1924 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1924 to Wales and its people.

1924
in
Wales
Centuries:
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
See also:
1924 in
The United Kingdom
Scotland

Incumbents

Events

Arts and literature

Awards

New books

Music

  • Grace Davies - Second Collection of Folk Songs from Anglesey[17]

Film

  • The Prince of Wales is filmed attending the National Eisteddfod in Pontypool. (British Pathé)[18]
  • "Turn Out of the Cardiff Fire Brigade"[19]

Broadcasting

  • 15 January - The world's first radio play, Danger by Richard Hughes (set in a collapsed Welsh coal mine), is broadcast by the British Broadcasting Company from its studios in London, incidentally including the first broadcast words of Welsh when "Ar Hyd y Nos" is sung.
  • May - The BBC broadcasts the first in a series of 18 Welsh-language lessons.
  • 31 July - Broadcast of extracts from Y Pwyllgor, a play by D. T. Davies.
  • 12 December - The first transmission is made from the 5SX radio relay station in Swansea. The studio is opened by the Mayor of Swansea.

Sport

Births

Deaths

See also

References

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