Burry Port
Burry Port is a small town five miles (8 km) outside the larger centre of Llanelli lying on the Loughor estuary. The town is home to a lovely harbour and lighthouse and is where Amelia Earhart landed as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean back in 1918
Burry Port, Wales, June 18. 1928
Carrying the first woman ever to cross the Atlantic by air, the American monoplane Friendship gracefully swept down on Burry estuary on the south coast of Wales, shortly after noon today, completing a brilliant 2,000 mile hop across the northern Atlantic in less than 24 hours.
The Pembrey Burrows sand dune and wetland system, home to the Pembrey Country Park and the Cefn Sidan sands, lie nearby.
The early history of the Burry Port area is one of farming and allegedly brutal exploitation of shipwrecks. Ships wrecked at nearby Pembrey while trying to pass the Bristol Channel during storms were said to be stripped by locals whose vicious efficiency (and tendency to save the cargo before the crew) cast fear into many a sailor. In fact no firm evidence (including booty) has ever been found of such activity but the rumours persist.
People of Burry Port and Pembrey tell stories of how "Pirates" used to wave lanterns whilst on the the harbour to trick ships into sailing into the rocks. They would then take all cargo and valuables and leave the sailors to their fate.
Burry Port harbour has an RNLI lifeboat station at the east side manned 24 hours each day to maintain safety in Carmarthen Bay. The Burry Port Yacht Club was formed in 1963 and, in 1970, it merged with the Burry Estuary Angling and Boating Club. The club logo is a Welsh hat with crossed hatchets.
Burry Port, Wales, June 18. 1928
Carrying the first woman ever to cross the Atlantic by air, the American monoplane Friendship gracefully swept down on Burry estuary on the south coast of Wales, shortly after noon today, completing a brilliant 2,000 mile hop across the northern Atlantic in less than 24 hours.
The Pembrey Burrows sand dune and wetland system, home to the Pembrey Country Park and the Cefn Sidan sands, lie nearby.
The early history of the Burry Port area is one of farming and allegedly brutal exploitation of shipwrecks. Ships wrecked at nearby Pembrey while trying to pass the Bristol Channel during storms were said to be stripped by locals whose vicious efficiency (and tendency to save the cargo before the crew) cast fear into many a sailor. In fact no firm evidence (including booty) has ever been found of such activity but the rumours persist.
People of Burry Port and Pembrey tell stories of how "Pirates" used to wave lanterns whilst on the the harbour to trick ships into sailing into the rocks. They would then take all cargo and valuables and leave the sailors to their fate.
Burry Port harbour has an RNLI lifeboat station at the east side manned 24 hours each day to maintain safety in Carmarthen Bay. The Burry Port Yacht Club was formed in 1963 and, in 1970, it merged with the Burry Estuary Angling and Boating Club. The club logo is a Welsh hat with crossed hatchets.
