Llanerchymedd
Llannerch-y-medd, is a small village, community and also post community on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. The Royal Mail postal code is LL71, and also it has a population of 1,360, of whom more than 60% is Welsh speaking. The village is situated near the centre of Anglesey close to the huge water system tank, Llyn Alaw, as well as is believed to have an old foundation. Llannerch means "a timberland cleaning". The word 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 obsolete Anglesey Central Train goes through the village. Its terminal, opened up in 1866, was closed in 1964 as part of the Beeching Axe, and its goods backyard is now a parking area. There is currently a coffee shop as well as cafeteria housed in a modern-day extension of the old structures. Just to the northeast of the town is the hill called Pen y Foel which is 123m over water level; in between 1951 as well as 1956 this was the site of a VHF Fixer station, part of the RAF Western Sector, and was among a number similar set websites handled by RAF Longley Lane near Preston in Lancashire. The website contained an octagonal wood hut with a hand-steerable radio pole with two radio receivers of kind R1392D, transmitter as well as telephone line. This hut was protected by a close surrounding octagonal brick wall to offer some bomb blast security which still exists. The terminal was utilized to allow each sector to situate RAF or allied aircraft and also to assist pilots discover airfields in low cloud weather. Also on the hill was a rectangle-shaped block hut (currently unroofed) additionally built by the RAF; this was a simple two-room hut with a rain collection container. The website had three RAF cordless employees (two were usually working) that were billeted with a landlady in Llannerch-y-Medd as well as connected to neighboring RAF Valley. The website enclosed around 1956 as the technology was changed by enhanced systems. The hill Pen y Foel is additionally 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 and rehearses in the village at Capel Ifan. Over the past years the Choir has actually sustained local Eisteddfodau, competed in the Anglesey Eisteddfod, raised money for many charities as well as has entertained target markets together, wedding events and also other functions throughout North Wales.
