Maritime and Railway Photographs from Holyhead, Anglesey

Maritime and Railway Photographs from Holyhead, Anglesey - Page I.

The employment history of Holyhead since the 1850's revolved around the London and North Western Railways and the Port, whose ships carried not only passengers across the Irish Sea, but also the all important Royal Mail. Prior to that time, the Port virtually offered the only employment in the town, and this remained the case right up until the 1960's, and was relieved only by the arrival of Anglesey Aluminium (Rio Tinto Zinc) circa 1969.

For the present people of Holyhead, whose roots are in the town, it is extremely likely that their ancestors either worked on the railway or on the 'boats'. You will find lots of old photographs of Holyhead on that page, but below are pictures related only to our present subject.

One of Holyhead's mailboats entering the harbour	Mailboats in the inner harbour - The Earl Spencer on the left	The British Rail Fire Brigade
British Rail workers	A 1927 staff photograph of British Rail workers	British Rail workers in the 1980's
The 'Civil Service Rifleman' Locomotive and British Rail workers	The Freightliner Container Terminal at Holyhead	Holyhead Railway Station and inner harbour in 1905
One of Holyhead's mailboat steamers	Joining a ship bound for Ireland at Holyhead Railway Station	The now demolished Holyhead Station Hotel - with BR workers - Maurice (now sadly passed on) and Gerry Maguire
The M.V. Cambria and other boats in the inner harbour at Holyhead	The old railway bridge	British Rail Ferries
The S.S. Anglia in 1905 - In 1915 she was sunk by a torpedo as the H.M.H.S. Anglia	The S.S. Hibernia in 1905 - renamed H.M.S. Tara she was later sunk	The S.S. Slievemore in 1905 at Holyhead
The original location of the Holyhead Station Clock	The now demolished Station Hotel at Holyhead Railway Station

Maritime and Railway Photos - Page II

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