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1957 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1957 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

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Events

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Arts and literature

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Awards

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New books

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Welsh language

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English language

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New drama

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Music

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Film

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Broadcasting

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  • Alun Oldfield-Davies becomes senior regional BBC controller, after several years of successful campaigning for Welsh-language television.

Welsh-language television

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  • February – Cefndir (first regular Welsh-language programme)
  • September – Dewch i Mewn (magazine programme)[20]

English-language television

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Sport

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Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Thomas Glyn Watkin (2012). The Legal History of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 192.
  2. ^ Mary Gwendoline Ellis (2001). "Morgan, John (1886-1957), Archbishop of Wales". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  3. ^ John Stuart Peart-Binns (1 January 1990). Alfred Edwin Morris, Archbishop of Wales. Gomer. ISBN 978-0-86383-636-7.
  4. ^ National Library of Wales (1955). Annual Report – Presented by the Council to the Court of Governors. The Library.
  5. ^ "Former home of poet William Morris, Caernarfon". HistoryPoints. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  6. ^ The Accountant. Lafferty Publications, Limited. 1957. p. 93.
  7. ^ Tony Curtis (7 February 2007). After the First Death: An Anthology of Wales and War in the Twentieth Century. Seren Books. ISBN 978-1-85411-450-1.
  8. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1971). British parliamentary Election Results 1950-1970. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. p. 570. ISBN 0 900178 02 7.
  9. ^ "No. 41116". The London Gazette. 2 July 1957. p. 3964.
  10. ^ Matthew Jarvis (2008). Welsh Environments in Contemporary Poetry: Writing Wales in English. University of Wales Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-7083-2152-2.
  11. ^ Alan Watkins (1 January 1990). A slight case of libel: Meacher v Trelford and others. Duckworth. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-7156-2334-3.
  12. ^ James Mitchell (15 October 2009). Devolution in the UK. Manchester University Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-7190-5358-0.
  13. ^ International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Commission on Education and Communication (2002). Education and Sustainability: Responding to the Global Challenge. IUCN. p. 82. ISBN 978-2-8317-0623-8.
  14. ^ "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  15. ^ "Winners of the Crown". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  16. ^ "Winners of the Prose Medal". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  17. ^ Colin Larkin (1993). The Guinness who's who of fifties music. Guinness Publishing. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-85112-732-3.
  18. ^ The Anglo-Welsh Review. Dock Leaves Press. 1980. p. 129.
  19. ^ Marianne Barton (1979). British Music Yearbook. Classical Music. p. 623. ISBN 978-0-7136-1963-8.
  20. ^ Jamie Medhurst (1 June 2010). A History of Independent Television in Wales. University of Wales Press. pp. 29–. ISBN 978-0-7083-2308-3.
  21. ^ "BBC Wales Sport Personality winners". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  22. ^ Peter Jackson (1998). Lions of Wales: A Celebration of Welsh Rugby Legends. Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84018-026-8.
  23. ^ "Eddie Butler, Wales rugby union international who went on to succeed Bill McLaren as the BBC's 'voice of rugby' – obituary". The Telegraph. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  24. ^ "Charlotte Voake - Literature". literature.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  25. ^ "Obituary: Gwladys Evan Morris". The Stage. 14 March 1957. p. 10. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  26. ^ 'MORGAN, Most Rev. John', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 29 May 2017
  27. ^ Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan, ‘Williams, Alice Helena Alexandra (1863–1957)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 20 Oct 2017
  28. ^ Felice Levy; Facts on File, Inc (1979). Obituaries on File. Facts on File. ISBN 978-0-87196-372-7.
  29. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  30. ^ Mary Gwendoline Ellis. "Jones, Maurice (1863-1957), priest and college principal". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  31. ^ "Watkins, Alfred Ernest (Alf) (Ernie) (Fred)". astonvillaplayerdatabase.com. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  32. ^ H̤̊asan Makkī Muh̤̊ammad Ah̤̊mad (1989). Sudan, the Christian design: a study of the missionary factor in Sudan's cultural and political integration, 1843-1986. Islamic Foundation. ISBN 978-0-86037-193-9.