1985 in Wales

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1985 in the United Kingdom
1985 in Ireland
Other events of 1985

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1985 to Wales and its people.

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[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Events

  • May 16 - Dean Hancock and Russell Shankland are convicted of murder at Cardiff Crown Court and jailed for life. The previous November, at the height of the miners' strike, they caused the death of a taxi driver by dropping a concrete block onto his car as it passed under a bridge.
  • Terry Matthews sells his stake in Mitel to British Telecom.
  • Cefn is founded to campaign for the civil rights of Welsh speakers.
  • The Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies is founded at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
  • Seventeen women are prosecuted on conspiracy charges after the occupation of a nuclear bunker near Carmarthen.

[edit] Arts and literature

  • Robat Powell becomes the first Welsh learner to win the Chair at the National Eisteddfod (see below).

[edit] Awards

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Rhyl)
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Robat Powell
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - John Roderick Rees
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Margaret Dafydd

[edit] New books

[edit] Music

[edit] Film

[edit] Welsh-language films

  • None

[edit] Broadcasting

[edit] Welsh-language television

[edit] English-language television

[edit] Sport

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths