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A
Curious Place
The
Industrial History of Amlwch (1550-1950)
© 1994 Bryan D. Hope
ISBN
1 872424 36 8
Published
by
Watch House Books
Oriel
Moelfre, Ynys Môn.
LL72 8HN
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 Amlwch
and Amlwch Port are well known as the settlements which grew
up to serve the great copper mine on Mynydd Parys. The history
of the mountain and the copper industry has already been studied
and in A Curious Place, Bryan Hope has drawn back
the curtains concealing the other industries for which this
part of Anglesey was once well known.
For
anyone with an interest in industrial history, or the history
of the island of Anglesey, this book is essential reading.
"Bryan Hope has written...a thorough and detailed examination
of the industrial developement of Amlwch. He brings a fresh
approach to the fascinating story of this once busy copper-smelting
port. He has had access to much new material and this, together
with his own extensive knowledge, not only explain much that
has hitherto been ignored or forgotten, but also brings to life
a little of what it must have been like to be a resident of
Amlwch Port in it's busiest days"
- Aled Eames
This
book is available at the Heritage Centre shop, Sail Loft, Amlwch
Port, and at local book shops
Softback priced £9.75 - ISBN (Softback)
0 9535268 1 X
Hardback priced £15.75 - ISBN (Hardback) 0 9535268 0 1
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Reviews
"This
book is a considerable achievement and tells a remarkable story.
The illustrations of industrial processes and maritime scenes
by Keith Shone are to be particularly commended...this is a
serious and worthy contribution to the maritime and industrial
history of Gwynedd." -
Mariner's Mirror Vol.81
"What
stimulates a special interest in this book is that it has a
firm grasp of scientific principles, and thus it is able to
draw out the significance of those industrial processes which
so attracted those natural scientists of old." -
Transactions of the Anglesey Antiquarian Society.
"Following
in the footsteps of the late Aled Eames, Hope has put in good
work tracing the often obscure little ships that used the harbour
of Amlwch........there are dozens of little ports like this
around the British Isles...each with a story. Most have at best,
a tourist picture booklet with unreliable anecdotal text....
Hope has lifted Amlwch out of that league, and one hopes that
his work will be imitated by devotees of other small ports."
-
The Northern Mariner (Canada)
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