Menai Bridge, HMS Conway And Menai Bridge 1953
Photo ref:
M62118
Photo ref:
M62118
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The currents and eddies in this part of the Menai Strait can be treacherous. HMS 'Conway' was a training ship run by the Mercantile Marine Services to train officer cadets. She was moved to the shelter of the Menai Strait in 1941 to avoid air raids. As she was being returned to Birkenhead towed by two tugs, she ran aground near Menai Bridge on 14 April 1955.
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A Selection of Memories from Menai Bridge
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Menai Bridge
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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 ...see more
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