Showing posts from May, 2013

Having your Cake & Eating It?

Juxtaposed behind this advertising board for the Olde Cross Keys' steak night is a banner on SS Mwrog & Mary's church lychgate, opposite the pub, for Christian Aid, which reads "Enough Food for Everyone". Click to enlarge image…

Gareth Lynch to Close

This is a sad day indeed for Rhuthun/Ruthin, with the announcement of the closure of Gareth Lynch Jewellers, situate on Clwyd Street. It's been a business for over 80 years (although the current owner, Barbara Wheatley, took over after the Lynch f…

Long Awaited yet Controversial

Rhuthun/Ruthin leisure centre is in the midst of a £1.3mil redevelopment for which permission was gained in January. It includes an extension, additional customer parking and the creation of a new, full size all-weather pitch. All are so-called &quo…

Jubilee Restoration

The renovation of Moel Fammau's Jubilee Tower continues. This is using the last portion of the Heather & Hillforts funding first allocated as long ago as 2004. The tower will be a fitting end to 10 years of projects. Since repairs were la…

Cunning Green Closure

The Cunning Green, that mysterious, historic, secretive and winding path that runs from the gates of Ruthin Castle to the banks of the River Clwyd and that affords fine and otherwise unseen views over the backs of Clwyd Street, was today closed by D…

Anchor Inn to become School Dorm

We now know that Ruthin School has bought Ye Olde Anchor Hotel. It was suddenly in November 2012 that The Anchor closed its doors for the last time, as an inn. It marked Stephanie Booth's final exit from the hotel trade, a business she entered …

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