1967 in Wales - Events

Events

  • 20 February - The first Royal Mail postbus in Britain runs between Llanidloes and Llangurig.
  • 5 May - The Brynglas Tunnels on the M4 motorway by-passing Newport are opened.
  • 27 July - The Welsh Language Act allows the use of Welsh in legal proceedings and official documents.
  • 7 August - Two men and a boy are drowned in the Dyfi estuary.
  • August - The Beatles, along with Mick Jagger, Cilla Black, and Jane Asher, come to Bangor to attend a seminar by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Their visit is cut short by the shock news of manager Brian Epstein's death.
  • 18 December - Newtown, Montgomeryshire, is designated as a New Town. The River Severn is re-channelled to prevent the town becoming further damaged by floods.
  • The Gittins Report on Primary Education in Wales recommends that "every child should be given sufficient opportunity to be reasonably bilingual by the end of the primary stage".
  • Merched y Wawr is founded in the village of Parc near Bala.
  • UWIST becomes part of the University of Wales.
  • Foot and Mouth Disease breaks out in North Wales and parts of England.
  • Rhodri Morgan marries Julie Edwards.
  • The Royal Navy Propellant Factory, Caerwent, is transferred to US administration along with RAF Caerwent.
  • The Passport Office comes to Newport and the Land Registry to Swansea, as part of a government effort to move government offices into the regions.

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