Llanerchymedd
Llannerch-y-medd, is a small village, community and message community 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 more than 60% is Welsh speaking. The village is positioned near the centre of Anglesey near the big water reservoir, Llyn Alaw, as well as is believed to have an ancient foundation. Llannerch means "a woodland clearing up". The word medd in the name is Welsh for mead, which is made from honey, and also the name may be associated with the manufacturing of honey for mead. The obsolete Anglesey Central Railway runs through the town. Its terminal, opened up in 1866, was enclosed 1964 as part of the Beeching Axe, as well as its goods yard is now a parking area. There is now a cafe as well as tea rooms housed in a contemporary extension of the old buildings. Simply to the northeast of the town is capital called Pen y Foel which is 123m over sea level; between 1951 and also 1956 this was the site of a VHF Fixer station, part of the RAF Western Sector, and also was just one of a number comparable set websites managed by RAF Longley Lane near Preston in Lancashire. The website included an octagonal wooden hut with a hand-steerable radio mast with 2 radio receivers of type R1392D, transmitter and telephone line. This hut was protected by a close surrounding octagonal brick wall to provide some bomb blast protection which still exists. The station was utilized to allow each market to find RAF or allied airplane and also to assist pilots locate landing strips in low cloud climate condition. Additionally on capital was a rectangle-shaped block hut (now unroofed) additionally constructed by the RAF; this was a simple two-room hut with a rainwater collection tank. The website had three RAF cordless personnel (two were usually working) that were billeted with a landlady in Llannerch-y-Medd and also connected to close-by RAF Valley. The website enclosed around 1956 as the modern technology was changed by enhanced 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 participants as well as rehearses in the village at Capel Ifan. Over the past decade the Choir has supported regional Eisteddfodau, competed in the Anglesey Eisteddfod, raised money for numerous charities and has delighted target markets jointly, weddings and various other functions throughout North Wales.
