Showing posts from June, 2017

In Passing—June 2017

Minor roadworks at the junction of Well Street and Wynnstay Road on June 27th 2017 resulted in this temporary no entry sign to compensate for ambiguity in the English, with the removal of the word "No". The mended fences at Glasdir in …

Round Up... or Down

It's been a while since last we considered the topic of food hygiene. Over two years , in fact. Here's a round up (or down) of the latest hygiene news. Since March 2015, hygiene ratings have slipped a little. The average rating out of five…

Under Reeferbishment

How did a £3mil drugs farm manage to secret itself in the rear or upper floor or cellar of the former wine merchants on the Square? And, more to the point, what is happening to Rhuthun/Ruthin that we suddenly have such an enterprise? We'd prev…

More Shelter Good News

The bus shelter s at County Hall have both been re-glazed, yesterday. And what a difference it makes, too. Before... and after...

Ysgol Newydd Plîs

So used are we to seeing children wheeled out by their school and parents to county hall to lobby against a closure or merger that the sight of pupils yesterday morning is *support* of a new school was somewhat novel. What's going on? Yesterda…

It's Time has Come

This Dalrymple original dates from 1973 and was hung in a private area of the bank Maybe, just maybe, our sub-postmaster has gotten it right. We felt he took a gamble in securing the local post office. His plan, it seems, had always been to conv…

Tesco Car Park Plans

Tesco Rhuthun/Ruthin was the reason for why we established blog but, almost 11 years after its arrival, hardly these days gets a mention. Now, though, we must comment on Tesco's planning application to make modest changes to the layout of its car …

The Wall's Downfall

Whatever is to happen to our Cunning Green ? It's now been (re-) closed for 100 days. The closure is getting on a bit... We'd heard that Bob Costain's insurers had paid for the tree damage to the wall itself, post- Storm Doris , and we …

Hot Air at the Hustings

Now that the polls have closed, here's a review of Rhuthun/Ruthin's hustings, held a week ago today... Standing-room-only it was, with over 130 people as Canolfan Awelon played host to the four parliamentary candidates standing in next week&…

Load More
That is All