Rhuthun / Ruthin

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 …

A fair question as posted this week on Facebook was, "Does anyone know what the latest is with... levelling up... It’s been a year... and I was wondering how things were going/what had been accomplished so far" That roundabout and a sea of g…

Were you one of the score of people who watched the pre-Christmas town council live on Facebook? We weren't but informed sources state that if you were then this was your last opportunity to see the town council in action via that particular platf…

This outside the Old Gaol caught me by surprise. It seemed like a consultation session for the pending levelling up funding. Unfortunately, as I'd not realised it was on, it wasn't convenient to call. Just when and where did the notice for th…

The shot the Sunday Times chose to illustrate Rhuthun was unexpected It's out. The Sunday Times 'Best Places to Live' guide. So, what does it say about the Welsh winner , Rhuthun/Ruthin? And, how accurate is it? We liked the Old Courthouse…

Human trafficking comes to Rhuthun/Ruthin. This on Facebook yesterday, care of Rhuthun/Ruthin's market hall.  I have informed social services.

The town council has sponsored three 'community books of you' designed to gather memories of Ruthin castle, Ysgol Borthyn and retail shops in Ruthin. They've been produced by a local company. They will be officially launched later this aft…

We're not sure whether this comment originated on social media or not but it's certainly doing the rounds and it's something like this: 'What's she doing managing the market hall when she couldn't manage her own business' T…

Rhuthun/Ruthin is a fickle place. The ill-designed yet well-intentioned active travel solution to free more pedestrian space was scuppered very soon after introduction because of car users' siren voices on social media. This translated to county …

Whatever the rights or wrongs of Ethangate , it's just a pity that the town council has in the last 18 months become so political. Previously, we've had Conservatives (sometimes mascaraing as independents) who've acted on their judgement o…

Now that the polling stations have closed, let's look back on a keenly-fought county council local election. Today, we chose three county councillors and we predict the result tomorrow will be: 1. Huw Hilditch-Roberts 2. Emrys Wynne 3. Gavin Harri…

April 24th was the last town council of the current 2017-2022 session. It ended mayor Heather Williams's year on a contentious note. Up to this point, she had managed to steer the town council clear of controversy. This was rather counter to the I…

There's no doubt an argument to suggest that if someone has an election pledge to support local businesses then they should at the least get their promotional leaflets printed locally. There are plenty of people who point out that doing otherwise …

No matter how you draw the boundary around Rhuthun/Ruthin, neither the town nor any of the local community councils will face an election this May.  There are 19 community councils in and around Rhuthun with a total of 169 available seats. The number …

The Denbighshire Free Press website tells you which of its stories are the most read. Alongside some bad news about the coronavirus, some news about the bake off TV programme (two articles!) and a UFO investigator comes 'Here's how you can hel…

There was little support last night for the new mayor Cllr Heather Williams's request that the town council should in future eschew Facebook. Town councillors who spoke wanted to keep the use of Facebook. Doing otherwise, they argued, was undemocr…

The thread of posts of Facebook about whether or not children should wear masks while in lessons clearly seems to have missed the irony that some of the responses are themselves juvenile and worthy only of the school playground. How it all started Mas…

I had to laugh at this Facebook post of yesterday.  This commenter must've returned from Mars.  Perhaps she was being facetious. Needless to say, there followed largely facetious comments about the scheme.

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…