Showing posts from April, 2010
Rhuthun/Ruthin got some very positive publicity yesterday, with live appearances from both the mayor and the newsletter editor/former chairman of the civic association. Some may have noticed, too, both yesterday and the day before, a handful of archit…
Eating at the re-opened Clwyd Gate is a bit like dining at the Picture House except, at Clwyd Gate, you get to see what you’re eating (it's a whole lot lighter). The Clwyd Gate opened on Thursday. We joined a reasonable-ish number of nosy peop…
I think exclusively on this blog, the big news is the Mayor has announced a forthcoming loyalty card for Rhuthun/Ruthin, to be launched in June. Initial details are here as the second comment and seem encouraging. To be successful, it needs a strong …
Update at 8 p.m. regarding Parlour Antiques plus the tattoo parlour also closed last week—see comment at 8 p.m in comments box Solicitors Michael Taylor & Co of Llanrhydd Manor is reported to have been taken over by sub-regional giant Swayne Joh…
It seems to me that there are only three ways for a lay person without access to statistics or research to 'measure' the prosperity of a town. One is the percentage of empty shop units within the town centre. This is a reasonable proxy for a …
Did anyone visit the S4C's Cyfnewid at the Castle, yesterday? If so, why not let us know what you felt, using Comments. For those who don't know, Cyfnewid is a television programme where those who turn up are invited to swap unwanted possessio…
As questions remain as to the future of one of Rhuthun/Ruthin's best known restaurants , workers were busily erecting new signs and banners on Thursday at Rhuthun's latest, the Clwyd Gate Inn. The Clwyd Gate bar and restaurant are now open, …
Everything's returning to normal following five days of cancelled flights after the Eyjafjallakokull volcano eruption. This is a picture over Dyffryn Clwyd/Vale of Clwyd. It was interesting to hear an Icelander pronounce Eyjafjallakokull on the ra…
So, what should be the priorities for yesterday’s mention of the Masterplan ? Here’s the Rhuthun/Ruthin Blog priority list, being a dozen projects that would assist the town, in descending order (and compare with a list we published in November 2006 )…
Das Gesamtkonzept. The Masterplan, that’s what we’ll have. Sounds very Teutonic. And since it emanates from the Mayor’s Office, it may well be. After all, the Mayor runs the very German-sounding Manorhaus. Denbighshire and its surroundings are a col…
Pre-empting the Rhuthun/Ruthin Scarecrow Trail 2010 by about three weeks is this creation (or is it self-portrait?), presumably by Jeff Brimble. See it now above the parade of shops on Well Street, opposite the former Slater’s site. Looking up above p…
Very quietly, very subtly and almost unnoticed, Rhuthun/Ruthin has acquired another chippy. It’s been open over a week. The location’s St Peters Square and the establishment’s called Bar Llaeth, a longstanding business whose management, following an …
Llangollen, Prestatyn, Rhuthun/Ruthin. Three towns in Sir Ddinbych/Denbighshire with three very different characteristics, sizes and demographies. Yet, all three are relatively well off and all three rely heavily on the visitor economy. One of the thr…
There's some speculation as to what's happening at our most lavish eatery, The Picture House. It’s been closed all week for food (though the bar remains open). The board outside apologises. There's talk in town about debts or hygiene or fe…
We’re not pretending that our five-day survey on attitudes to chain stores was scientific or representative. It’s a fact nevertheless that the majority who responded felt that nationally known retailers would be welcome in Rhuthun/Ruthin. Nearly 70…
As crude hit a new high yesterday, on the back of a 17 per cent increase in January & February, it once again brings into sharp relief the cost of motoring. You can’t but notice that petrol prices in Rhuthun/Ruthin, as elsewhere, are beginning to …
Taylor Wimpey’s really pushing Glasdir , in the lovingly crafted, gushing, adjective-rich language reserved only for house builders and estate agents. Stunning, stylish, spacious, phenomenal, practical, fantastic, affordable, idyllic, eco-friendly, co…
The Library, Annie’s and Nelson’s may have been shut but the town was otherwise extremely active yesterday, with plenty of locals and visitors enjoying the welcome spring Saturday sunshine. In fact, the town was at its best. Last week, Rhuthun/Ruthin’…
We heard this afternoon that the deal to redevelop the former Slater's brownfield site is off. The developer, Consolidated Properties of Crewe, blamed the negative reaction in the town to their proposals.
We are now in a position to add more information on the forthcoming Slater’s development. As rumour turned to fact yesterday, we can reveal the names of three of the stores earmarked to occupy the five units proposed on the former garage site. You’l…
