anglesey

I found myself on Anglesey whilst on the hunt for Headstocks last year, so of course I had to pay a visit to Octel as I was down the road! The History Background Life for Octel began in 1940, with the completion of a factory in Northwich to produce Anti Knock Compound (AKC) for aircraft fuel...

Introduction I’m currently going through some of my older photos from earlier in the year. On our annual trip to Wales, me and @JakeV50 went to take another look at the old Octel Bromine Works site in Anglesey. I wanted to revisit to get a few pics with the camera as I previously only used my...

Introduction This is a place that myself and @V50jake have done before but we wanted to go back and get some better photos as Jake was using his old Canon from the dark ages and I was using my phone so decided to take another look last month on our Wales exploring trip. History & Information...

Introduction This is a place I wanted to tick off whilst on my North Wales exploring trip back in Spring. I wasn’t expecting much and although there isn’t much to it, I quite liked this place and I found some history on it so I thought it was report-worthy. History & Information Cemaes Bay...

History - Built around 1950 the Octel Bromine works produced bromine from sea water, the bromine was used to produce one of the main chemicals used in the production of anti-knock fluid. Anti-knock fluid is blended with petrol to prevent knock within an engine which can lead to damage and loss...

We haven't managed to get any exploring done for a few weeks so for 2022 we decided to get back on it with a trip to North Wales. This place has been covered loads on here but it's one we've always wanted to see and was our first visit of the day. History - Porth Wen brickworks was built in the...

Beautiful day to catch a glimpse of the fort last week

St Mary’s had the most amazing light on it when we went at sundown last week

Anglesey Seaplane Factory now abandoned just past Beaumaris on the way to Penmon - some outside and upstairs shots taken Wednesday see other two posts for photos of inside hangar