Showing posts from April, 2011
It was perhaps a bit of a last minute effort but several shops and homes entered into the royal wedding spirit and by Thursday had set out some bunting. But as may befit a small Welsh town, evidence of any real royal fervour was nevertheless thin on t…
Was singer Lily Allen pulling our legs when she bitched about not being invited to the royal wedding? Was she intentionally sounding like a spoilt child? She should perhaps try sleeping on the pavement ahead of today's nuptials. For that's whe…
Thank you Galadriel for the solitary comment under the post entitled " Pasg Hapus ". Said she, "Fab pics—did you take them Non?" I need to pay tribute to the blog photographer and also to ask anyone else who might have an interesti…
A new handbag store's to open in Clwyd Street, where the Capircorn charity shop has recently closed. You might not agree but far from being another store we don't need, it's definitely one that we do. Having watched the comments on By P…
I wonder what traffic conditions will be like later today. At least *some* of those who travelled out on Good Friday will need to return. Others, of course, will do so in a week's time, on the spring bank holiday. Good Friday saw incredible amou…
After a warm, sunny and promising Good Friday start to the long weekend, with temperatures in Rhuthun/Ruthin as high as 24°C by late afternoon, yesterday was a little disappointingly grey and overcast, a full 10°C or more lower. Not quite as icy, thou…
In a comment left yesterday , Captain Pugwash posed some questions about the town centre. "Will the town be left as empty shops forever? Or would the Council permit planning for residential dwellings? I am not suggesting this is the right thing …
Pubs, guest houses and eateries in Rhuthun/Ruthin now have nine months before Wetherspoon's is to open. The perceived wisdom is that Wetherspoon's is a-comin' in January 2012 to the Castle Hotel. No one seems sure quite yet when the Castl…
Residents of Parc Brynhyfryd and Bryn Eryl will no doubt be interested to hear that the sixth form car park at Ysgol Brynhyfryd is taking shape. A somewhat casual glance at the area outside the building that runs parallel to Mold Road yesterday reveal…
I've been away for a few days. Not a lot seems to have changed. Via Comments, could anyone give an indication of the success of the first produce market of the season? I understand there were about 15 stalls and Park Road car park was full.
Comment are *definitely* not currently moderated. I thought I had previously disabled Moderation. I was wrong. Sorry. Non
The long-awaited follow up to David Garland Jones's You Tube sensation " Ain't Seen Ruthin Yet " (now on 35,000 views, or seven times the target), has arrived. It's a montage of songs parodying 13 Welsh place names: Betws; Mold…
For the past week or so, Rhuthun's benefited from temporary free parking at the Park Road car park. This coincides with the disruption from Wales & West Utilities during the current Clwyd Street roadworks . There can be no excuses for missin…
Coinciding with the second huge Denbighshire Free Press pull-out of "drawings of mum" was the front page that featured a slightly gruesome picture of a dead lamb stripped to the bone. This may or may not've been a "big cat" Apr…
Following yesterday's post , the town councillor to whom I referred has been on the telephone. The councillor now thinks that the proposed Tesco petrol station & adjacent KFC will *not* go ahead. The prospect did bring with it some interesti…
A chance meeting with a town councillor in Siop Nain yesterday confirmed Rhuthun/Ruthin was not only likely to get the rumoured KFC but that Tesco might be expanding. Both, apparently, are linked. For it seems that a developer may have bought both …
