The photograph shows the plaque which commemorates the best kept secret of World War II. World War II brought many interesting people to Conwy. The Morfa became a camp once more for British and Dutch soldiers. Child evacuees from Merseyside were billeted in the town, many of whom were able to speak Welsh by the time they left and some of them continued to visit the families with whom they stayed long after the war finished. Civil servants from London, their offices transferred to Llandudno and Colwyn Bay, found delight in the old walled town which, far from being a backwater was alive and vibrant.
As the war progressed hundreds of workmen came to Conwy. Every morning found them making their way to Morfa Beach; no one knew what they were making, it was said that they did not know themselves. Occasionally there was a launching and the mystery deepened. It was not until after the end of the war that we knew. Part of the Mulberry Harbour, which played a vital role in the D-Day Landings had been built at Conwy.
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