Old Ruthinian Association

The Last School Magazine, The Ruthinian was issued by School in 2010, never printed and circulated - this edition was like the preceding ten Volumes available on the Internet. This 'News Sheet' will take the name, as like the Old Magazines it should spread School news.

Ruthin School has changed! A blunt statement maybe, but true, and the present and future School will continue to change. Many Independent Schools have already disappeared, and sadly that list will continue to grow.

So, what are the changes?
School has climbed from a position somewhere in the 400s to number 15 in the A-Level Times School List!
School Roll has risen from just over one hundred six years ago to 361 today.

School bought the Anchor Inn, which had been closed for some years and converted the three story building into thirty-seven single occupancy en-suite rooms occupied by 6^th Formers. There is a large fully fitted Kitchen and Common room for the Students and two Adult Flats provide accommodation for two House Parents.

Situated alongside the C.C.F. Rifle Range on the School Drive leading to the Main Road behind the Pavilion, a New 6^th Form Accommodation Block opened in May 2016 providing forty-four en-suite rooms for Senior Girls.

A well designed campaign for attracting Local Students has shown an increasing number through the past five years and these Students will strengthen School further.

The School so many Old Ruthinians remember was cold, in the depth of winter very cold. The School Heating System has been up-dated and the buildings are now un-affected by poor weather. It's warm, very pleasant.

School Food well remembered by O.R.s, is also a thing of the past, and the School Chefs productions are of a very high standard and excellent is an in-adequate description.

This growing School Roll has resulted in about fifteen Temporary Classrooms being sited on Graham's Close. The number will shrink shortly, as School has gained planning permission to demolish the 1962 Vic Hallam Block consisting of six classrooms on the ground floor and a School Hall above, with a new Dining Room and Classroom Block.

School Boarders seemed to me to originate from a small group of Nations little distant from each other. Today's Students now come from across the World, Russia - Chile, and every Nation in-between.

If you have not followed Ruthin School on the Internet, you have truly missed something, and to entice you further, the O.R.A. has re-formatted the O.R.A. Web Site.

The next Old Ruthinian event is the Annual Dinner.
This will be held at Ruthin Castle on Saturday, November 11^th, 2017 at 7.00 p.m., for 7.30 p.m.
Tickets are £32.00.
It will be the 170^th consecutive Annual Dinner!

The noisy Dinners of the past have been replaced by an evening spent in good company. This year will be the fourth where Old Ruthinians are welcome to bring their partners.

Richard B. Aldrich,

Recorder, the Old Ruthinian Association

The establishments listed are advertised on the Internet, I have never stayed in any of them.
R.B.A.

Accommodation in Ruthin