Saturday December 3rd was the first of three Saturdays where car parks were free of charge. Yet, it was inevitable after Saturday November 25th's hugely busy day that December 3rd was quiet in Rhuthun/Ruthin. The same happened last year. Quite a…
They'll ring the bells for anything these days, even mammon. So it was to the sound of 45 minutes of peels that at 10 o'clock yesterday morning the so-called Rhuthun/Ruthin Christmas Extravaganza began. There was an 80-strong choir at The Old…
Tomorrow, we are at the start of three Saturdays of Christmas specials aimed at keeping us local this festive period. ■ Tomorrow is by far the most important: it's the so-called Christmas extravaganza that has been organised not by anyone officia…
Yesterday, the town hall was open for the first time (in recent years). Thanks to the artisan market moving temporarily there from next door, we got a glimpse of the entrance and one large-ish room. That room was where the former Cornmarket Café used …
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…
Could this be something to do with the Sunday Times' imminent announcement on the best place to live in Wales or even Britain? The market hall opened yesterday (unusually) for filming. The Channel 5 crew had previously been to Chilly Cow and was d…
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…
Last Saturday, December 4th, we predicted that Saturday 11th's second Christmas push would be less popular that last the 4th's . The 11th was too near to Christmas, we said. History tells us that shoppers evaporate in Rhuthun/Ruthin so close t…
Today, Rhuthun/Ruthin returns to the dark browns and greys of unlit windows and locked doors of shut shops associated with a quiet non-trading bank holiday Monday. Usually, it's the same on Sundays. Yesterday, though, was much different. Maybe it …
Something you hear regularly this year is that people wish for a more simplistic Christmas and one that is in support of local shopkeepers. The sceptic in me feels that, when it comes to it, internet shopping will continue to reign supreme, to prevail…
The organisers of yesterday's Christmas market at the Old Gaol yard will no doubt have been pleased with the support it received from the public. Choosing a Sunday rather than the usual Saturday for previous similar markets was probably a good ide…
There's probably little to say about today's Christmas market other than it was the best supported yet. Plenty of stall holders including eight or so in the Old Courthouse. Plenty of people. Some respectable activities in the afternoon which w…
This week, the Well Street-based Denbighshire Voluntary Services Council (DVSC) will announce a major departure from its usual role. It's secured £100,000 to transform the market hall and to establish alongside a social enterprise to run it. A soc…
Ymlaen Rhuthun will have deemed yesterday's Christmas "festival" a success. The Christmas food market (which didn't actually have that much food, though no one seemed to mind or notice) was busy and the Square full. By midday, al…
Denbighshire council ran a workshop this morning on its town centres, writes an informed source . Note that this excluded Y Rhyl. The seminar started with the leader of the council, Hugh Evans of Llanelidan, stating that the problems Denbighshire'…
Some enterprising person has cut a groove into the recently chopped down tree on Market Street and attached runners to the remaining stump. The Children's Society may recently have benefited from an internal refit but has anyone noticed the co…
