Llanerchymedd
Llannerch-y-medd, is a tiny village, area and post community on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. The Royal Mail postcode is LL71, and it has a population of 1,360, of whom greater than 60% is Welsh speaking. The town is positioned near the centre of Anglesey close to the huge water tank, Llyn Alaw, and 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 may be related to the manufacturing of honey for mead. The disused Anglesey Central Railway goes through the town. Its station, opened in 1866, was enclosed 1964 as part of the Beeching Axe, as well as its goods yard is currently a parking lot. There is currently a cafe and also tea rooms housed in a modern-day extension of the old buildings. Just to the northeast of the village is the hill called Pen y Foel which is 123m above sea level; in between 1951 and also 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 set sites taken care of 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 also telephone line. This hut was secured by a close bordering octagonal brick wall to offer some bomb blast protection which still exists. The terminal was made use of to allow each market to locate RAF or allied airplane and to aid pilots find landing fields in reduced cloud weather. Additionally on capital was a rectangle-shaped brick hut (currently unroofed) likewise constructed by the RAF; this was a basic two-room hut with a rainwater collection container. The website had three RAF wireless workers (2 were typically on duty) who were billeted with a landlady in Llannerch-y-Medd and connected to close-by RAF Valley. The site closed in around 1956 as the technology was changed by enhanced systems. The hill Pen y Foel is likewise 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 participants as well as practices in the village at Capel Ifan. Over the past decade the Choir has actually supported neighborhood Eisteddfodau, contended in the Anglesey Eisteddfod, raised money for countless charities and has actually captivated target markets together, wedding celebrations and also other features throughout North Wales.
