Bangor
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- 10 photos on Bangor appear in 4 Frith books - View photos of Bangor
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Caernarvonshire & Anglesey Hospital
I remember doing my nurse training in this hospital 1967-70, it was a beautiful old building, now I believe it is a supermarket, oh dear!!! I wonder is there anyone out there who did training at the same hospital,I am so surprised to see no one has left a memory of Bangor.
Contributed by delphine chapple
Gwynedd memories
Caernarvonshire & Anglesey Hospital
I remember doing my nurse training in this hospital 1967-70, it was a beautiful old building, now I believe it is a supermarket, oh dear!!! I wonder is there anyone out there who did training at the same hospital,I am so surprised to see no one has left a memory of Bangor.
A memory of Bangor contributed by delphine chapple
My Childhood memories of Menai Bridge
My father was born in Talwrn near Llangefni and each year we would go by train to Liverpool and then go to the pier head and board St Tudno which sailed at 10 30 am, dropping people off about 12 in Llandidno then onto Menai Bridge, where we arrived around 2pm. We always looked to see who could see Menai Bridge first, and passing by Bango Pier we knew that my grandparents would be waiting for us with the horse and wagon, then the first stop was to my Aunt Mary and Uncle Tom in Llanfair PG who had a big spread waiting for us [he was a mail man in Llanfair PG]. Across the road from my aunt's was a ...read more here
A memory of Menai Bridge contributed by Trevor Williams
Memories of a happy childhood
I was born and grew up in the little village of Llanfairpwll. Mine was a happy childhood, free of drugs, vandalism and graffiti. Everyone knew everyone in the village, which in those days, over 60 years ago, was predominantly Welsh. We were taught in Welsh at the Infants School. Until one sunny afternoon, the excited English voices of evacuees from the English cities of the North were heard. Each home in the village was allotted their share of these children. The war had come to Llanfairpwll. Very soon afterwards, all the trees in the Column Woods were cut down and hauled away, to be used in the war effort.
The grand old house, Plas Llanfair was commandeered for barracks for Army ...read more here
A memory of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll contributed by Glynne Parry
Extracts From Bangor & Gwynedd books
This view was taken from the ferry. It looks southwards towards the Garth and Bangor, which is backed by the Snowdon mountains. Bangor’s chief trade was the export of slates, mined from Lord Penrhyn’s quarries at Bethesda, and carried by rail to Port Penrhyn. The quay here was 300 yards long.
An extract from from"North Wales Photographic Memories".
The Victorian pier was built in 1896 and juts out 1,500 feet into the turbulent waters of the Menai Strait, stretching two-thirds of the distance to Anglesey. It is pictured here with Snowdonia in the background. It was refurbished in the 1980s.
An extract from from"North Wales Photographic Memories".
The first monastic settlement was founded here by St Deniol in AD525, some 70 years before St Augustine arrived in Canterbury. The site was much fought over by the Vikings, the Normans and the Welsh, so that the cathedral has been rebuilt on several occasions. The cathedral is modest in size and squats in a hollow. The nave with its six arches and the western tower were built in the early years of the 16th century. It was restored by Gilbert Scott between 1866 and 1875.
An extract from from"North Wales Photographic Memories".
Bangor’s main street runs between the station and the harbour. It is shown here crowded with shoppers and an early car. The street today has been partly pedestrianised. In the early years of the 19th century, there were only 93 houses in the town. However, after the construction of the bridges over the Straits and the opening of the railway, Bangor grew at a fast rate into a thriving holiday town.
An extract from from"North Wales Photographic Memories".
Bangor's main street runs between the station and the harbour, and today is partly pedestrianised. It is shown here crowded with shoppers and an early car. After the construction of the bridges over the Straits and the opening of the railway, Bangor grew from a 19th-century town of only 93 houses into a thriving holiday resort.
An extract from from"Welsh Address Book".