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Here at Anglesey Informer you will find a wide range of interesting Anglesey stories contributed by local residents and visitors.

Whether it is an account of a local writer's first novel or an historic article on the Cospatrick maritime tragedy, you will find a good read about an Anglesey story here.

If you are interested in local artists, you may like to read about how Anglesey artist, Crys Pearce, opened her new art studio.

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Saunders Roe Ltd, Builders of the World's Lightest Buses 

If you have lived or worked on Anglesey at any time or have an interest in buses then this book will be a delight for you.

This book offers ...

Enter Our Haiku Poetry Competition  Unless you've a degree in literature, you have probably never heard of Haiku poems, an ancient form of Japanese poetry.

I hadn't either until I joined ...

City Dulas, The Mystery Unravelled  A number of you will remember that in the June/July edition I posed a query raised by a reader of the Anglesey Informer, asking if there was anybody who ...

Beaumaris Victorian Christmas  SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 29TH 2009 – FROM 2PM
PARADE STARTING FROM THE LIVERPOOL ARMS AT 6PM

There will be plenty to see, do and buy at this years’ Beaumaris ...

Sinking of the Leinster in 1918  A first hand account by Elizabeth Costello re-told by her daughter, Rosalind Pulvertaft.

I was a passenger on the Leinster, on my way back to Cambridge,...

Fond Memories of Indie Life  I would really like to extend my very good wishes to Patrick Purser whom I remember as 'Pat' when I lived in one of the 'Staff Houses' on the grounds of ...

The Ancient Hags Of Môn.  Long ago on ancient Anglesey, there lived three hags of terrible power over the Celtic tribes.

Their names were; Srorm Wenwallt, Jin Crochan Coch and ...

The Wreck of the Rothsay Castle  The island of Anglesey, jutting out the way it does, into the Irish Sea, has suffered numerous shipwrecks on its shores over the centuries.

The one ...

"Croeso" to Welsh Patagonia  Who knows what was going through the minds of 153 Welsh emigrants made up of men, women and children as they left Liverpool onboard the vessel known as ...

The Little Silver Goblet, A Story from a Moelfre Writer  The following short story is written by Owenna Strain, a member of the Moelfre Writing Group on Anglesey. It is based on a story passed down the generations ...

YESTERYEAR!  If you ever feel like a trip down memory lane then you will be flabbergasted by the exhaustive array of collectibles ranging from baby's bottles to a ...

A Pentraeth Legend, The Three Leaps  Most people driving past the entrance to Plas Gwyn manor house, on the outskirts of Pentraeth on Anglesey, might well be surprised to learn that they are ...

Moelfre RNLI Lifeboat Station: A Shipshape Operation  Coxswain, Anthony Barclay, heard the call of the sea in his early years as he grew up in Moelfre where the sound of the lifeboat maroons going off was ...

Mobile Phones Tips from Anglesey  Here are a few tips which I hope you will find useful:

1) Security : if you loose your phone you should phone your network provider and the Police. The ...

It's an ill wind that blows no good   The following story is written by Mary Mason and uses Alexander McKee's book 'The Golden Wreck' as a source of reference

The wrecking of the Royal ...

Musical Donation to Hope House  Last Friday, 5th Feb, Menai Bridge Band (Band Pres Porthaethwy) used the occasion of its annual Solo Competition to hand over a cheque for £230 to Hope ...

Moelfre Lifeboat Day August 2009 

RNLI Lifeboat Day at Moelfre on Saturday 22 August, got off to a great start at 8am when Simon Fern and Mark Coleman left the Boathouse on a 65 ...

Ramblers Boost Island Walk Routes  The Ramblers Group on Anglesey has recently opened a number of new footpaths for keen walkers. Some paths have not been open for many years, so this repair ...

Ed Gets First Moelfre RNLI Lifeboat Emergency Call  Not long after he completed his training at the Lifeboat Training College in Poole in July, Ed Griffiths got his first Moelfre RNLI Lifeboat emergency ...

Moelfre Lifeboat Crewman Awarded Letter of Appreciation  Ed Griffiths, a Moelfre RNLI Lifeboat crew member, was recently awarded a letter of appreciation from RNLI Chief Executive Andrew Freemantle, in acknowledgment ...

Amazing Amaryllis, Hot House Exibition By Liz Bradley  Amaryllis bulbs came originally from the Andes mountains of Latin America, so it was a fascinating to see examples of these plants in portrait at the Oriel ...

Have You Seen Y Rhwyd?   Dear Sir,

As a former Holyheadian currently living Down under I am writing to extoll the virtues of the 2009 edition of that stalwart of North Walian ...

The Gallery At 15, Aesthetics of Allen  The artist Allen recently opened The Gallery at 15 which can be found at 15 Church Street, Beaumaris, LL58 8ET on Anglesey.

Allen: I will search until ...

