Showing posts from October, 2008
Here’s the concluding part of the Beauty & the Beast nude charity calendar review, in aid of the breast & testicular cancer units at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd. Part 1 here It felt more than slightly odd trying to buy one of the Clawddnewydd nude cha…
You can’t accuse the author of this site of being a prude! I have written many things in my time but reviewing a nude calendar has never been one of them. Part 1 of 2 Raising money for charity used to be so predictable. You sought sponsors for you…
Alternatives, as in news from two of Rhuthun’s non-mainstream retailers: Rhuthun Wholefoods & Rhuthun Organics. The Rhuthun Wholefoods shop is off the market. This isn’t a reaction to the imminent closure of Rhuthun Organics but one driven by t…
We ain’t perfect, you know, and we ain’t an official site. So, if we overlooked any of the recent pink window displays in aid of breast cancer , it wasn’t out of maliciousness. But we are happy to rectify. On 21 October, the proprietress of Monteci…
It wasn't just the good people of Clawddnewydd who have been revealed recently . There was perhaps a less tasteful revelation, last week. The impervious fencing came down for the first time to show the new frontal extension to Plas Meddyg, the t…
Update: The Rhuthun / Ruthin Blog review of Beauty & the Best 2009 starts here Following in the footsteps of last year's Birchall-produced nude calendar comes news of Friday's launch of the 2009 version. The new one will feature the res…
On the subject of crime & disorder (today and yesterday), I wonder whether Invisus can now file his police report of 11th October ?
Through the avenues and alleyways, Where the strong and the quick alone can survive, Look around the jungle, See the rough and tumble, Listen to a squealer cry... theme of cult 1970s TV series The Protectors I must confess I’d never heard of alley …
Whether it’s natural weathering or vandalism, the number of town centre properties that are deteriorating is rising. This is especially acute for empty premises. Empty premises are bad enough but empty, deteriorating premises are worse still. And, the…
Pink Update I have updated the number of traders taking part in the pink window displays , following one email, one personal comment and my own observations. At its peak, the number reached 34 35 36. For some reason, Thresher’s took theirs down ea…
New in Rhuthun is MDUK, a beauty parlour on St Peter’s Square, where once there was Square Interiors and Tommy’s hair. Further back, it was Vanity Fair fashions. It’s one of the buildings with the prized postcode LL15 1AA. St Peter’s Square was lookin…
Two interesting things happened last week. The first was the installation of a number of yellow roadsigns pointing towards the new Glasdir development . They’re up on almost all approaches to the town and even as far afield as Dinbych. The second wa…
1. A sunny early October Sunday afternoon in Rhuthun, with temperatures nudging the very low 20s, and families on or about the Square enjoying ice creams. Not a care in the world... 2. 10 weeks & four days till Christmas and Ernst & Young sta…
Think Pink You’ll have been living under a stone if you haven’t noticed that Rhuthun/Ruthin's gone pink, quite literally. In case you were wondering why, it’s in support of the Dwynwen Big Pink Ball on Friday, at Castell Rhuthun/Ruthin Castle, w…
‘A new daily voice for Denbighshire’. So proclaimed the tag line on the Ruthin & Denbigh Evening Leader, launched yesterday. Yes, we have another newspaper, one on the stands five nights a week, no less. This is important, for local media don’t …
It’s a strange thing but Rhuthun pump fuel prices have become more competitive of late, especially for diesel. The cheapest gallon of diesel in Rhuthun at the moment weighs in at £5.40 at Bridge Services (£1.189/litre). This is currently 4½ p cheaper …
The unusual combination of a native Liverpudlian and Northumbrian at the Watergate is newsworthy as it adds colour to yesterday's otherwise ordinary post. Rhuthun over the years has accepted a great many people including, for example, significant…
Longstanding reader Invisus pointed out yesterday that there’s a rumour floating around that anyone who enters the fashion shop Montecito on St Peter’s Square and mentions this blog gets a free tea and scone. Is this a clever ploy to increase busines…
News is that Porth-y-Dŵr/Watergate Tea Rooms , Clwyd Street, has reopened. It was put up for sale in February 2007, was sold and shut from June 2007, and now let since August. It reopened on Friday and indeed was serving even on Sunday. It’s current…
Thumb absentmindedly through last week’s first edition of the Denbighshire Visitor and you get the impression most of the paper’s about Rhyl, a kind of disguised Rhyl & Prestatyn Visitor. But delve a little deeper and you see that Vale of Clwyd e…
