Showing posts from October, 2015
Yesterday, Atwill Pubs placed the Cock o Rhudd Din on the market. If you've got £250,000 in your back pocket, it's yours. As yet, we don't know why but any betting person would probably wager that it's because it's under performing…
Costa opened two years ago. Also, two years ago, as is our wont, we speculated as to the likely results : how would cafés fair? We felt that four cafés were relatively safe, albeit for the need in some circumstances of some refurbishment or updating…
Are calls for a 20 mph zone along Ffordd yr Wyddgrug/Mold Road misplaced? How long has it been since people requested a 20 mph speed limit on Ffordd yr Wyddgrug/Mold Road. 20 years? 25? 30? It certainly goes back a while. It's not a campaign as …
It might sound petulant but I rarely buy the Free Press. I still read it, mind you. It's available in the local library. But boycotting it is just my small, perhaps insignificant, protest against its journalistic style, something that seems to hav…
J's Barbers recently moved one unit up Clwyd Street from these premises. This left a gap. But not for long. This week there appeared newspapers adorning the former J's shop windows, below. Its new occupants who are preparing to occupy? A hair…
At the moment, it's fashionable to mention Trywerin but this Blog wishes to do so with something of a twist. The decision by Liverpool Corporation to flood the Trywerin valley caused consternation. The resultant reservoir, officially opened 50…
On December 15th, 2008 , following no less than a 30-page Free Press advertising puff by Wrecsam council, I went to see what all the fuss was about. I found a town that was lively and forward-looking, one with a great range of facilities and shops. …
What has Dinbych got that Rhuthun/Ruthin hasn't? For one thing, a Big Issue salesperson. Appeared over the summer was Dyffryn Clwyd's first seller, a man whose patch was outside Co-op Dinbych. Without a break in continuity, there's now a v…
The organisers of the Ruthin Local History Society will be well pleased by the numbers attending yesterday's inaugural meeting. It's reported that 65 people packed the ambulance hall. No doubt there would have been apologies and this means the…
Have the speed limits between Rhuthun/Ruthin and Wrecsam been set too low? Someone from this household journeys at least five and sometimes seven days a week morn & evening along the route and it is a rare day indeed when they are not overtaken…
Perched in a col high above Rhuthun/Ruthin, its lights once pricked the night sky. By day or night, the restaurant was unmistakable. From September 15th, new tenants at last opened up the Clwyd Gate. We wish them well. But history is not on their …
Williams Estates were pushing this Stryd y Brython premises, by giving it prominent window space. It's also with Beresford Adams, who are offering an online media tour. This property is trying to set a new record for the longest time a property …
