Rhuthun / Ruthin

30 second read ▼ As we predicted 19 days ago , we are now seeing Rhuthun/Ruthin’s sixth barbers taking shape.  But what about the signage? Isn’t it enough to have a modest facia board above the window and a traditional barber’s pole? Do we really need…

90 second read ▼ Here’s something that passed us by. On April 20th, the Daily Post reported that Prestatyn was named the best shopping destination in Wales. So say the so-called ‘vitality rankings’. Prestatyn may have been first but Rhuthun/Ruthin cam…

Two minute read ▼ Yesterday , we looked at the burgeoning number of barbers in town. Today, it’s the turn of women’s hairdressers. We have eight. That’s only three more than the current number of (five) barbers. That makes 13 places in town to get you…

90 second read ▼ Are we to see a sixth barber in town? The fifth opened in February . If in the last week you’ve walked over Pont Howkin and up Clwyd Street towards the town, you will have noticed some changes to the empty CBD Centre (previously FUW),…

30 second read ▼ There’s been a few raised eyebrows at the appearance of this new business. It’s in Well Street in the former Smith & Schwartz opticians. ( The opticians has moved across the road to larger premises.) Rather than be critical, I gu…

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…

The former Naturally Ethical premises on Well Street is occupied as from today. Moving across the road is Smith (and Schwartz) Opticians. While this does leave their current premises unoccupied, Naturally Ethical is by far the more prominent premises.…

The new barbers in the former State of Distress (and former longstanding wine merchant) on St Peter's Square is now almost ready to open. They’ve had the place for about six months but only relatively recently have they begun fitting it out. Note …

As an update to yesterday's post, the vinyls across windows at Well Street's Awel Care  disappeared almost as soon as they had appeared. We don't yet know whether this is temporary or permanent.

From yesterday, the shop on the corner of Well Street and Wynnstay Road was adorned with purple -ish and white vinyl across two of its windows. Since October 2023, it has been the new address for Awel Care. We referred to Awel Care in passing on Sunda…

We promised that we'd let you know of the other pending closure and here it is.  Window notice at Rachel's Eco Store: ' cash is freedom '. Is this UK government policy, then? (Rachel Ryland is a town councillor on behalf of the Conser…

A second Rhuthun/Ruthin business has called it a day. It's Clogau , St Peter's Square, in the former Ethel Austin building. (And a third is likely to pack up at the end of the month. Details when confirmed.) Back to Clogau, the shop opened it…

Today, we enter the no man's land that in Rhuthun/Ruthin is the shapeless and saddening infinity between Boxing Day and the day after New Year's Day . In spite of the unseasonably mild weather, the distance from the bottom to Clwyd Street to t…

He's given it a thorough try. Birchall Reality has been at the old cinema, Well Street, for a year.  But his shop closed on Saturday. All that's left within is a vacuum cleaner.  Not giving the game away: this has been in the window for three …

I doubt I shall call in the post office again this year.  Grocery products introduced in 2022 are now much reduced at the post office This month, I've been in twice. That's a bit of a record. It's the season for Christmas stamps and one p…

Christmas wouldn’t be Advent without a visit to Harris Toys. It's a proper old fashioned toy shop and in these internet shopping days it's easy to overlook the very long established premises in Clwyd Street. I know of nothing like it in Dinbyc…

We should be very grateful that we have town centre-based DIY-type shops. We have two, one being King's, where you can buy penny numbers of screws and nails (not in the huge quantity other retailers wish you to have) plus an array of other bits an…

Mike Hall of G Parry marches on. He must have confidence in Rhuthun/Ruthin. Why else is he gradually acquiring so much of it?  Choo Choo and to its right the empty 'Joe Brown' It's reported he has given Choo Choo three weeks to vacate. She…

What's wrong with placing an apostrophe in the proper name Bevan's, anyway? Just over four months in and things are changing now that Ruthin Décor is well and truly part of Rightway Bevan's.  And not all of it is bad. There are new paint …

This is the tidiest that the former Ruthin News under Corwen Carpets has ever been. The unit wasn't big enough for the carpet shop and, a as result, always looked somewhat chaotic. If I were a gambler, I'd guess that there will be a new occup…