tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-147168772012-01-28T23:53:03.285ZRural life... now with added Tesco. Every little helps?Non Liquetnoreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14716877.post-77681812271857796082012-01-27T05:00:00.008Z2012-01-27T07:20:02.788Z

Much of the comment in Rhuthun/Ruthin town about the coming of Wetherspoon's refers to its likely impact on other pubs (and even cafés). But there will be more to this particular JDW than that. The Rhuthun branch is one of a select number to offer accommodation.That's quite an interesting development. The last 15 years has seen an explosion in branded, budget accommodation. People who

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Almost everyone I speak to says the same thing about the restoration job they've done on the Castle Hotel. It looks resplendent. I predict a Civic Society Quayle Award will come their way, this time around. And rightly so. Here we have the view from Clwyd Street to St Peter's Square and one of Rhuthun/Ruthin's most prominent buildings once again looking their best. In the years of ownership by

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It’s been a fair while since I’ve expectantly faced Blogger's 6½ x 2½" white author's rectangle window (yes, that's all the space Blogger gives you). Yet, I feel compelled to break my silence because Rhuthun/Ruthin is on the verge of one of those momentous occasions to which future historians will no doubt refer, something of outstanding significance that may yet prove just as pivotal to sections

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… or Tesco Five Years on (4—final)…… or How I Remember Counting Things for this Blog…… or Saying it Like it Is…… or Rhuthun's Perfect StormAs I walked down from the Square on Saturday afternoon, I pondered why I saw just two other shoppers and three parked cars on lower Well Street. Afterwards, I wandered over to Tesco. Passing B&M, there were cars queuing on Station Road trying to get a space in

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From a long list of 16 to a short list of three, last night the Rhuthun/Ruthin Blog received the first prize in the Wales Blog Awards "Best Community Blog" category.First, may I say how honoured I am to have won. Last year, the blog made runner up and I was delighted with that so I wasn't expecting anything more.More importantly, though, I am convinced that it is the interaction between blog

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With a number of people dropping by because of our nomination in the 2011 Wales Blog Awards, we thought we'd offer some general thoughts for anyone considering their own community blog. After all, the Awards are nothing other than an encouragement to blog...They rarely make money but they can be personally rewarding. It may be a cliché but community blogs really are the first draft of local

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This blog started as a way of trying to measure and record the way in which the small market town of Rhuthun/Ruthin would change and subsequently has changed, since Tesco.Rhuthun (Welsh) or Ruthin (English) is the county town of Denbighshire in North East Wales, UK. With an estimated settlement population of 5300, Rhuthun/Ruthin is a small market town, also serving the scattered rural hinterland

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This blog started as a way of trying to measure and record the way in which the small market town of Rhuthun/Ruthin would change and subsequently has changed, since Tesco. This site is neither for nor against a Tesco or similar developments in Rhuthun/Ruthin.It merely tries to document the effect such a development will have on the town. It's a sort of up-to-date yet historical project...

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Denbighshire county council confirmed this week that vacant and surplus council land, for years either a makeshift car park or Saturday car boot site, had been sold.The sale process began in May 2004, when the council considered three offers. Although purchased by developer Cathco, there began speculation that the site might go to Tesco.

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