Showing posts from December, 2022
How often did I visit a post office in 2022 ? 4/10/22 1 × 1st class stamp £0.95 Rhuthun 5/10/22 6 × 2nd class £4.08 Rhuthun 9/12/22 54 × 2nd class Christmas…
In a post-coronavirus legacy, our town council meetings continue to be broadcast. The only county councillor present at yesterday evening's town council got a tongue lashing, for installing new exercise equipment at Cae Ddol without any consultati…
There are other wrinkles associated with the county council meeting to discuss the forthcoming introduction of a blanket 20 mph speed limit . The first was from the chair, Llanbedr's Cllr Huw Williams, who called it 'one of the daftest ideas I…
How many people realise that today is the official last posting day for Christmas? This is much earlier than usual—at least one week—and probably reflects the industrial action we are currently seeing. Second class stamps are now 68p each and first c…
The conclusion of the December 8th Denbighshire county council scrutiny committee on the new September 2023 blanket 20 mph urban speed limit was that exceptions to 20 mph would be considered by each member area group or MAG. There is a MAG for Rhuthun…
In a sense, we're paying the price of a mild October and November. Thursday evening and overnight we've seen heavy snow showers at low levels and this week has also seen the first frost of the season. This morning, the Clwydian Range is thick …
It's easy to be critical of a driver who crashes through the fence of a children's play area, knocks the roundabout so that it spins, careers on towards the bund and then shoots over it. All this would've been over in a flash and, althoug…
What seems to be one feature of Rhuthun/Ruthin's IT support businesses? They appear to be transient. Remember Mason’s (Clwyd Street)? Tengo Media (Hen Lôn Parcwr)? CITS (Well Street)? The Computer Shop (Well Street)? They have all come. And they h…
Milk is something we tend to take for granted. Like most staples, it's price on the increase. For years, we've bought Co-op skimmed organic in 2 pint containers. These used to be £1.30 but have suddenly shot up to £1.80. For some reason, you c…
Dinbych's HSBC is to close. This will leave that town without a bank. Dinbych's misfortunate may be Rhuthun/Ruthin's salvation, because Rhuthun does not appear to be in included in HSBC's list of 114 closures. Dinbych's MP Dr James…
