Showing posts from September, 2023
Of all people, the post office should know their own address! Yesterday, we received an 'unfortunately we can't deliver your item' card. A letter or packet had insufficient postage. We can go to the post office to collect it (should we cho…
We used to have CCTV in Rhuthun/Ruthin town centre. It was part-time and covered little ground. That's gone. Informed sources report that, at a meeting a fortnight or so ago, a town councillor asked that CCTV be widely reintroduced in Rhuthun. Th…
Perhaps I shouldn't make promises I cannot keep: here's a further update on 20 mph. Some people have defaced many of Rhuthun/Ruthin's new 20 mph lollipops (and elsewhere). Here's a selection of photographs. (Do see if you recognise t…
I trust that this'll be the last post on 20 mph, for now. It's been seven days since the new default urban speed limit . How's it going? After a 70 mph dash, the senedd petition against 20 mph has slowed to a 20 mph crawl. This has stil…
Mike Hall of G Parry marches on. He must have confidence in Rhuthun/Ruthin. Why else is he gradually acquiring so much of it? Choo Choo and to its right the empty 'Joe Brown' It's reported he has given Choo Choo three weeks to vacate. She…
People rightly get nervous when they see their sole remaining bank branch closed for almost a month . So, what's happening? According to the planning paperwork, there will be 'minor' internal alterations to the HSBC. All that heavy (and no…
One of the two proposed Rhuthun/Ruthin exceptions to the new 20 mph limit was not implemented. That is the section of the B5105 at Galltegfa, approaching Llanfwrog. This will now become 20 mph. I say *will*, because it was missed off yesterday's…
Some time between 11.45 pm last night and 4.35 this morning, the Welsh government had modified the A494 trunk road for 20 mph, complete with replacement huge village gateway signs for Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd and a sprinkling of 20 mph repeaters near Ys…
Here's a paraphrased summary of the chatter around Rhuthun last week, ahead of today's 20 mph change . It's from the street and from the pub (not Facebook), and it's genuinely what I've heard. In favour of 20 mph …
There appears to be no joined up thinking at HSBC. Today, the Rhuthun/Ruthin branch closed for a month, for refurbishment. I guess that we should welcome the investment. We hope that this ensures the longevity of our remaining bank. But there can be n…
The sunshine and the prospect of doors flung open brought out the crowds on Saturday. There were some unexpected queues. The Old Gaol was free (a rare opportunity). Our oldest dated residence, Gorphwysfa, proved to be of much interest. Sunday, yesterd…
One week to go to 20 mph . Next Sunday sees the biggest traffic speed shake up since we abandoned the man walking ahead with the red flag. Last week, we all received a publicity leaflet from the Welsh government. We admit the following is selective bu…
Irishman and BBC radio & TV presenter Syr Terry Hogan contributes to the Rhuthun/Ruthin Blog Ah, spotted down at the market hall's community fridge yesterday, a little disclaimer, my friends. It's a recent addition, tucked away in print sm…
It's been a month since the final tenants moved in . In early autumn sunshine, Clwyd Alyn's Glasdir estate looks swish I've not spoken to anyone who has a bad thing to say about the design of the new Clwyd Alyn estate next to Taylor Wimpe…
Here's something I have never heard in the 19 years since Rhuthun/Ruthin Gaol opened as a venue: a visitor yesterday referring to the museum as 'Ruthin Goal'. *Goal*. Really. Straight up. A case of dyslexia rules K.O, as they used to say.…
Further to yesterday's post on Bevan's, here's an internal advert in the store for Locktite glue. Why is the man seemingly so happy? It looks like he's been huffing glue fumes, so close is the Locktite bottle to his nose. Not to be re…
What's wrong with placing an apostrophe in the proper name Bevan's, anyway? Just over four months in and things are changing now that Ruthin Décor is well and truly part of Rightway Bevan's. And not all of it is bad. There are new paint …
This is the tidiest that the former Ruthin News under Corwen Carpets has ever been. The unit wasn't big enough for the carpet shop and, a as result, always looked somewhat chaotic. If I were a gambler, I'd guess that there will be a new occup…
Well done to Denbighshire for publishing town centre footfall figures. Denbighshire uses those figures to say, 'Overall, the figures indicated a strong increase in footfall across Denbighshire town and city centres between 2021 and 2022'. I…
