Showing posts from December, 2016
NOVEMBER: Rhuthun/Ruthin's new bathroom showroom is now fully open, this November, at the former premises known for many years as Celff a Chrefft. In NOVEMBER , work was completed on the walling by the cemetery, on Prior Street. The three tr…
'Then Herod sent a private message to the wise men, asking them to come see him. At this meeting he learnt the exact time when they first saw the star. Then he told them, "Go to Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. And when you fin…
There was a time, even during the lifetime of this blog, when Christmas Eve in Rhuthun/Ruthin was busy. There was a certain urgency about the place. Youngish men would rush in to panic buy for their beloveds. You'd meet people you didn't norma…
… a week makes. Just one week. Last, accompanied by a photo of a jubilant councillor Huw Hilditch-Roberts, the Free Press reported on the demolition of Fferm Glasdir and that the new schools would be in situ for September 2017. A week later, and that…
The five parties who are potentially to be sued by Glasdir residents have this week gotten together to try to sort a couple of things out. The first, and major, issue was that the respective barristers felt the claimants have a case and in court would…
Saturday afternoon in Rhuthun/Ruthin and it was dismal. Most people seem to have given up on Saturday afternoons. Certainly, traders have. But there's only 15 days to go before Christmas Day yet still there were few people around. The lights …
Since January 2015, there have been about 1,000 bank branch closures in the UK The expected reaction to the NatWest's closure announcement can be found in this week's Denbighshire Free Press. Outrage. Meanwhile, Plaid Cymru's stated a p…
On Friday, at Four Crosses, cyngor Wrecsam council burnt off carriageway speed limit reminder roundels. On Saturday at 9.30 p.m. there was no further activity. 12 hours later, new speed limit signs had appeared on the A525 and B5430. This, then, is th…
There will be outrage in Rhuthun/Ruthin at the news today that Westminster government-owned National Westminster is to close its branch in town, next June. Not since the TSB closed will there be such uproar. I'll leave it up to others to bemoan ho…
