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1988 in Wales

December 15, 2023

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1988 to Wales and its people.

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Incumbents edit

For United Kingdom incumbents, see 1988 in the United Kingdom § Incumbents.

Events edit

Arts and literature edit

Awards edit

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Newport)
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Elwyn Edwards, "Storm"[11]
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - T. James Jones, "Ffin"[12]
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - withheld[13]

New books edit

English language edit

Welsh language edit

Music edit

Film edit

Welsh-language films edit

  • Stormydd Awst

Broadcasting edit

Welsh-language television edit

English-language television edit

  • The Divided Kingdom (HTV/Channel 4)[17]

Sport edit

Births edit

Deaths edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Lord Walker: Durable left-of-centre Conservative politician who served in government under Heath and Thatcher". The Independent. 23 June 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  2. ^ "The Right Rev George Noakes: Archbishop of Wales, 1987-1991". Times, The (London). 22 July 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2008.
  3. ^ "Former Archdruid of Wales Emrys Roberts dies at 82". BBC News. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Lynette White murder: Timeline of events". BBC News. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  5. ^ Everett, Mike; Prytherch, Robin (1988). "News and comment". British Birds. 81 (7): 344–347.
  6. ^ The Late F L Cross; Frank Leslie Cross; Elizabeth A Livingstone (2005). The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. Oxford University Press. p. 1738. ISBN 978-0-19-280290-3.
  7. ^ "About BAFTA Cymru". BAFTA Cymru. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  8. ^ George Henry Hubert Lascelles Earl of Harewood (2010). Opera. Rolls House Publishing Company.
  9. ^ Dallen J. Timothy (2 March 2017). Managing Heritage and Cultural Tourism Resources: Critical Essays, Volume One. Taylor & Francis. p. 403. ISBN 978-1-351-92053-7.
  10. ^ Adams, Owen (2010-05-06). "Label of love: Ankst". The Guardian. London. from the original on 9 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
  11. ^ "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 17 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Winners of the Crown". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 17 November 2019.
  13. ^ "Winners of the Prose Medal". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  14. ^ Europa Publications (2 August 2004). International Who's Who in Poetry 2005. Routledge. p. 1279. ISBN 978-1-135-35519-7.
  15. ^ Bernice Rubens (1988). Our Father. Abacus. ISBN 978-0-349-12904-4.
  16. ^ Robert Geraint Gruffydd. "Foster, Idris, Llewelyn (1911-1984), Welsh and Celtic Scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  17. ^ Horace Newcomb (3 February 2014). Encyclopedia of Television. Routledge. p. 2550. ISBN 978-1-135-19472-7.
  18. ^ George, Ricky (2008-01-14). "There's still some steel in Newport County". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  19. ^ "BBC Wales Sport Personality winners". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  20. ^ "Profile: Doug Mountjoy". Eurosport. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  21. ^ "Jamie Jones". WPBSA. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  22. ^ "Sam Warburton". ESPN. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  23. ^ "Dan Evans". ESPN. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  24. ^ "Leigh Halfpenny". ESPN. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  25. ^ Alan O'Connor (2006). Raymond Williams. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-7425-3550-3.
  26. ^ New England review and bread loaf quarterly. 1987.
  27. ^ BBC Worldwide; British Broadcasting Corporation (1 December 1998). Annual Report and Accounts. BBC Worldwide. ISBN 978-0-563-22675-8.
  28. ^ John Graham Jones. "Rhys-Williams, Brandon Meredith (1927-1988), Conservative politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  29. ^ Rhidian Griffiths. "HUGHES, ARWEL (1909-1988), musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  30. ^ William Robert Lewis (1994). John Gwilym Jones. University of Wales Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-7083-1251-3.
  31. ^ Davies, Geraint Talfan (2011). "Alun Bennett Oldfield-Davies". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/101151. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  32. ^ John Graham Jones. "JOHN, BRYNMOR THOMAS (1934-1988), Labour politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  33. ^ David Gill, 'Grimes, William Francis (1905–1988)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 3 May 2013
  34. ^ Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried (23 March 2016). The Birth of NASA: The Work of the Space Task Group, America's First True Space Pioneers. Springer. p. 280. ISBN 978-3-319-28428-6.
  35. ^ "Ray Price joins Warrington Hall of Fame". Warrington Guardian. 4 May 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

