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Old map of Bangor

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Bangor 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.
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

Menai Bridge, Suspension Bridge 1890

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

Bangor, High Street 1908

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".

Bangor, Garth Road c1965

Here we see new building in post-war Wales - new shops, a supermarket and offices in the form of a modern precinct. Beyond are new university buildings and the Theatre Gwynedd sprouting from the trees, showing a forward-looking spirit in this ancient cathedral city. Such modernisation has proved successful in helping attract students to its university campus in the decades following the war.
An extract from from"Wales Living Memories".