This article is about the particular significance of the year 1960 to Wales and its people. Incumbents Archbishop of Wales – Edwin Morris, Bishop of Monmouth Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales William Morris (outgoing) Trefin (incoming) Events 1 January – Portmeirion Pottery is established when Susan Williams-Ellis and her husband Euan Cooper-Willis (managers of the gift shop at her father's village of Portmeirion) take over Gray's Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent (England). 5 January – Closure of the Swansea and Mumbles Railway (opened to passengers in 1807 and by this date operated by double-deck electric trams). The service is replaced by buses operated by its owner South Wales Transport. 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. 5 September – Poet and peace campaigner Waldo Williams is sentenced at Haverfordwest to imprisonment for six weeks for non-payment of income tax (a protest against defence spending). 3 November – Esso opens the first oil refinery at Milford Haven. Arts and literature 29 September – Ricky Valance is the first male Welsh singer to hit number one in the charts, with his cover version of Tell Laura I Love Her. Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Cardiff) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – withheld National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – W. J. Gruffydd, "Unigedd" National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Rhiannon Davies Jones, Fe Hen Lyfr Cownt New books Glyn M. Ashton – Tipyn o Annwyd Thomas Glynne Davies – Haf Creulon Menna Gallie – Man's Desiring Dic Jones – Agor Grwn Kate Roberts – Y Lôn Wen Bernice Rubens – Set on Edge Raymond Williams – Border Country New drama Saunders Lewis – Esther Music Alun Hoddinott – Concerto no. 2 Arwel Hughes – Serch yw’r Doctor (opera) Albums Osian Ellis – Handel (with the Philomusica of London conducted by Granville Jones Treorchy Male Choir – Nidaros Die Zauberflöte (featuring Geraint Evans) Film Glynis Johns stars in The Sundowners. Rachel Roberts stars in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, becoming the first Welsh actress to win a BAFTA for Best British Actress. Keith Baxter appears alongside Orson Welles in Chimes at Midnight. Broadcasting September – The Wales Television Association is formed.