Showing posts from February, 2008
Today for some, the battle goes on to save the landscape west of Rhuthun from wind farms. Recently rejected by Denbighshire council’s planning committee, the two applications find their way to today’s council meeting. The reason is that a ‘no’ deci…
Opened on Saturday was Tilly Mint Vintage Collectables , in the former vacant Pam’s Pantry on Clwyd Street. A cursory look inside indicates that this shop is a useful addition to Rhuthun’s retailers. It’s well laid out and its stock of memorabilia …
This simple but effective solution has done much to tidy up a somewhat messy part of Rhuthun. Last week, the council erected a number of bollards around the pavement surrounding the open space where Clwyd Street and Upper Clwyd Street fork. It’s her…
Ruthin Wholefoods is for sale. Just another struggling town centre store? *If* this shop fails to sell and consequently closes, it’ll be the loss of another Rhuthun food retailer, a shop that seemingly has a unique selling point differentiating it fro…
B&M Discount Stores are due to open its 62nd branch, its Rhuthun store, on Station Road in about three weeks. This follows the official 12 noon closure on Saturday of the Somerfield supermarket, though last minute bargain hunting customers had a…
Denbighshire has appeared in the Telegraph twice in what is almost as many weeks. The first was a highly positive January story on how Rhuthun reached the UK top 50 towns in which to live. Nowhere else in Denbighshire and indeed Wales made it in. T…
The recent pace of change affecting the face of Rhuthun town centre continues to astound. The former bric-a-brac & antiques shop at the junction of Well Street and Station Road, also formerly Blaze schoolwear, is to be converted into apartments b…
Business has been brisk at Somerfield and as the store enters its final week, already the shelves are looking empty. The staff have closed one whole aisle. As of Monday 4 February, the store closes not at 8 p.m. as currently but 6 p.m. On its last d…
So, Rhuthun’s in the Daily Telegraph top 50 UK places to live. We’re not surprised. Rhuthun came 11th. Well, equal 11th—with the other 39 towns not specifically named in the top 10. Today’s Vale Advertiser will no doubt trumpet this achievement, as it…
