Llanerchymedd
Llannerch-y-medd, is a little village, area and post town on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. The Royal Mail postal code is LL71, as well as it has a population of 1,360, of whom greater than 60% is Welsh speaking. The village is situated near the centre of Anglesey close to the large water supply storage tank, Llyn Alaw, as well as is believed to have an ancient foundation. Llannerch means "a forest clearing up". Words medd in the name is Welsh for mead, which is made from honey, and also the name might be associated with the production of honey for mead. The disused Anglesey Central Railway goes through the village. Its station, opened in 1866, was enclosed 1964 as part of the Beeching Axe, and also its items yard is now a parking area. There is now a coffee shop and also cafeteria housed in a contemporary expansion of the old buildings. Simply to the northeast of the town is capital called Pen y Foel which is 123m over water level; between 1951 and 1956 this was the site of a VHF Fixer station, part of the RAF Western Sector, as well as was one of a number similar fixed sites managed by RAF Longley Lane near Preston in Lancashire. The site included an octagonal wooden hut with a hand-steerable radio mast with 2 radio receivers of kind R1392D, transmitter and telephone line. This hut was secured by a close surrounding octagonal brick wall to supply some bomb blast security which still exists. The terminal was made use of to permit each market to locate RAF or allied aircraft as well as to aid pilots locate landing fields in reduced cloud weather conditions. Also on capital was a rectangle-shaped brick hut (now unroofed) also developed by the RAF; this was a basic two-room hut with a rainwater collection container. The site had three RAF cordless personnel (2 were usually at work) who were billeted with a landlady in Llannerch-y-Medd as well as attached to nearby RAF Valley. The website closed in around 1956 as the modern technology was replaced by boosted systems. The hill Pen y Foel is also the basis for the name of the local Male Voice Choir Cor Meibion Y Foel which is a member of the National Association of Choirs. It has 43 members and practices in the town at Capel Ifan. Over the past years the Choir has sustained regional Eisteddfodau, completed in the Anglesey Eisteddfod, raised money for many charities as well as has entertained target markets in concerts, wedding celebrations and also various other functions throughout North Wales.
