Showing posts from March, 2024
Two minute read ▼ Not * the* Glyndŵr Day but April 1st is another Glyndŵr Day. Not directly celebrating the self-proclamation of the last true Prince of Wales, either. April 1st, 2024 is the 50th anniversary of the creation of Rhuthun/Ruthin-based Gl…
Three minute read ▼ Those of a certain age will mourn the loss of one of Rhuthun/Ruthin’s most affable characters. Colin Edwards died this week, aged 82 or 83, informed sources say. Colin was the local go-to guy when it came to royal matters. The m…
We’re not surprised to see recent comments on Facebook about the increase in parking charges . What has surprised us is that it’s taken nearly three weeks from the revised prices to light the blue touch paper and see the fireworks fly. At the risk of …
It’s been a while since we posted a link on Facebook back to this blog. We did so on March 17th, a week ago, exactly six months after the introduction of the blanket 20 mph default speed limit . We expected two things: ❶ A raft of negative comments …
Did you recently get a copy of the latest (2024) The Phone Book? If you did, it’ll be the last you will receive. It’s labelled ‘Final Edition: hold on to it forever’. I think that’s optimistic and I bet most went straight into the blue X2 recyclable …
We’ve been deselected. Y Fenni/Abergavenny is the 2024 Sunday Times best place to live in Wales. Ah, but it felt good that 2023 was our year . It was also inevitable that the cup would pass on. It always has and it always will. You cannot expect to b…
It’s exactly six months since the Welsh government and Denbighshire county council introduced their blanket 20 mph default urban speed limit. How’s it doing? While walking along East Drive and Marine Parade I was surprised to see Y Rhyl’s motorists…
It’s rather sad to report that Resource Wales’ From the Earth café (opposite the Manor House, Well Street) closed five days after we thought it was beginning to make a breakthrough in terms of numbers using it . It’s officially ‘closed until further n…
Did you know that it is held among some Denbighshire county council officers that of all the residents of the county those in Rhuthun/Ruthin are the most likely to grumble. Yes, in Rhuthun, if it’s worth mentioning, it’s worth moaning. Take the new wa…
As you might expect, there’s a spring in the step of the housing market this season. Since we last looked at this , some two dozen property owners have joined the market. A couple of these have already reduced their asking price. A further half dozen …
At first we thought they were students. They had clipboards and were wondering around pencilling in on a grid as they went. This was last week. And I think we can expect the same early this week, too. An approach to one of them and it turns out that t…
Town and Around is always a good read. It actually covers stories and issues in more depth than the Free Press . Unlike the Free Press, it majors on ‘long form’ articles with some in-depth analysis. The current Spring 2024 issue is out and available f…
The signage at our car parks is now all sorted out. It didn’t take long. You will recall we reported that new signage went up last week showing the old tariffs and old charging periods. This was 72 hours before everything was due to change. We though…
There were no doubt a few people celebrating in Rhuthun/Ruthin yesterday at news of the demise of the velodrome project . Notably those on Parc Brynhyfryd, who would’ve had to live with the consequences. It was they who had no say before the major pro…
From the Earth (once known as Seconds) has now been open for a year . It’s On Well Street, opposite the Manor House. From the Earth is a café with a difference. I passed From the Earth one day last week and spied that it was full. Admittedly when ru…
The former Birchall Reality is about to be re-let. Just look at the over-vivid signage. Is this appropriate in a conservation area? Does this cheapen the town? Can the proprietors (believed to be in business nearby) get away with this? It’s reminisce…
We can’t help but think there’s been a bit of a mistake at the county council. This week, we’ve seen new signage erected in our car parks. This ahead of Monday’s tariff change . Oddly, the brand new, clean and pristine signs refer to the *current* tar…
In spite of a rather cold couple of days‡ have you noticed this year that there are vastly more daffodils out for Dydd Gŵyl Dewi. Garden and verge-side daffs seemed much earlier in 2024. A mild (and very wet) February and we estimate that the first va…
