1972 in Wales - Events

Events

  • 1 January - Welsh rugby captain John Dawes is made an OBE in the New Year Honours List.
  • 30 January - Opening to rail traffic of the new Britannia Bridge linking Anglesey with mainland Wales (following the destruction of the previous bridge by a fire).
  • 3 May - Leslie Harvey, guitarist of Stone the Crows, is fatally electrocuted while performing at Swansea's Top Rank Suite.
  • 13 September - Hypermarkets make their debut in the United Kingdom some twenty years after debuting in France, when French retail giant Carrefour opens a hypermarket in Caerphilly.
  • 26 October - The passing of the Local Government Act 1972 will transform Wales into eight counties from 1974.
  • 11 December - Rhoose Airport is opened by The Duke of Edinburgh.
  • Sir Morien Morgan becomes Master of Downing College, Cambridge.
  • The "Miners' Tramway" at Llechwedd Slate Caverns opens to the public.
  • The island of Flat Holm is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
  • The communities of Machynys and Bwlch y Gwynt cease to exist, following the closedown of local industry; the residents are moved into Llanelli.

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