Colour Photographs: Britannia Bridge construction of the second tier

This material is held atArchifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 221 WSF558
  • Alternative Id.
      GB 221 WSF/558
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1972]
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 8 items

Scope and Content

COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS: Britannia Bridge construction of the second tier includes an aerial shot taken by Iorwerth Rowlands (possibly whilst on a council visit to the site). Includes orange Ford Van.

Administrative / Biographical History

Iorwerth Rowlands (1926 - 2010) spent years as a councillor, an “innovator” who was instrumental in establishing community centres on the island.helping to establish Beaumaris leisure centre, among other projects. He went to the old David Hughes Grammar School in Beaumaris, then joined the post office in Bangor as a telegram boy. He was in India during the war, and afterwards decided to take up farming.

Mr Rowlands eventually went into the dairy trade and farmed at Bryn Bella. He was a borough councillor for Beaumaris from 1979 to 1995. Mr Rowlands was also heavily involved in establishing a play area in Llanfaes, the David Hughes community centre in Beaumaris and the Iorwerth Rowlands centre, named in his honour and opened in 2003. For his services to the community, he was made an honorary burgess of Beaumaris and awarded an MBE in 2005.

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Acquisition Information

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Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Cyflwr da /Good condition

Archivist's Note

Compiled by Amanda Sweet for Archifau Ynys Môn.

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