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List of events
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1981 to
Wales and
its people .
English-language television
Welsh-language television
12 January –
Sarah Thomas , field hockey player
13 March –
Ryan Jones , rugby player
17 March -
Leigh De-Vulgt , footballer
28 March –
Gareth David-Lloyd , actor
6 April –
Robert Earnshaw , footballer
23 May –
Gwenno Saunders , singer
24 May –
Darren Moss , footballer
25 May –
Huw Stephens , radio and TV presenter
18 November –
Sian Reese-Williams , actress
[20]
19 November –
Mark Wallace , cricketer
16 December –
Gareth Williams Scottish-Welsh footballer
January -
Leslie Jones , footballer, 69
March -
Dai Francis , miners' leader
[21]
1 March - Dr
Martyn Lloyd-Jones , theologian, 81
[22]
8 March -
Nigel Birch, Baron Rhyl , politician, 74
[23]
3 April -
Will Owen , miner and politician, 80
13 April -
Gwyn Thomas , author, 67
[24]
15 May -
J. E. Meredith , Presbyterian minister and writer, 76
[25]
16 June -
Billy Hughes , footballer, 63
[26]
17 June -
Ike Fowler , dual-code international rugby union player, 86
23 July -
Goronwy Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts , politician, 67
[27]
6 August -
George Lewis , footballer, 67
18 September -
Brinley Richards , poet, author and archdruid
[28]
30 September -
Roy John , Wales and British Lions international rugby union player, 55
25 December -
Tom Griffiths , Welsh international footballer, 75
[29]
^ Stephen Bates (19 March 2018).
"Lord Crickhowell obituary" . The Guardian . Retrieved 19 March 2020 .
^ Gerald Parsons (20 June 2013).
The Growth of Religious Diversity - Vol 2: Britain From 1945 Volume 2: Controversies . Routledge. p. 106.
ISBN
978-1-136-13628-3 .
^ NA NA (25 December 2015).
The Macmillan Guide to the United Kingdom 1978-79 . Springer. p. 875.
ISBN
978-1-349-81511-1 .
^
Stephens, Meic (17 October 2013).
"James Nicholas: Poet, teacher and Archdruid of Wales" .
The Independent . Retrieved 21 October 2013 .
^ Thomas Deacon (18 March 2021).
"A look back at Cardiff's St David's Shopping Centre after 40 years" . WalesOnline . Retrieved 17 August 2023 .
^ John Baselmans (6 December 2016).
Drugs . Lulu.com. p. 266.
ISBN
978-1-326-84325-0 .
^ J. W. Aitchison; H. Carter; C. H. Williams. "The Welsh Language at the 1981 Census". Area . 17 (1). Royal Geographical Society: 11–17.
^
"IBA: enterprise zones: list of enterprise zones" . Capital Allowances Manual . HM Revenue & Customs. 2006. Retrieved 2018-10-16 .
^
Soviet Analyst . World Reports Limited. 1981. p. 59.
^ Ieuan Franklin; Hugh Chignell; Kristin Skoog (15 September 2015).
Regional Aesthetics: Mapping UK Media Cultures . Palgrave Macmillan. p. 9.
ISBN
978-1-137-53283-1 .
^ Graham Betts (2004).
Collins Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004 . Collins. p. 16.
ISBN
978-0-00-717931-2 .
^
"Winners of the Chair" . National Eisteddfod of Wales . 17 November 2019.
^
"Winners of the Crown" . National Eisteddfod of Wales . 17 November 2019.
^
"Winners of the Prose Medal" . National Eisteddfod of Wales . Retrieved 7 November 2019 .
^ Rosemary Deem (2002). Work, Unemployment and Leisure . Taylor & Francis. p. 117.
ISBN
9781134985081 .
^ Kenneth O. Morgan (1981).
Rebirth of a Nation: Wales, 1880-1980 . Oxford University Press.
ISBN
978-0-19-821736-7 .
^ Mair Rees (2014). Y Llawes Goch a'r Faneg Wen: Y Corff Benywaidd a'i Symbolaeth mewn Ffuglen Gymraeg gan Fenywod (in Welsh). University of Wales Press. p. 237.
ISBN
9781783161256 .
^ Tony Currie (2004).
A Concise History of British Television, 1930-2000 . Kelly Publications. p. 83.
ISBN
978-1-903053-17-1 .
^
"BBC Wales Sport Personality winners" . BBC Sport . Retrieved 2 August 2021 .
^
"BBC Mid Wales Showbiz" . Archived from
the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2009 .
^ Evan Smith; Matthew Worley (28 February 2018).
Waiting for the Revolution: The British Far Left from 1956 . Manchester University Press. p. 191.
ISBN
978-1-5261-1368-9 .
^
"Dr D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Papers" . Archives Wales . Retrieved 31 January 2019 .
^
Who was who: A Companion to Who's Who, Containing the Biographies of Those who Died . A. & C. Black. 1981. p. 636.
ISBN
978-0-7136-3336-8 .
^ Janet Podell (May 1982).
Annual Obituary, 1981 . Thomson Gale. p. 269.
ISBN
978-0-912289-51-9 .
^ D. Ben Rees.
"Meredith, John Ellis (1904-1981), minister (Presbyterian Church of Wales) and author" .
Dictionary of Welsh Biography .
National Library of Wales . Retrieved 21 November 2019 .
^ Matthews, Tony (October 2000). The Encyclopedia of Birmingham City Football Club 1875~2000 . Cradley Heath: Britespot. p. 116.
ISBN
0-9539288-0-2 .
^ Jones, John Graham.
"Goronwy Owen Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts" . Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales. Retrieved 31 January 2019 .
^
Llafur . Society for the Study of Welsh Labour History. 1980. p. 100.
^ Davies, Gareth; Garland, Ian (1991). Who's Who of Welsh International Soccer Players . Bridge Books. p. 75.
ISBN
1-872424-11-2 .