Showing posts from March, 2018
The Star is under new management, or so the sign outside suggests. This is the fifth change of management since the place re-opened as The Morning Star. One half of the partnership has left to cook at The Trefnant, near Dinbych, following a dispute ov…
If there are two phenomena that signal the start of spring, it's these: the mowing of grass and the arrival of bikers. On Friday, council staff were out cutting public space grass, around Lôn Parcwr, Glasdir, the Craft Centre and Denbigh Road.…
Black Wednesday: Carpet Right Moss Bros Kingfisher ScS Mothercare New Look (Maplin/Toys Я Us) We all know that retail has to restructure as a result of structural changes in society: internet shopping and the affect this is having on the High…
Like pouring good wine gently from bottle to bottle so as not to disturb or spill it, the decant (as it's called) at Ysgolion Rhos Street a Phen Barras has begun, with specialist staff dealing with the computer systems and packing up and carting o…
Is it true that there was a Roman fort under what is now the Parc Brynhyfryd housing estate? It would be nice to think so. Edmund Waddelove, the local who excavated there, believed so. But his evidence was treated as merely circumstantial by the Clw…
About now, Rhuthun/Ruthin's primary children will be leaving their schools on the Rhos Street site for the very last time. Ysgolion Rhos Stryd a Phen Barras close today. An end of an era, indeed, as the site has been continuously occupied for educ…
Saturday March 10th and temperatures up to 12°C. Snow still at high and some at low level, as at March 13th. On March 13th, the temp in Rhyl was 13°C, in Ruthin 10°C but at Llandegla 7°C. The temperature at its highest on Friday March 16th was 15°C. T…
It appeared on Aldi's website in July 2017—that they were looking for land in Rhuthun/Ruthin. Then, in September 2017, it listed four towns in which it wanted to trade, either with purpose built stores or by knocking down an existing supermarket a…
At the moment, there's something of a minor housing shortage in Rhuthun/Ruthin. How so? Because, on Rightmove, there are currently just three pages of houses for sale, compared to the usual five (including homes sold subject to contract). It is no…
Today sees the restoration of Sunday bus services in Rhuthun/Ruthin. Rhuthun has been without Sunday buses since July 2016, since the sudden collapse of GHA Coaches . From today, though, we again have Sunday buses to Denbigh, Rhyl and Wrexham. We'…
It was me what started it, albeit indirectly. I'm talking about the Fans of the Old Ruthin Blog Facebook page. The number of Fans is now at 4,000. That's more than the *adult* population of Rhuthun/Ruthin. It's an achievement, there&#…
The Star is again under new management or so the sign outside suggests. This is the fifth change of management since the place re-opened in 2010 as The Morning Star. In 2010, it began as a tapas bar. The second landlord continued in that vain for a w…
When in 2008 Slater's of Rhuthun/Ruthin closed, I promised myself two things: first, I would never buy a car from any of the mother dealers at Abergele and, secondly, I would never again buy a Citroën. But what happened? I found an offer too go…
'Tis nice to see a welcome if slight thaw. The air outside doesn't feel so raw; the wind's dropped and temperatures climbed today above freezing. The hand salting of the town's footways yesterday has made a difference today. There are …
