 2009). Sci-Fi Art: A Graphic History. HarperCollins. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-06-168489-0.
- ^ Thomas Riggs (1996). Contemporary Poets. St. James Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-55862-191-6.
- ^ Anthony Emery (1996). Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300-1500: Volume 2, East Anglia, Central England and Wales. Cambridge University Press. p. 699. ISBN 978-0-521-58131-8.
- ^ Ceri Davies (1995). Welsh Literature and the Classical Tradition. University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-7083-1321-3.
- ^ Rhys Mwyn (2012). Cam O'r Tywyllwch (in Welsh). Y Lolfa. ISBN 9781847715821.
- ^ "On The Black Hill (1987)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ^ "BBC Wales Sport Personality winners". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Historic day for England Women's Rugby". rfu.com. 5 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-07-09. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
- ^ "Aneurin Barnard". BBC Wales Arts. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Victoria Thornley". World Rowing. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ Cadogan, J. I. G.; Davies, D. I. (1988). "Donald Holroyde Hey. 12 September 1904-21 January 1987". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 34: 294–320. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1988.0011. JSTOR 770054.
- ^ Who was who: A Companion to Who's Who, Containing the Biographies of Those who Died. A. & C. Black. 1981. p. 776. ISBN 978-0-7136-3336-8.
- ^ Daniel Huws. "Jones, Evan David (1903-1987), librarian and archivist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ Jones, O. R. "Aaron, Richard Ithamar (1901–1987)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/65645. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ John Graham Jones. "Evans, Alfred Thomas ('Fred' 'Menai') (1914—1987), Labour politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ Outposts. Outposts Publications. 1994.
- ^ Chris Williams, ‘Rees , Dame Dorothy Mary (1898–1987)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2011 retrieved 10 January 2016
- ^ Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror. Locus Press. 1987. ISBN 978-0-9616629-4-3.
- ^ Krebs, Albin (September 26, 1987). "Emlyn Williams, Welsh Actor and Writer, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
- ^ John Graham Jones. "Williams, Albert Clifford (1905—1987), Labour politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 September 2019.