1971 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1971 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales – The Prince Charles
- Princess of Wales – vacant
- Secretary of State for Wales – Peter Thomas
- Archbishop of Wales
- Glyn Simon, Bishop of Llandaff (retired)
- Gwilym Williams, Bishop of Bangor (elected)
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Tilsli
Events
- February - Harold Charles becomes Bishop of St Asaph.[1]
- 6 May - Singer Dickie Valentine is killed in a car accident on the Glangrwyney bridge near Crickhowell.
- 28 May - Opening of the Llanberis Lake Railway.
- It becomes legal to register marriages in the Welsh language.
- The Welsh Nursery Schools Movement is founded in Aberystwyth.
- Anglesey Aluminium opens it smelting plant on the outskirts of Holyhead.
- Wylfa Nuclear Power Station becomes operational.
Arts and literature
- Mary Hopkin marries record producer Tony Visconti.
- Welsh performers participate in the first Festival Interceltique de Lorient in Brittany.
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Bangor)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Emrys Roberts
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Bryan Martin Davies
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Ifor Wyn Williams
New books
- Rhys Davies - Nobody Answered the Bell
- Islwyn Ffowc Elis - Y Gromlech yn yr Haidd
- Gwynfor Evans - Aros Mae
- Tudor Wilson Evans - Ar Gae'r Brêc
- Beti Hughes - Aderyn o Ddyfed
- John L. Hughes - Tom Jones Slept Here
- Alan Llwyd - Y March Hud
- Gwyn Thomas - Y Bardd Cwsg a'i Gefndir
Music
- John Cale & Terry Riley - Church of Anthrax
- Man - Do You Like It Here Now, Are You Settling In?
- Iris Williams - Pererin Wyf (single)
Film
- Merthyr Tydfil is one of the locations used for the filming of 10 Rillington Place.
- Ruth Madoc appears in the film version of Fiddler on the Roof.
Welsh-language films
- None
Broadcasting
Welsh-language television
English-language television
- Comedy duo Ryan Davies and Ronnie Williams transfer their successful Welsh language show to BBC1.
- Nerys Hughes gets her big break in The Liver Birds.
Sport
- BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year - John Dawes
- Cricket - May: In a Glamorgan home match at Sophia Gardens, Roger Davis is struck on the temple while fielding at short leg and is almost killed.
- Gymnastics - Pam Hopkins wins the British Women's Championship.
- Rugby union - Wales win their sixth Grand Slam.
- Sailing - Nicolette Milnes-Walker becomes the first woman to sail non-stop single-handed across the Atlantic.
Births
- 11 January - Tom Ward, actor
- 23 January - Scott Gibbs, rugby player
- 19 March (in Taunton) - Kirsty Williams, politician
- 2 April - Chico Slimani, singer
- 8 July - Neil Jenkins, rugby player
- 18 August (in Limerick) - Aphex Twin, musician
- 8 September - Martyn Margetson, footballer
- 26 October - Damon Searle, footballer
- 5 November - Rob Jones, footballer
- date unknown - Jason Walford Davies, poet
Deaths
- 8 March - Harold Lloyd, American comedy actor of Welsh descent, 77
- 18 March - Jack Gore, Wales international rugby player, 71
- 19 April - Thomas Evan Nicholas (Niclas y Glais), writer and political activist, 91
- 18 May - William Mainwaring MP, miners' leader
- 20 May - Waldo Williams, poet, 66
- 29 May - Howell Lewis, Wales international rugby player, 83
- 5 July - Idris Jones, rugby player, 71
- 4 September – C. E. Vulliamy, author
- 9 November - Ceri Richards, artist
- 27 November - Leslie Thomas, politician, 65
- 1 December - Jack Jenkins, Wales international rugby player, 91
- date unknown
- Brenda Chamberlain, poet and artist
- James Conway Davies, historian and palaeographer
- Jack Evans, Welsh footballer)
- Clifford Dyment, poet
- Ifan Gruffydd ("Y Gŵr o Baradwys")
- Dewi Morgan, poet, scholar and journalist