1951 in Wales - Events

Events

  • 3 May - Josef Herman's Miners, a mural commissioned for the Minerals of the Island Pavilion at the Festival of Britain, is displayed for the first time.
  • 14 May - The Talyllyn Railway is reopened by the Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society, generally considered to be the world's first such voluntary body to operate a railway.
  • 17 July - The Chancellor of the Exchequer opens the Abbey Works at Margam, Europe's largest steel plant.
  • 12 October - Penrhyn Castle and estate, given to HM Treasury in lieu of death duties, is accepted by the National Trust.
  • 28 October - Sir David Maxwell Fyfe is appointed the first-ever Minister for Welsh Affairs.
  • 20 November - Snowdonia becomes a National Park.

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