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Valley| Four Mile Bridge| Rhoscolyn| Rhosneigr| Llanfachraeth| Trefor| Anglesey| Trearddur Bay| Llanfwrog| Llantrisant| Holyhead| Llanfaethlu| Aberffraw| Llangadwaladr| Hermon| Malltraeth
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Gwynedd memories
Happiest Days of My Life in Valley 1
I am now 52 years of age and hanker after village life after 30 odd years in a city!!. Why? Because in 1960 my parents moved to Valley from Manchester and I started in Valley C.P. Schools soon afterwards. I grew up in the village joining St Michael's choir in the 60s and early 70s and moved away seeking 'excitement'.
I joined the Police in Manchester!
Sometimes I wish I had stayed in Valley. I do know what's going on in relation to youth nuisance and crime etc in the village but it is nothing compared to what others put up with! I am happily married with two grown up children and we all love coming home to Valley.
We all enjoy the combination of visitors and local people mixing. Just stand outside Spar and watch everyone. That atmosphere does NOT exist in a city.
So value it, keep it and develop it.
David Jones, formerly Tan-y-Bryn
Newry Beach Holyhead
Though I still live in Holyhead and have travelled to many places in the world, I still find the Newry Beach area of Holyhead holds a special place in my heart, from when I was a child and used to look out of my classroom window waiting for the bell to ring so I could get down to the Mckenzie pier on summer days or play in the little paddling pool or sunken gardens. I sometimes go jogging along the cinder path early in the mornings, and still get a buzz when I see a high tide on the Mckenzie pier.
Many happy summers where spent at Newry, and I'm delighted to say that my 2 children also played there as they grew up. I couldn't believe it when they tried making the pier unaccessible to the public - what!! It's a right of passage for kids from all over the town to jump off the Mckenzie.
I used to stay with my nan who still lives on... Read more
1960s
We moved to the village in 1967 and lived in Garden Lane and Plas Maen. I have fond memories of the old school and childrens clubs in the village hall. I well remember when the fish and chip shop first opened in the village and people came from far and wide, not only for the chips but to stare at Jimmy the owner because he was the first coloured man that they had ever seen!
Holiday Place
Many many many, great holidays here. A very nice village. Sadly this place has now been knocked down and replaced with houses.
Pennyburn
The house on the right of the picture, I lived in in 1963, and was then called Pennyburn. The house next door on the corner was the local doctor whose name escapes me. I attended Holyhead Grammer School and went by train everyday from Rhosneigr station. The headmaster was a Dr Lovett. I remember a restaurant called The Dolphin which was near to the clock tower.
My best friend in Rhosneigr was called Steve Reeve whose dad I think was called Mike and ran the petrol garage opposite The Dolphin.
The only other people I can remember was someone called Greg and Dia Bach whose father was the local vicar.
My e-mail address is nick_farmer45@hotmail.com if anyone else has any memories of Rhosneigr to share.
Rhosneigr
I lived in Rhosneigr until 1970. I remember going on the bus from the clock to Holyhead school. Mr Lovatt was headmaster and I remember Mrs Hughes!! Before the school buses started we went on the train, they had 2 buses from Rhosneigr going from Morris town and from the clock. Gosh it was a long walk from my house to the station, bet kids would not do it now and we got rained on before and after getting to school in the morning.
Bay Hotel
I had a wonderful week's holiday based at the Bay Hotel in the first week of August 1968, when I was eleven, with my godfather and his wife. Got slightly tiddly one night on shandy: played Rummy for the first time: roamed all over Anglesey - or so it seemed! - birdwatching, which was then my new hobby, and has remained a faithful friend ever since. Waders and terns galore, and my first Great Crested Grebe....I was sorry to learn that the Bay Hotel has since been demolished, but I do have a similar smaller photo to this in my own collection from that wonderful year.