December 15, 2023
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1988 to Wales and its people 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1988 in Wales 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993Centuries 18th 19th 20th 21stDecades 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000sSee also List of years in Wales1988 in The United Kingdom England Scotland Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 3 1 Awards 3 2 New books 3 2 1 English language 3 2 2 Welsh language 3 3 Music 4 Film 4 1 Welsh language films 5 Broadcasting 5 1 Welsh language television 5 2 English language television 6 Sport 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 ReferencesIncumbents editFor United Kingdom incumbents see 1988 in the United Kingdom Incumbents Secretary of State for Wales Peter Walker 1 Archbishop of Wales George Noakes Bishop of St David s 2 Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales Emrys Deudraeth 3 Events edit14 February Lynette White is murdered in her Cardiff flat The case remains controversial for over 20 years with Jeffrey Gafoor eventually being convicted in 2003 4 26 March The Welsh Ornithological Society is founded at Aberystwyth 5 October County Hall Cardiff officially opened as the headquarters of South Glamorgan County Council beside the disused Bute East Dock in the Atlantic Wharf area of Butetown Cardiff 4 November British Rail operates the last steam locomotives in its ownership and its last narrow gauge trains on the Vale of Rheidol Railway in regular service prior to its privatisation next year Santa Specials run on 18 December date unknown The complete Bible translation into Welsh that has been in use since 1620 is replaced with a new version Y Beibl Cymraeg Newydd BCN translated directly from the original languages 6 Arts and literature editJanuary BAFTA Cymru is founded 7 28 31 May First Hay Festival of literature held in Hay on Wye The Gregynog festival is re launched by Anthony Rolfe Johnson 8 The European Centre for Traditional and Regional Cultures opens in Llangollen 9 Independent record label Ankst is formed at the University of Wales Aberystwyth by Alun Llwyd Gruffudd Jones and Emyr Glyn Williams 10 This year also sees the foundation of Ffilm Cymru Film Foundation for Wales New Welsh ReviewAwards edit National Eisteddfod of Wales held in Newport National Eisteddfod of Wales Chair Elwyn Edwards Storm 11 National Eisteddfod of Wales Crown T James Jones Ffin 12 National Eisteddfod of Wales Prose Medal withheld 13 New books edit English language edit Tony Conran Blodeuwedd Hilary Llywelyn Williams The Tree Calendar Sheenagh Pugh Beware Falling Tortoises 14 Oliver Reynolds The Player Queen s Wife Bernice Rubens Our Father 15 Glanmor Williams Recovery Reorientation and ReformationWelsh language edit Idris Foster Rachel Bromwich amp D Simon Evans eds Culhwch ac Olwen 16 Bobi Jones Llenyddiaeth Gymraeg 1902 36 Rhiannon Davies Jones Cribau Eryri Manon Rhys Cwtsho Wiliam Owen Roberts Y Pla Huw Walters Canu r Pwll a r PulpudMusic edit Ffa Coffi Pawb Dalec Peilon Trebor Edwards Goreuon Trebor Bonnie Tyler Hide Your HeartFilm editPeter Greenaway directs Drowning by Numbers Welsh language films edit Stormydd AwstBroadcasting editWelsh language television edit Pobol y Cwm becomes the first European soap opera to be broadcast daily C mon Midffild drama English language television edit The Divided Kingdom HTV Channel 4 17 Sport editAssociation football April Newport County A F C one of four Welsh teams in the English Football League are relegated to the GM Vauxhall Conference 18 Athletics Steve Jones becomes the first British competitor to win the New York Marathon BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year Colin Jackson 19 Rugby union Wales top the 1988 Five Nations Championship winning the Triple Crown 18 May to 11 June Wales tour New Zealand losing heavily in both Tests to the All Blacks Snooker 2 May Terry Griffiths is defeated in the final of the 1988 World Snooker Championship by Steve Davis 27 November Doug Mountjoy defeats Stephen Hendry in the final of the UK Snooker Championship to claim his second UK title 20 Births edit29 January Catrin Stewart actress 14 February Jamie Jones snooker player 21 18 February Mark Davies footballer 29 February Hannah Mills sports sailor 24 March Curtis McDonald footballer 11 April Nathan Stephens athlete and Paralympian 20 June Shefali Chowdhury actress 24 August Kelly Lee Owens electronic musician 5 October Sam Warburton rugby player 22 15 November Dan Evans rugby player 23 13 December Darcy Blake footballer 22 December Leigh Halfpenny rugby player 24 28 December Ched Evans footballer Elfyn Evans rally