Happy 200th birthday to the #Menai Bridge, opened on this day in 1826. 😊

#YnysMôn

A beautiful old #SailingShip just went past heading South West through the #Menai #Straits
#Schooner rig with mainsail, foresail, jib and even a small square sail
Lovely day for #Sailing
Despite being a creature of habit, I like to try new places,even if it nearly involves driving into the #Menai Straits to get there. This is the #Boathouse in Red Wharf Bay, #anglesey . It's not easily located in the dark.
The Menai Suspension Bridge, built by Thomas Telford, was opened #OnThisDay in 1826. Read more about it at https://www.anglesey-history.co.uk/places/bridges/index.html
#Anglesey #Wales #Bridge #SuspensionBridge #Menai
Menai Strait Bridges

Walk down at Garddau Treborth this morning. sad so see beautiful woodland on the edge of the sea besmirched by traffic cones. #Menai #Bangor
A curious postcard spotted on eBay, celebrating National Baby Week 1918. Events were held during WWI to highlight infant mortality. Read more about it at:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6476157/
This says that in 1915 nine soldiers had died every hour at the front, while 12 babies died at home.
#Anglesey #YnysMon #Menai #infant #mortality #baby #WWI
Mobilising Mothers: The 1917 National Baby Week

This article focuses on Britain’s 1917 National Baby Week and specifically how it played out in London. Pageantry and celebration were an important part of the event, and possibly a welcome distraction from the trials and horrors of war, and they ...

PubMed Central (PMC)
Interesting walk today with @GeoMonGeopark@Twitter .com around #Menai Bridge, looking at the #geology in rock outcrops and buildings. Best was the #fossil #corals and shells in the stonework of the Menai Suspension Bridge!