A misunderstanding by the staff at Newtown Station lead to a head on crash of the trains to and from Aberystwyth on the single line track.
Population 11,211
Serious Flooding in Aberystwyth
'Cambrian Railway Company' merges with the 'Great Western Railway Company'
As part of the university's 50th anniversary celebrations there was a visit from prime minister David Lloyd George. The statue of Thomas Charles Edwards, in front of the old college, was unveiled by Mrs Davies of Plas Dinam. While in Aberystwyth, David Lloyd George also received the Freedom of the Borough.
Work stared on the 82ft tall war memorial built in castle grounds [7] surmounted by a statue of the Angel of Peace with a figure on the pediment embodying the idea of Humanity emerging from the entanglements of war designed by Mario Rutelli of Rome.
A pair of drunk soldiers from the 53rd Welsh Division were arrested for brawling while 'celebrating' their pay day. In response 500 Terrestrials rioted and attacked the police station.
Unveiling of a statue of Edward the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) also by Mario Rutelli.
Opening of the municipal tennis courts
College Hall opened (built near the current municipal tennis courts - burnt down on the 13th of August 1933)
Opening ceremony of the War memorial built in castle grounds. Many regard this as the grandest war memorial in the UK.
Prime Minister David Lloyd George in Aberystwyth to salute the war memorial.
Transistor invented and patented by Julius Edgar Lilienfeld in Germany
Railway station built on the site of the much smaller one.
JL Baird demonstrates his 'television' in London
General Strike as 3 million union members go on strike. By taking over some of the essential jobs businessmen and students help break the strike.
Tenth Plenary Congress Conference of the International Federation of League of Nations Societies and the Annual Conference of the Welsh National Council of the League of National Union held at Aberystwyth
The Corporation possess an excellent Isolation Hospital of 16 beds for the isolation of the general infections diseases, also a well isolated residence known as Alltglaise, about 2½ miles distant from the town, ready for use at any moment in case of an outbreak of small pox.
....After the war, there were over 1,100 students in residence - in Arts, Science, Law, Music, Agriculture - students drawn from every of the Principality and other countries, who are trained for their degrees in the Welsh University at a reasonable cost well within the means of the working peasant.
....The shopping facilities in Aberystwyth deserve full consideration before deciding in favour of any great city's allurements. The prices are low, chiefly owing to the enterprise of the traders, and partly because keen competition have developed the best business instincts and up-to-date methods. Prospective visitors will be bound to be impressed that Aberystwyth is really a high-class shopping centre, even should they only confine their inspections to the window display of the many high-class shops.
To avoid any inconvenience or delay in shopping on arrival, it is respectfully suggested to prospective visitors that their initial orders should be posted a day previous to arrival, when they may have every confidence that the resultant services will justify these recommendations. More especially should should this course be adopted when the arrival is on Wednesday, the early closing day in the district.
Prom damaged by worst storm since 1866
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Flood. Boats line Terrace Road.[7]
Figures revealed that the first 6 months of the year were the driest recorded in the UK.
David Lloyd George visited circa 1930. [7]
South Marine Prom extended at a cost of £12,000
Population 9473
Inhabited houses 1962
Urdd established with headquarters in Aberystwyth
The Coliseum Cinema opens. The 1904 building was originally an entertainments hall and arcade and would become Ceredigion museum in 1976.
Bad weather during the unwelcome transition to collectivization causes a famine in and around Ukraine. This natural tragedy is turned into a man-made disaster by the Stalinist regime continuing to export food out of the area and restricting population movement. These measures lead to millions of excess deaths. Combining the famine with a brutal policy of integrating Ukraine into the Soviet Union has led most observers to conclude that intensifying the famine was a deliberate act of genocide that claimed the lives of over a fifth of Ukraine's, mostly rural, population.
One of the few journalists that reported on the Ukrainian famine was 1926 Aberystwyth graduate Gareth Jones after which he was banned from entering the Soviet Union. In 2006 a plaque was unveiled in the old college for his efforts in bringing the world's attention to these events.
Alcohol legalised in USA
Crosville took over the Jones Bros bus services.[7]
College Hall fire.[7] (now Health Centre next to tennis courts)
Driving test introduced
Costing £21,000 the Municipal Hall opened on the site of the Waterloo Hydro which burnt down in 1919.[7]. The building provided a theatre, concert hall and dance hall. It was renamed - Neuadd Y Brenin/The King's Hall in 1937.
Municipal Tennis CourtsAfter evaluating many synthetic polyamide fibres Dr. Carothers at DuPont chose one for commercial development. Nylon became the world 1st fully synthetic textile.
Flood covers North Parade. [7]
Palladium Cinema (Corner of Market Street and Eastgate) burns down
New bandstand opened on the day of king George V's silver jubilee.
(cf New Bandstand 2016)
250 amateur actors and 1000 Cardiganshire school children took part in the Aberystwyth and Cardiganshire Peace Pageant in the castle ruins.
Claude Shannon brought together Boolean logic and electronics switching circuits in this masters thesis A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits
The part of the National Library of Wales that was complete, was opened by King George VI. ...more in 1955
Start of work on the Rural Science Block, the 1st building on Penglais Campus.
Storm lasting 5 days causes considerable damage to promenade and shortens the pier by 200ft.
Rebuilding work is hampered by another gale in November.
(cf Storms in 1703, 1866, 1887, 1896, 1910, 1927, 1987, 2002 and 2014)
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Northgate Toll House (junction of Penglais Road and Llanbadarn Road) demolished
The 1st Welsh primary school 'Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth' opened.
Art treasures from National Gallery (London) were hidden in a cave under the National Library - the entrance was behind the Milk Marketing Board buildings off Llanbadarn Rd, just opposite the entrance to the cemetery.