Moelfre RNLI Lifeboat, Seafaring In The Blood  Mike Williams is Moelfre RNLI Lifeboat's 2nd Coxswain, having joined the crew as a volunteer in 1990.

The lifeboat always played a huge part in his ...

A Passion for Ponds!  Ponds for Wildlife! Ever thought of having a garden pond?

This is the interesting question posed by a keen gardener from Benllech on Anglesey.

Thanks ...

Turning The Tides By Allen of Beaumaris  Review of the book Turning the Tides by Allen of Beaumaris.

An old man looks back on what Anglesey did (could do) if we only harnessed the under-water ...

Local Girl Wins UWC Place On Vancouver Island  Local pupil Anwen Bowers from Ysgol David Hughes, Menai Bridge, Anglesey has won a place at one of the internationally famous United World Colleges.

Anwen ...

Island Cruise Aboard MV Balmoral  One benefit of living on an island Is that you can circle your domain by coastal roads by following the now almost complete Anglesey coastal path.

This ...

Eluned Tudor Grant   Eluned,known as Lyn to all her friends was born and brought up at Plas Brereton Farm, Caernarfon where the fields run down to the sea.

Lyn first taught ...

Happy Memories of Island  I first visited Anglesey over 30 years ago,and each year after that until I came to Australia in 1987.

Born in Cardiff,I loved North Wales and always ...

Train One, Save Many, Moelfre RNLI Lifeboat  An interview with Jonathan Atterbury from Moelfre RNLI Lifeboat, on Anglesey.

When I spoke with Jonathan he had just returned from a week's training ...

Obama Has Roots On Island  Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential hopeful in the US elections, may be able to trace his roots to the island of Anglesey in the UK.

Leading world ...

Fryars, Beaumaris During World War Two  Second in a series by John Stops who worked at Saunders-Roe, Fryars, Beaumaris from 1950-1957.

At the outbreak of WW2 Saunders-Roe flying boats had ...

Moelfre RNLI Lifeboat's Female Crew   When I first had the opportunity to meet up with Moelfre RNLI lifeboat's only female crew member I suppose I had a pre-conceived idea of what to expect....

Discover The Beaker People   This is a personal Anglesey memory.

In 1950 I had the privilege of meeting an old gentleman of 93 years, called Edward Griffiths. He was an active man ...

Searching for my lost brother  hello, maybe this is not quite a story like the ones you are looking for, but i could not resist writing this words.

My name´s Maria, i live in Portugal,...

Saunders, Roe and Burton of Beaumaris  John Stops worked at Saunders-Roe, Fryars, Beaumaris from 1950-1957. In this first article, he deals with the background of the company and of the Fryars ...

Moelfre Lifeboat Crewman Wins RNLI Photography Award  When Andy Jeffrey upped sticks, and moved from his home in Warrington to take a position as engineer at Anglesey Aluminium five years ago, becoming a voluntary ...

Peter Winstanley Oriel Mon Exhibition Interview  Sue Beesley: So Peter, you are exhibiting with photographer Stephen Bone and potter Oldrich Attenborough in a three-man show at Oriel Mon this April. This ...

Lifeboatmen are Human after all 
Living near the coast of Britain you cannot escape being aware of the local lifeboat and its vital importance. The floods of last year have shown that ...

The Thief of Llandyfrydog on Anglesey  This is an ancient tale about a curiously shaped standing stone in a field at a place called Clorach, which is to be found, roughly, five to six miles ...

Moelfre RNLI Lifeboat , Dedicated Launcher and Restorer  Read how a former Royal Marine volunteers with Moelfre Lifeboat on Anglesey, overcame a massive health challenge and now also runs a high profile restoration ...

Benllech Rugby Club, Anglesey  Benllech Rugby Club on Anglesey enjoyed a rewarding 2006/7 season and was one of the most successful Welsh District Rugby Clubs in North Wales. Their pitch ...

The Indefatigable: End of an Era as School Closes  Continued from July/August Edition of Anglesey Informer - Patrick Purser's autobiography of his time at the Indefatigable Boarding School, Llanfairpwll ...

SUCCESS AT RHODES ISLAND GAMES  As reported in a previous edition of the Anglesey Informer, over 100 athletes from Ynys Mon flew to Rhodes in July to compete in the 12th Island Games....

The Giant Snake of Penhesgyn - an old Anglesey legend  Many years ago, in the parish of Penmynydd, there used to be a prosperous farm call Penhesgyn.
Today, the land has been taken over by Anglesey County ...

The Indefatigable Years 1977 - 1991 - Final excerpts from Patrick Purser's autobiography  It took over a year to sell the property which was finally purchased by the MOD, and after several millions of pounds spent on extensive repairs, alterations ...

Moelfre RNLI Lifeboat - RNLI's Youngest Mechanic - Vincent Jones  Full time mechanic, Vincent Jones, was never in any doubt about his chosen career path. Both his father and grandfather before him, had served as lifeboat ...