Llanerchymedd
Llannerch-y-medd, is a tiny town, neighborhood 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 located near the centre of Anglesey near to the large supply of water storage tank, Llyn Alaw, and also is thought to have an ancient foundation. Llannerch suggests "a forest clearing up". The word medd in the name is Welsh for mead, which is made from honey, and the name might be related to the production of honey for mead. The disused Anglesey Central Train goes through the village. Its terminal, opened up in 1866, was closed in 1964 as part of the Beeching Axe, and also its items backyard is now a parking lot. There is now a cafe as well as tea rooms housed in a modern extension of the old structures. Simply to the northeast of the village is capital called Pen y Foel which is 123m above water level; between 1951 and 1956 this was the site of a VHF Fixer station, part of the RAF Western Sector, and was one of a number similar fixed sites taken care of by RAF Longley Lane near Preston in Lancashire. The site included an octagonal wood hut with a hand-steerable radio mast with 2 radio receivers of kind R1392D, transmitter and also telephone line. This hut was safeguarded by a close bordering octagonal brick wall to provide some bomb blast security which still exists. The terminal was used to enable each market to find RAF or allied aircraft and also to aid pilots find airfields in reduced cloud climate condition. Likewise on capital was a rectangular block hut (currently unroofed) also constructed by the RAF; this was a simple two-room hut with a rainwater collection container. The site had 3 RAF cordless personnel (two were typically working) that were billeted with a landlady in Llannerch-y-Medd and also attached to nearby RAF Valley. The site closed in around 1956 as the modern technology was replaced by enhanced systems. Capital Pen y Foel is additionally the basis for the name of the regional Male Voice Choir Cor Meibion Y Foel which belongs to the National Association of Choirs. It has 43 members and rehearses in the town at Capel Ifan. Over the past years the Choir has supported neighborhood Eisteddfodau, completed in the Anglesey Eisteddfod, raised money for many charities and also has actually delighted audiences jointly, wedding celebrations as well as various other features throughout North Wales.
