Llanerchymedd
Llannerch-y-medd, is a small village, neighborhood and post community on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. The Royal Mail postal code is LL71, and it has a population of 1,360, of whom greater than 60% is Welsh talking. The town is positioned near the centre of Anglesey near the huge water system tank, Llyn Alaw, and also is believed to have an ancient foundation. Llannerch indicates "a forest clearing up". The word medd in the name is Welsh for mead, which is made from honey, and also the name might be related to the production of honey for mead. The disused Anglesey Central Railway goes through the village. Its terminal, opened in 1866, was closed in 1964 as part of the Beeching Axe, and also its goods backyard is currently a car park. There is currently a coffee shop and also cafeteria housed in a modern-day extension of the old structures. Simply to the northeast of the town is the hill called Pen y Foel which is 123m above sea level; between 1951 and 1956 this was the site of a VHF Fixer station, part of the RAF Western Sector, and also was one of a number similar set websites taken care of by RAF Longley Lane near Preston in Lancashire. The website had an octagonal wooden hut with a hand-steerable radio pole with 2 radio receivers of kind R1392D, transmitter and telephone line. This hut was protected by a close bordering octagonal brick wall to offer some bomb blast security which still exists. The station was utilized to permit each sector to locate RAF or allied aircraft and also to aid pilots locate landing fields in reduced cloud weather conditions. Also on capital was a rectangular block hut (currently unroofed) likewise built by the RAF; this was an easy two-room hut with a rainwater collection tank. The site had three RAF wireless personnel (two were generally on duty) that were billeted with a landlady in Llannerch-y-Medd as well as connected to nearby RAF Valley. The website closed in around 1956 as the modern technology was replaced by improved systems. The hill Pen y Foel is additionally the basis for the name of the regional 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 neighborhood Eisteddfodau, competed in the Anglesey Eisteddfod, raised money for many charities and also has captivated audiences in concerts, wedding events and other functions throughout North Wales.
