Showing posts from February, 2007
In recent months, this site has set Rhuthun some challenges. Just how are these going? The other day, we were pleased to stumble upon a note on Wikipedia’s on-line encyclopaedia championing our call for the exclusive use of “Rhuthun ” as opposed to …
There are those within Rhuthun/Ruthin who feel the town undersells itself as a tourist venue. And there are those who are trying to do something about it. Witness the new Hiraethog website with the strapline “Open sky, open space, open mind”. We’d s…
We’ve wondered for a while whether perhaps there’s an oversupply of tea-shops in Rhuthun. It comes as no surprise, then, to see that Porth-y- Dŵr (bottom Clwyd Street) is up for sale. Porth-y- Dŵr tea-shop opened on or around the time of Y Carchar R…
Another gap in Well Street closes next Friday – now surely establishing Rhuthun as one of the best examples in North Wales of a town offering a vast array of independent shopping. In fact, with so many quality small traders in the town, Rhuthun/Ruth…
A letter in yesterday’s Independent newspaper from someone in Hampshire, England says that, “Our family has given up supermarkets during Lent for the past 15 years or so. It has become much harder over the years because there are fewer small shops and…
In recent months, this site has tended to concentrate on the comings and the goings in town centre shops, pre- and post-Tesco. There’s another sector of the local economy that is currently very vibrant, one largely unseen by all but those who need i…
Another shop in Rhuthun/Ruthin folds! In spite of a recent minor resurgence in new businesses, it is with sadness that we seemingly need to report the closure of clothes shop Ragazzi, Clwyd Street. Ragazzi added to the vibrancy of Rhuthun’s independ…
Think globally, act locally The local press is mirroring the national media this week, in condemnation of proposed road pricing (albeit something that may be a decade away). Environmentalists, climatologists and most within the scientific communit…
I return from a short holiday to find local holiday & coach excursion operator Clwydian Tours closes this weekend. Though based at Llanrhaeadr between Rhuthun & Denbigh, the firm’s history is very much tied up with Rhuthun. For one thing, th…
We commented yesterday on the new northern link road. The only matter outstanding is a name for it. And so, what of that name? We’re not sure who decides (presumably someone in County Hall). Here are some suggestions, anyway: Ffordd Briec . Better …
The town council would like Rhuthun’s new road named. After all, "ffordd gyswllt ogleddol Rhuthun/Ruthin northern link road" is a bit clumsy. They’d also like it signed. We think naming it will be the easier to do. Signing presents a bit o…
It appears that Dinbych/Denbigh is about to join the supermarket state and benefit from a top-flight supermarket. Cathco, responsible for the development of Rhuthun’s Tesco – the very same people who can’t make their minds up as to whether Tesco Rh…
It seems a little odd that since 25 January Royal Mail has closed the town’s main post box, at the Post Office, St Peter’s Square. Is this Cymru/Wales' only post office without a post box? They give distances to the nearest two boxes (Castle S…
