| ‘Y Clio’ |  |
| Llong hyfforddi bechgyn ar gyfer Y Llynges
oedd ‘Y Clio’. Roedd lle arni i 250 o fechgyn rhwng 11 a 15 oed. Roedd wedi ei
hangori yn Afon Menai. Symudwyd hi yno o Afon Dyfrdwy ym 1877. Fe’i
chwalwyd ar draeth Bangor ym 1920. Defnyddiwyd arian cyhoeddus i dalu am redeg y llong. Ardal amaethyddol oedd ardal Llandegfan bryd hynny. Cariwyd nwyddau fel llefrith, menyn, caws a thatws i lawr i Westy’r Garth ( Y Gazelle heddiw). Yno llwythwyd y nwyddau ar fwrdd ‘Y Clio’ i’w cario ar draws Y Fenai i bier Bangor. Roedd bywyd ar fwrdd ‘Y Clio’ yn anodd a chaled iawn. Byddai damweiniau yn digwydd yn aml. Weithiau byddai rhai o’r plant yn marw o ganlyniad i’r damweiniau hynny. Os digwyddai hynny byddent yn cael eu claddu ym mynwent Eglwys Llandegfan. Am flynyddoedd roedd plant Ynys Mon yn adnabod ‘Y Clio’ fel ‘llong plant drwg’. Os oedden nhw’n ddrwg doedd ond raid i’r rhieni fygwth eu hanfon i ‘long y plant drwg’i sicrhau gwell ymddygiad! |
‘The Clio’ was a Navy training ship for 250 boys
between 11 and 15 years old. She was anchored in the Menai Straits. The ship
was moved from the River Dee to The Straits in 1877 where she remained until she was
demolished on Bangor beach in 1920. Public money was used to pay the running costs of the ship. At this time Llandegfan was, primarily, an agricultural community. Goods such as milk, butter, cheese and potatoes were carried down to The Garth Hotel (The Gazelle today) and from there loaded onto the ship. They were then transported across The Straits to Bangor pier. Life on board ‘The Clio’ was very hazardous. Accidents often occurred. Sometimes these accidents were fatal. The boys would then be buried in Llandegfan Church’s graveyard. For years the children of Anglesey referred to the ship as ‘the naughty children’s ship’. If they themselves behaved badly it was enough for the parents to threaten to send them to ‘the naughty children’s ship’ to make sure of an improvement in their behavior! |