Showing posts from July, 2007
First of several posts one year after Tesco... It’s exactly one year today since Tesco Rhuthun/Ruthin ushered in its first customers (and immediately ushered them out again , thanks to an errant fire alarm). Since then, Tesco has become a way of …
Earlier post on the Sealed Knot here Apparently on Saturday there were some 2,500 people watching the Rhuthun/Ruthin Sealed Knot civil war re-enactment at Cae Ddol. This is good going indeed for a town of about 6,000 people. A high proportion of spe…
Second post on the Sealed Knot here It was a sheer delight to see the Sealed Knot parading around Rhuthun/Ruthin yesterday to re-enact the civil war siege of Rhuthun. There’d been nothing before on this scale in North Wales. The 39 sponsoring town …
Phase one of the Glasdir housing development has undergone a change, even though only a handful of the footings are in. It’s interesting and pleasing to report that the developer has altered the site’s name from Rhuthun Parc to Parc Rhuthun. Fair…
It may be worth staying in Rhuthun over the weekend. If the Sealed Knott Society’s promised authentic 17th century siege of Rhuthun re-enactment is deemed successful, this year's expected 500 campers (plus families?) at Cae Ddol could double next.…
You’d think this week’s Free Press front page and editorial would support the views of locals who are fed up with the misery of noisy, out-of-control motor bikes. Instead, the paper blames the tragic loss of 13 biker lives in North Wales this year o…
Did anyone hear BBC Radio Four’s The Food Programme at 4 p.m. on Monday? It featured British food products on display at the New York food festival. Imagine the surprise in hearing Rufus Carter on the programme, son of the founder of Rhuthun’s Patchwo…
If you are searching Rhuthun for a gift or present this year, your choice has gotten smaller. Three ‘traditional’ local gift shops have recently closed. Iris shut in early April, the Elysium part of the Juice Bar closed in March, and Anrhegion close…
What a week of mixed messages. The chief executive of the (English) Qualification & Curriculum Authority pondered upon what English school pupils should study. He asked, “Are we going to deal with the Battle of the Nile or are we instead going t…
… in Rhuthun and area this weekend (since it won’t be raining – at least not on Saturday). Support the Rhuthun Rotary/Majorettes’ fun day at Cae Ddol (Sat) Take a look at the developing Rhuthun Parc housing now the flags are out (bring wellie…
Ysgol Brynhyfryd featured in the letters page of the Free Press again this week – for its alleged Welsh language under-achievement, for second language pupils. It’s as well that the newspaper hasn’t taken this forward editorially as it did with Denb…
Oops! I am grateful to the anonymous commenter who points out that the Bryant Homes sales shed at Glasdir is a recycled import from an Alexandra Court development in Manchester! It appears the company won't be using that name for its Rhuthun deve…
It’s as well that of the 178 units on the Taylor Woodrow/Bryant Homes site at Glasdir , 20 per cent will pass to Cymdeithas Tai Clwyd as affordable housing. Although Glasdir includes a mix of two bedroom flats, three-bed mews & semis, and four-b…
Every once in a while, I catch up on comments left on Rhuthun/Ruthin. Taylor Woodrow/Bryant Homes Bryant Homes has named its Rhuthun Glasdir Alexandra Court . An anonymous person left the comment that “River Court may be more appropriate after th…
