Llanerchymedd
Llannerch-y-medd, is a tiny town, neighborhood and post town 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 town is situated near the centre of Anglesey close to the huge water system reservoir, Llyn Alaw, and is thought to have an ancient foundation. Llannerch indicates "a woodland 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 Train goes through the town. Its terminal, opened in 1866, was enclosed 1964 as part of the Beeching Axe, and also its items yard is currently a parking area. There is now a cafe as well as cafeteria housed in a modern extension of the old buildings. Just to the northeast of the town is capital called Pen y Foel which is 123m above sea level; in between 1951 and 1956 this was the site of a VHF Fixer station, part of the RAF Western Sector, as well as was just one of a number comparable set websites 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 two radio receivers of type R1392D, transmitter and telephone line. This hut was shielded by a close surrounding octagonal brick wall to supply some bomb blast defense which still exists. The station was made use of to permit each sector to situate RAF or allied airplane and also to aid pilots find landing strips in reduced cloud climate condition. Also on capital was a rectangle-shaped brick hut (now unroofed) also developed by the RAF; this was a straightforward two-room hut with a rainwater collection container. The website had 3 RAF cordless personnel (2 were usually on duty) who were billeted with a landlady in Llannerch-y-Medd as well as attached to neighboring RAF Valley. The site enclosed around 1956 as the modern technology was changed by boosted systems. Capital Pen y Foel is also 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 and rehearses in the town at Capel Ifan. Over the past decade the Choir has sustained regional Eisteddfodau, completed in the Anglesey Eisteddfod, raised money for numerous charities and has amused audiences together, wedding events and other features throughout North Wales.