1995 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1995 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents[edit]
- Secretary of State for Wales – John Redwood (until 26 June);[1] David Hunt (Acting);[2] William Hague (from 5 July)[3]
- Archbishop of Wales – Alwyn Rice Jones, Bishop of St Asaph[4]
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – John Gwilym Jones[5]
Events[edit]
- 3 January – Tower Colliery re-opens under the ownership of the workforce buyout company Goitre Tower Anthracite.[6]
- 1 February – Richey Edwards of the Manic Street Preachers disappears.[7]
- 16 February - In the Islwyn by-election brought about by the resignation of Neil Kinnock, Don Touhig is elected as Labour MP for the constituency.[8]
- April – TBI plc purchases Cardiff-Wales Airport from Glamorgan County Council.
- 20 July – Swansea-born Michael Heseltine becomes Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, an office last held by Geoffrey Howe.
- 30 July – Police in North Wales launch a murder inquiry after the body of seven-year-old Sophie Hook (who had gone missing from a nearby house during the night) is found on a beach near Llandudno by a man walking his dog.[9]
- 6 August - Howard Hughes, a 30-year-old Colwyn Bay man, is charged with the murder of Sophie Hook.[9]
- November - Diver Keith Hurley discovers the wreck of the submarine Resurgam (sunk 1880) off Rhyl.[10]
- 20 November - The Princess of Wales gives a revealing interview to Martin Bashir for the Panorama current affairs television programme on BBC 1 , discussing her personal problems and marriage in candid detail.[11]
- 20 December – The Queen writes to The Prince and Princess of Wales urging them to divorce as soon as possible.
- Welsh historian Sir Rees Davies is appointed to the Chichele Chair of Medieval History in the University of Oxford.
- Historian Glanmor Williams is knighted.
Arts and literature[edit]
- Roger Rees is nominated for a Tony for Best Actor in a Play for his role in Indiscretions.
- Michael Ball performs in the Les Misérables tenth anniversary concert.
- Peter Karrie is voted the favourite Phantom of members of The Phantom of the Opera Appreciation Society for the second year in a row.
- The Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, is opened by Jimmy Carter.
Awards[edit]
- Glyndŵr Award – Kyffin Williams
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Abergele)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Tudur Dylan Jones[12]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Aled Gwyn[13]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Angharad Jones for Y Dylluan Wen
- Wales Book of the Year:
- English language: Duncan Bush, Masks
- Welsh language: Aled Islwyn, Unigolion, Unigeddau
- Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen – Beryl Stafford Williams[14]
New books[edit]
- Roger Boore – Y Bachgen Gwyllt
- Robin Llywelyn – Y Dwr Mawr Llwyd
- R. S. Thomas – No Truce with the Furies
- Aled Rhys Wiliam – Cywain
Film[edit]
English-language films[edit]
- The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, with Kenneth Griffith
- Restoration is partly filmed at Caerphilly Castle.
Welsh-language films[edit]
Music[edit]
- Robin Huw Bowen – Harp Music of Wales (Cerddoriaeth Telyn Cymru)
- Carreg Lafar – Ysbryd y Werin
- Dafydd Iwan – Cân Celt
- Super Furry Animals – Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyndrobwllantysiliogogogochynygofod (in space) (E.P.)
- Triskedekaphilia (compilation album)
Broadcasting[edit]
- 30 September – 96.4 FM The Wave goes on air for the first time.
Welsh-language television[edit]
- A55, starring Iwan "Iwcs" Roberts
- Rownd a Rownd, a youth-oriented soap opera set and filmed around Menai Bridge, launches on S4C
English-language television[edit]
- John Rhys-Davies takes the lead in the new US drama series, Sliders.
- Somebody's Son (prizewinning documentary made for BBC2 and BBC Wales by Raw Charm).
Sport[edit]
- BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Neville Southall[15]
- Rugby Union
- 4 June – A narrow defeat by Ireland results in Wales being eliminated from the Rugby World Cup competition after only three matches.
Births[edit]
- 5 January – Tom John, footballer
- 13 February – Leona Vaughan, actress
- 30 June – Declan John, footballer
- 4 July – Amy Hill, cyclist
- 9 October – Jasmine Joyce, rugby player
- 12 October – Jordan Howe, Paralympic athlete
- 30 November – Seb Morris, racing driver
Deaths[edit]
- 28 January – Philip Burton, theatre director and radio producer, 90[16]
- 2 February - Raymond Bark-Jones, English-born Wales international rugby union player, 83
- 4 February - David Alexander, singer, 56[17]
- 8 February – Don Devereux, dual-code rugby player, 62
- 8 February – Rachel Thomas, actress, 89
- 11 March – Myfanwy Talog, actress, 50[18]
- 28 March - Julian Cayo-Evans, political activist, 57[19]
- 10 April – Glyn Jones, poet, author and academic, 90[20]
- 12 April – Cyril Sidlow, footballer, 89
- 21 April – Tessie O'Shea, entertainer, 82[21]
- 21 June – Tristan Jones, sailor, 66
- 24 June – Len Blyth, Wales international rugby player, 74
- 25 September – Dave Bowen, footballer, 67
- 26 September – Lynette Roberts, poet, 86[22]
- 5 December – Charles Evans, doctor and mountaineer, 77[23]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ J. Graham Jones (January 1998). The History of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-7083-1491-3.
- ^ "Lord Hunt of Wirral". UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "Rt Hon William Hague MP – profile". Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
- ^ Barry Morgan (16 August 2007). "The Right Rev Alwyn Rice Jones". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "Former Archdruid honoured". Aberystwyth University. July 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ Times online
- ^ Colin Larkin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Kollington – Morphine. MUZE. p. 309. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
- ^ Patricia Wynn Davies (17 February 2005). "Conservatives trounced in poll". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ a b Michael D. A. Freeman (28 August 1997). The Moral Status of Children: Essays on the Rights of the Children. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 4. ISBN 90-411-0377-5.
- ^ Paul Bowers (January 1999). The Garrett Enigma and the Early Submarine Pioneers. Airlife. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-84037-066-9.
- ^ "1995: Diana admits adultery in TV interview". BBC News. 20 November 1995. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2008.
- ^ BBC – Eisteddfod Chair Winners. Accessed 26 August 2013
- ^ BBC – Eisteddfod Crown Winners. Accessed 26 August 2013
- ^ "Enillwyr Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen". BBC Cymru (in Welsh). Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ "BBC Wales Sport Personality winners". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ Harris M. Lentz (1995). Obituaries in the Performing Arts. McFarland & Company. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-7864-0253-3.
- ^ Cole, Mark (11 March 2011). "A Life Inside & Outside of Politics – Mark Cole: David Alexander – Wales' Other Tom Jones". A Life Inside & Outside of Politics – Mark Cole. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ Stafford Hildred; Tim Ewbank (3 September 2012). Sir David Jason – A Life of Laughter. John Blake Publishing. pp. 165–166. ISBN 978-1-78219-072-1.
- ^ Tony Heath (31 March 1995). "Obituary: Julian Cayo Evans". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ Meic Stephens (11 April 1995). "Obituary: Glyn Jones". The Independent. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ^ Dennis Gifford (25 April 1995). "Obituary: Tessie O'Shea". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ Meic Stephens (28 September 1995). "Obituary: Lynette Roberts". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ Robert Charles Evans 1918–1995, obituary by Michael Ward, Geographical Journal, Vol. 162, No. 2 (Jul., 1996), pp. 257–58