Showing posts from September, 2014
As Rhuthun/Ruthin actually gets close to running out of rentable shop units, we mark some recent changes. Elysium closed yesterday. Since the autumn of 2009, this was an unusual shop and one that overlapped and then kinf of took over from Pass it…
There seems to be some dick measuring at the moment as to which school offers the best Welsh medium education: Ysgol Brynhyfryd or Ysgol Glan Clwyd, Llanelwy/St Asaph. The argument centres upon whether Denbighshire should transport students away from …
Towards the end of July, selected Rhuthun/Ruthin post boxes found themselves with a sticker applied, altering collection times. Fair enough. The Royal Mail has to react to the circumstances in which it finds itself, particularly as the number of ite…
It was the first day of Mococo's seven day week trading: it was open today from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This raises two issues. First, Rhuthun/Ruthin likes to think of itself as a visitor destination. Yet, there's precious little to do on a Sunday…
Something fairly obvious and fundamental was missing from today's relaunch of Rhuthun/Ruthin's monthly market. What, exactly? For one thing, though this isn't the main point, stalls. It *looked* full but in honesty there weren't to…
If it's escaped your notice that September 18th is a very important day, where have you been. The Scots are going to the polls today in a yes/no referendum about full independence. Over the last fortnight, an unnerved "no" campaign has…
It's sad to learn that after two seasons our visitor centre is to close for good, after lights out on September 30th. Perhaps, though, this is inevitable. These days, few towns seem to be able to justify a centre: the 2014 north east Wales bord…
Rhuthun/Ruthin managed to escape Denbighshire council’s official top 20 eyesores. The nearest we got was the overgrown frontage of 4 Dyffryn, an appendage to the Tan y Bryn infill estate, Pwllglas. Here, upon the death of her husband about eight year…
Now is the time to buy. Locally, there's considerable competition between firms. Search out the best price while the rivalry lasts, for it seems that Rhuthun/Ruthin may be overstretching itself if it can support such a large number of suppliers. …
There's another Oscar in the news other than Pistorius. Conwy's Thoughts of Oscar blog has turned out to be something of a scandal. It's hit the national and now even to a limited extent the UK news. The author was outed on Tuesday evenin…
In something of a surprise, given previous evidence, Denbighshire council has today effectively voted itself out of existence. It plans to merge voluntarily with Conwy. This will depend upon whether its westerly neighbour feels the same, of course, bu…
Just like the strapline to that lacklustre sequel Poltergeist II: The Other Side, "they're back". And, two years & 26 days after the first rash of yellow street paint, much of Rhuthun/Ruthin again disapproves of Sunday's new roa…
