Today marks the start of our 20th year of the Rhuthun/Ruthin Blog. In 2011 the Wales Blog Awards said of us, 'As a regularly maintained blog since 2005, its consistency is particularly impressive'. They probably didn't expect we'd s…
I see that the Fans of Ruthin Facebook page has renamed itself Ruthin/Rhuthun. Seems to me that they've made the mistake of putting English first. Geraint Woolford created the site as 'The Fans of the Old Ruthin Blog' on January 22nd, 201…
Part 1 here The unholy combination of smartphone tech and clever software has brought about another cultural change. Facebook is only just older than this Blog. Not that many would have known about "The Facebook" 15 years ago. In many res…
The very first post on this blog was 15 years ago, today. I started it because Tesco was rumoured to be moving into town. Ah, Tesco. Remember the fuss? Once the hated and feared destroyer, the grim reaper of retail. How things change in 15 years.…
It’s rather a shame that those of us who choose to eschew Facebook miss out on many things locally. Sometimes, it’s as if we don’t exist. Over the summer, however, the wheels nearly came off Facebook’s local group page. If it weren’t so serious, i…
It was with just a tinge of sadness that I discover that the Fans of the Old Ruthin Blog is no longer known as such. In spite of this change of name, I still consider this Facebook site part of the Rhuthun/Ruthin Blog's legacy, a heritage which …
It was me what started it, albeit indirectly. I'm talking about the Fans of the Old Ruthin Blog Facebook page. The number of Fans is now at 4,000. That's more than the *adult* population of Rhuthun/Ruthin. It's an achievement, there&#…
...when I despair of the Facebook page created in this Blog's name. "Is it me or does nobody else think it's shocking and disgusting that Brynhyfryd High School have done absolutely nothing to raise money for Children in Need" …
Today, we're pleased to launch a blog supplement project called Rhuthun/Ruthin's Magna Opera at the address ruthin.wordpress.com We trust that Magna Opera will build to become a definitive collection of longer, illustrated essays coveri…
Yesterday, 997; today 1,008 The human spirit can be very heartening. It can also be very destructive. As we consider the Fans of the Old Ruthin Blog's 1,000th member, we see both facets on that particular Facebook group page . It was good…
We live in a society that uses words in vast quantities. We see them everywhere, in hard copy, on the internet, by email and text. It was T S Eliot who wrote of "the slimy mud of words, the sleet and hail of verbal imprecision". But I trust …
I suppose it was inevitable: I have to say that I remain concerned about some of the content within the Fans of the Old Ruthin Blog Facebook page. Much is worthwhile, of course, but some of it is bonkers or worse. I suppose my main gripe is a lack…
There's another Oscar in the news other than Pistorius. Conwy's Thoughts of Oscar blog has turned out to be something of a scandal. It's hit the national and now even to a limited extent the UK news. The author was outed on Tuesday evenin…
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 …
… 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 Storm As I walked down from the Square on Saturday afternoon, I pondered why I saw just two other shopper…
