Showing posts from July, 2011
On the day Tesco Rhuthun/Ruthin opened, five years ago today, I likened it to the celebratory atmosphere when in 1862 the railway came to town. The arrival of Tesco marked no less a milestone in Rhuthun's history . The railway offered freedom. We&…
Mention was made of Aibee's in some recent comments . That takes me back. Aibee's was a grocer & fruitier on Mwrog Street, opposite Lôn Fawr. It was owned by the family who still live at Firgrove, Llanfwrog. Perhaps a strange location fo…
I suppose it's inevitable. Rhuthun/Ruthin joining the CCTV revolution, that is. There've always been individual cameras in or outside some premises, perhaps more than we realise, but there's been little in public areas. And then along co…
Though I wasn't there to see it, I have to say that I wasn't aware of last Sunday's Food & Drink Summer Fête. Was it me or did it seem remarkably poorly advertised. Reports suggest that there was little if any signage around or near th…
Yesterday, bailiffs acting on behalf of the Myddleton Arms' landlords entered to take possession of the building. This obviously forced its closure and the Myddleton now joins a lengthening list of Rhuthun/Ruthin pubs that have recently closed or …
If you were wondering what's happened to the Tesco questionnaire results , all I can say is that they're on their way. With a good response and 18 questions that need cross-referring, the analysis is slower than I anticipated. So, thank you fo…
The notion that Ruthin Décor might sell petrol at its new Well Street premises in an interesting one as mooted by a recent commenter. Of course, it ain't gonna happen for a number of reasons but it's a nice thought. Slater's had a petro…
Here's an interesting thing. The Wrexham Saver Card, a loyalty scheme not dissimilar to our own Cerdyn Bro Rhuthun Card but run as a business has a new member, as of 13th July. As far as we are aware, it's the first Rhuthun/Ruthin business to…
Talking of work starting as we were yesterday, there's another sign of optimism on the streets of Rhuthun/Ruthin. The basement premises on Upper Clwyd Street under Nancherrow and next to J's Barbers is currently undergoing a refurbishment. …
Well, the media have it wrong about The Anchor . It hasn't closed and continues to trade. For although The Anchor was leased to Herself, it's now trading under iots landlord. So, no immediate change. Unlike at nearby Slater's, where chan…
I do not hope it's the end of the Rhuthun Produce Market. It was due today but I saw no evidence of it. I may, of course, simply have been unobservant or sleep walking. Does anyone know what's happening? A good number of people in town in the …
We acknowledge that Tesco opened in Rhuthun/Ruthin five years ago this very month… Tesco survey: take part here As we said back in 2005 and subsequently amended , "This blog started as a way of trying to measure and record the way in which t…
An email from one of Gŵyl Rhuthun Festival's volunteers asks me to remedy the false impression I may have given —or added to, for there's been an under-current of minority disapproval for a couple of years—that the Festival is somehow not goo…
The other event staged in Rhuthun/Ruthin on Saturday, other than Top Dre , was a modest rally calling for changes in the national planning regime. Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg chose Rhuthun county hall as the venue for a protest that cited the huge p…
We acknowledge that Tesco opened in Rhuthun/Ruthin five years ago this very month… The trouble with celebrating the first ever Independents' Day is that the 4th July in 2011 falls on a Monday. Perhaps not the ideal day to pick if you want resid…
Conditions were absolutely ideal for a large turnout at Top Dre yesterday afternoon & evening. Wasn't it a good show. And a slight cooling in the afternoon when compared to earlier plus intermittent cloud cover not only made the spectacular pl…
OK, ok, I may have been mistaken about the new proprietor of the purple shop on the Square . Then again, in the original report on the most eye-catching shop in Rhuthun, I did say "I may be wrong..." I wasn't wrong, though, about the f…
