Object Used – Photo of my grandfather, Capt. W.E. Meade, taken late 1940s Born of Flint, but not made of stone. Steely aspect, but not to those who know. With gimlet eyes, serious, he looks so serious, as is only proper for a man responsible for his crew, his...
He ran up the incline up to the town centre, past where the posh store on the corner of the hill had been. A department store run by east European immigrants, who had brought some style with them, and plonked it down in the middle of the pubs and butchers that had...
Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, there was a young boy who grew up wild in a large overgrown garden. Bows and arrows tipped with nails, bamboo spears with launching thongs, nuts and bolts filled with match heads; he had a grand old time jumping from branch to...
Well-known entrepreneur John Meade of Holyhead died on the 8th June 2002, leaving the town poorer for his passing. Born in Maeshyfryd Road, Holyhead, in 1922, he was the founder of the group of companies based on Newry Beach, under the name Holyhead Boatyard Ltd.,...
