1970 in Wales - Events

Events

  • 11 January - The last trolleybuses run on the Cardiff trolleybus system, the last such system in Wales.
  • 23 May - The 120-year-old Britannia Bridge built by Robert Stephenson across the Menai Strait is destroyed by fire.
  • 2 June - During the construction of the Cleddau Bridge, a cantilever collapses, resulting in the deaths of four workers. It is the last major bridge disaster in the UK.
  • 18 June - In the UK General Election:
    • S. O. Davies, having resigned from the Labour Party, retains his Parliamentary seat of Merthyr Tydfil, standing as an Independent Labour candidate.
    • Gwynfor Evans loses his seat at Carmarthen.
    • Jim Griffiths retires as MP for Llanelli, to be replaced by Denzil Davies.
    • Nigel Birch retires from the House of Commons, to be created Baron Rhyl.
  • Dr Phil Williams becomes the first Chairman of Plaid Cymru.

Read more about this topic:  1970 In Wales

Famous quotes containing the word events:

    “At all events there is in Brooklyn
    something that makes me feel at home.”
    —Marianne Moore (1887–1972)

    “A curious thing about atrocity stories is that they mirror, instead of the events they purport to describe, the extent of the hatred of the people that tell them.
    Still, you can’t listen unmoved to tales of misery and murder.”
    —John Dos Passos (1896–1970)

    “Since events are not metaphors, the literal-minded have a certain advantage in dealing with them.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)