Amlwch just wasn't London for Joan Humphreys, but the town soon grew on her.

"I'm originally from London and moved up to Amlwch in 1951 because I married an Amlwch man, Owen Humphreys.

We met during the war. We were both in 88 Squadron in Norfolk - he was a radio engineer and I was his driver. I drove him around as he was in charge of the section. I volunteered to work in the RAF because I was bored with bank work.

We moved to Amlwch after the war and my husband got a job at the Octel factory. At first, it was terrible, very different to London. I was homesick for two years before I settled down. I missed everything - there was no theatres, only a small cinema which has now closed. We had to go to Holyhead or Bangor for entertainment.

Coming from London, I probably had no idea about Wales and the Welsh language. I knew my husband spoke Welsh, but he spoke English so well and for years in the RAF no one knew he was Welsh.

I'd been here about a year when they started to build the Octel factory. They brought in English people to build it and so I had English friends and began to settle.

I was won over in the end by the people. I didn't speak Welsh at all then, I didn't know anything. Amlwch is definitely now my home and I would never go back to London."

Muriel Wall from Amlwch nearly made a great escape - but fate brought her back.

"I come from Hazel Grove, Cheshire, and moved here in 1981. My husband was made redundant on the buses in Stockport and he got a job at Wylfa power station.

We had always planned to come here when we retired, but the move was a bit before time! We'd been to the Anglesey area every year on holiday and enjoyed it very much, it's a beautiful place.

But there was a big difference between coming on holiday and living here. I got disheartened very quickly. We'd only just arrived when one day, while my husband was at work, I got my case packed, picked up my son and got on the bus to Bangor. But I got a migraine because someone was smoking a pipe on the bus so I made an about-turn and came back - and I've been hooked on Anglesey ever since! I nearly escaped - if I had gone then I don't know if I would have come back.

But I'm glad I did. It is a beautiful place and the people are so great. I've lost my husband and my son and everyone has been really helpful.

We've been members of the disabled club for years and it's great to get out and get together. Members do get a bit thin on the ground as people get more disabled and can't come along, but it's still enjoyable. They arrange interesting things for us to do - craftwork, creating Christmas cards - and there's always a cup of tea and a little party.

It's very important for a community that things like this go on and it's sad when you hear of things closing down. They're talking about closing down the swimming pool in Amlwch and that's really sad.

We also wish that we could get the passenger trains from Amlwch to Bangor back because it would be lovely and much easier to get around."