Showing posts from April, 2018
An unintended consequence of the new schools seems to have resulted in footfall reductions in the town centre. Chatwin's staff report that takings are down as there are now fewer parents popping into town after delivering their children to the fo…
Hand-delivered invitations to yesterday evening's Business Marketing Evening went out to Rhuthun/Ruthin's 300 businesses. Present were about 45 people, some of whom were couples associated with the same organisation. It was nevertheless a fair…
What does Rhuthun/Ruthin have in its favour? We're not a "clone town". We don't rely on the fickle nature of corporate traders. We're an attractive town. In spite of macro-economic threats, we still have a diverse locally-based e…
There are few opportunities indeed for ordinary subjects to try to influence the future development of their town. This week is one such rare occurrence. On display at the Craft Centre is an exhibition entitled Rhuthun/Ruthin Market Town of the Future…
The schools have been back for two weeks and yet work still continues on the landscaping at Glasdir. There's a rather odd area of land off the schools' access road that has received black top, presumably to allow passage to the adjacent Galsd…
... designed to drive us mad. If you are a regular reader, by now you will know our stance on road traffic speeds. We say the town centre should have a blanket 20mph restriction. We say that all housing estates off main roads should, as well (e.g.…
In February, work began on the average speed cameras of the A5104 over an 11-mile stretch from the Clawddn Poncen near Corwen via Bryneglwys to Pontblyddyn.The camera heads have been up for a fortnight and today we expect them to be commissioned into…
It felt like Wetherspoon's on the Friday before Christmas. But instead it was the so-called "pop-up pub" in the former Griffin, Llanbedr. If only the place was that busy all the time, it wouldn't've closed. This, though…
The long, wet, snow-filled and, above all, cold winter has passed. It's been the worst since the dreadful 2010 . Temperatures today reached a heady 14°C in the spring sunshine and didn't the town come alive. More people were out than we seem …
The proprietor of Siop Nain, Rebecca Cobbett Rayment, is very bitter at the way her plight and the closure of her café seems to have gone almost unnoticed. In spite of a huge rally of support on Facebook, there's been no other interest, neither f…
Both our new schools open tomorrow. The builders have been working flat out over the holidays, including at weekends, to get it in a ready state... and the exterior is not quite finished. The good news, however, is that the schools are nevertheless re…
Since our housing update of March 12th, we note that there are still few properties on the market—yet the number of solds subject to contract is still buoyant. Crumbs. The most interesting to note is no. 11 Stryd y Brython, Parc Brynhyfryd. Afte…