driver 31 December Holly Holyoake singerDeaths editJanuary George Ewart Evans folklorist and oral historian 78 26 January Raymond Williams writer 66 25 2 April Euros Bowen poet 83 26 April T Glynne Davies poet novelist and broadcaster 62 27 13 May Elfed Evans footballer 61 18 May Brandon Rhys Williams politician 60 28 15 June David Blackmore cricketer 88 8 September Mel Rosser dual code international rugby player 87 23 September Arwel Hughes composer and conductor 79 29 12 October Ruth Manning Sanders poet and children s author 102 16 October John Gwilym Jones dramatist 84 30 11 November William Ifor Jones conductor and organist 88 1 December Alun Oldfield Davies controller of BBC Wales 83 31 13 December Brynmor John politician 54 32 25 December W F Grimes archaeologist 83 33 27 December Tecwyn Roberts aerospace engineer 63 34 date unknown John Morgan journalist Ray Price rugby player 64 brain haemorrhage 35 References edit Lord Walker Durable left of centre Conservative politician who served in government under Heath and Thatcher The Independent 23 June 2010 Retrieved 23 November 2015 The Right Rev George Noakes Archbishop of Wales 1987 1991 Times The London 22 July 2008 Retrieved 27 July 2008 Former Archdruid of Wales Emrys Roberts dies at 82 BBC News 30 March 2012 Retrieved 1 April 2012 Lynette White murder Timeline of events BBC News 14 June 2016 Retrieved 26 February 2019 Everett Mike Prytherch Robin 1988 News and comment British Birds 81 7 344 347 The Late F L Cross Frank Leslie Cross Elizabeth A Livingstone 2005 The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Oxford University Press p 1738 ISBN 978 0 19 280290 3 About BAFTA Cymru BAFTA Cymru Retrieved 22 November 2018 George Henry Hubert Lascelles Earl of Harewood 2010 Opera Rolls House Publishing Company Dallen J Timothy 2 March 2017 Managing Heritage and Cultural Tourism Resources Critical Essays Volume One Taylor amp Francis p 403 ISBN 978 1 351 92053 7 Adams Owen 2010 05 06 Label of love Ankst The Guardian London Archived from the original on 9 May 2010 Retrieved 2010 05 11 Winners of the Chair National Eisteddfod of Wales 17 November 2019 Winners of the Crown National Eisteddfod of Wales 17 November 2019 Winners of the Prose Medal National Eisteddfod of Wales Retrieved 7 November 2019 Europa Publications 2 August 2004 International Who s Who in Poetry 2005 Routledge p 1279 ISBN 978 1 135 35519 7 Bernice Rubens 1988 Our Father Abacus ISBN 978 0 349 12904 4 Robert Geraint Gruffydd Foster Idris Llewelyn 1911 1984 Welsh and Celtic Scholar Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales Retrieved 24 November 2019 Horace Newcomb 3 February 2014 Encyclopedia of Television Routledge p 2550 ISBN 978 1 135 19472 7 George Ricky 2008 01 14 There s still some steel in Newport County The Daily Telegraph London BBC Wales Sport Personality winners BBC Sport Retrieved 2 August 2021 Profile Doug Mountjoy Eurosport 3 December 2009 Retrieved 16 May 2019 Jamie Jones WPBSA Retrieved 18 April 2022 Sam Warburton ESPN Retrieved 25 February 2019 Dan Evans ESPN Retrieved 25 February 2019 Leigh Halfpenny ESPN Retrieved 25 February 2019 Alan O Connor 2006 Raymond Williams Rowman amp Littlefield p 7 ISBN 978 0 7425 3550 3 New England review and bread loaf quarterly 1987 BBC Worldwide British Broadcasting Corporation 1 December 1998 Annual Report and Accounts BBC Worldwide ISBN 978 0 563 22675 8 John Graham Jones Rhys Williams Brandon Meredith 1927 1988 Conservative politician Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales Retrieved 24 November 2019 Rhidian Griffiths HUGHES ARWEL 1909 1988 musician Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales Retrieved 24 November 2018 William Robert Lewis 1994 John Gwilym Jones University of Wales Press p 1 ISBN 978 0 7083 1251 3 Davies Geraint Talfan 2011 Alun Bennett Oldfield Davies Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 101151 Subscription or UK public library membership required John Graham Jones JOHN BRYNMOR THOMAS 1934 1988 Labour politician Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales Retrieved 24 November 2018 David Gill Grimes William Francis 1905 1988 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press 2004 accessed 3 May 2013 Manfred Dutch von Ehrenfried 23 March 2016 The Birth of NASA The Work of the Space Task Group America s First True Space Pioneers Springer p 280 ISBN 978 3 319 28428 6 Ray Price joins Warrington Hall of Fame Warrington Guardian 4 May 2008 Retrieved 26 February 2019 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1988 in Wales amp oldid 1179841240, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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