tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125418539113091547.post963935901407998492..comments2024-03-26T09:26:02.816+00:00Comments on Llanblogger - contact llanblogger@gmail.com: Chain Bridge re-opens after over 30 yearsllanbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13127644053530550156noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125418539113091547.post-13685310775946867012015-06-07T11:48:04.316+01:002015-06-07T11:48:04.316+01:00The walls of the tunnel are covered in a grey mate...The walls of the tunnel are covered in a grey material that was not there before the bridge restoration work. The photographs that were taken nearly 10 years ago show minimal natural erosion. Thankfully they are still being respected:<br />http://www.walesremembers.org/events_list/photographic-exhibition-in-the-tannery-gallery-autographs-from-llangollen-david-gepp/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125418539113091547.post-45775661017888333082015-06-02T17:11:52.979+01:002015-06-02T17:11:52.979+01:00The emotional graffiti messages left in the subway...The emotional graffiti messages left in the subway tunnel have not been obscured as a consequence of the chain bridge's restoration work. The gradual decay started back in the 1960s when the Ruabon to Barmouth line closed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125418539113091547.post-80399815373449378862015-05-30T08:44:26.792+01:002015-05-30T08:44:26.792+01:00The restoration work and new access is commendable...The restoration work and new access is commendable and should spark a 'round trip' of train, chain bridge and canal boat to encourage visitors to participate in the vintage travel that the area preserves, but it is a great shame that in the process the emotional graffiti messages left in the tunnel under the railway by soldiers off to fight in World War One have been almost completely obscured.<br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/6269586.stm<br />At a time when we are commemorating the conflict's centenary, this little local landmark looks like it could lost forever. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com