1935 in Wales - Events

Events

  • 23 April - Morriston Orpheus Choir is founded by Ivor E. Sims.
  • 17 June - The first detection of an aircraft by ground-based radar, is achieved by a team including Edward George Bowen.
  • October - At Nine Mile Point Colliery in Cwmfelinfach, 164 miners take part in a "stay-down" strike action lasting 177 hours.
  • 14 November - In the UK general election:
    • Megan Lloyd George reverts from Independent Liberal to Liberal MP after a 4-year estrangement from the party leadership.
    • Newly-elected MPs include Arthur Jenkins at Pontypool.
  • Ten people are jailed at Blaina and a further 32 at Merthyr Tydfil during a period of industrial unrest in South Wales.
  • Felinfoel Brewery in Llanelli becomes the first in Europe to sell beer in cans.
  • Industrialist MP Henry Haydn Jones is knighted and becomes the owner of Aberllefenni Quarry.

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