Llanfaes, The Church 1890

Photo ref: 23161

These cottages are still there. My wife came close to buying one of them many years ago. More recently, I was walking from Llangoed to Beaumaris when I noticed laminate sheets with a red poppy tied onto the gates of 2 or 3 of them. This would have been during the 100 years anniversary of WW1. The sheets told the story of men who had joined up from the houses & died in France. Must have had a devastating effect on such a small, close knit community. A sobering thought.

I lived at No 3 Llanfaes Estate from being 6 weeks of age. Our home was one of thirty prefabs built after WW2 for workers at the Saunders Roe factory that was built during the war to service and modify flying boats. As a child I remember the later torpedo boats and mine sweepers and their launchings onto the Menai Straits. I loved the countryside there and still believe it is scenically the finest part of Anglesey. ...see more