The Isle of Anglesey, off the north-west coast of Wales, has a remarkable and often unusual history. The treacherous Menai Strait separates the island from the mainland and its early settlers built standing stones and burial chambers from the rocks of Anglesey and the adjoining, smaller Holy Island. The Druids personified Anglesey to the Romans and later Anglesey became known for its holy places. Although predominantly agricultural, Anglesey’s industries developed in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries but today tourism is the biggest industry, the island being connected to the main line by two historic bridges, Thomas Telford’s road Menai Suspension Bridge and Robert Stephenson’s railway Britannia Bridge.

In Quirky Anglesey author Geraint Wyn Hughes celebrates the unlikely and often strange history of the Isle of Anglesey and its characters over the years. This fascinating insight into Anglesey will be of interest to all those who want to know more about the isle’s quirky history.