1960 in Wales - Events

Events

  • 5 January - Closure of the Swansea and Mumbles Railway (which by this date is operated by double-deck electric trams).
  • 12 April - Nine miners are killed in a mining accident at Tower Colliery, Hirwaun.
  • 28 June - Forty-five miners are killed in an accident at Six Bells Colliery, Monmouthshire.
  • 6 August - At Llandaff Cathedral a service of thanksgiving attended by Queen Elizabeth II is held to mark the end of eleven years' restoration work following air raid damage in 1941.
  • Esso opens the first oil refinery at Milford Haven.
  • Poet and peace campaigner Waldo Williams is imprisoned for six weeks for non-payment of income tax.

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