My post about BBC Breakfast's montage of folk who had suffered bereavement in May 2020.......

[A Quiet Monkfish]

As if.
I've no need to prove anything to you.
A crumb I'll throw in your general direction is that one article I wrote featured the family history of a poster on here. It was one of a series of my articles printed by the flagship Family History magazine. If the poster reads this, maybe they would confirm this is so, since you seem to disbelieve what I've said.
Do you want to see the palms of my hands?

I can personally vouch for this gentleman. Forgive the cliche but he certainly is a leader in his field. I'm not the poster referred to, but 'Cyclops' was - with amazing swiftness -able to resolve an historical genealogical conundrum that had plagued me for years, and managed to do so whilst listening to the City on the radio !
Regarding books, remember that none other than Charles Dickens achieved fame and popularity not through 'books', but regular articles in magazines such as the 'Strand'.

Which reminds me 'Cyclops', I may be back in touch !!

[Cyclops]

Which reminds me 'Cyclops', I may be back in touch !!

Many thanks for that..
Getting busy here again, but look forward to hearing from you.

[Citizen's Nephew]

I can personally vouch for this gentleman. Forgive the cliche but he certainly is a leader in his field. I'm not the poster referred to, but 'Cyclops' was - with amazing swiftness -able to resolve an historical genealogical conundrum that had plagued me for years, and managed to do so whilst listening to the City on the radio !
Regarding books, remember that none other than Charles Dickens achieved fame and popularity not through 'books', but regular articles in magazines such as the 'Strand'.

Which reminds me 'Cyclops', I may be back in touch !!

Sketches by Boz.

As this thread has mutated into questions about identities, my CCMB name is coined after Dewi Lewis who was sports editor of the Western Mail and wrote on Cardiff City and Wales football. He was also my uncle. He wrote under the name of Citizen and one book - A History Of Cardiff City - he wrote was under the name of Citizen. The cover is my profile picture.

Weirdly, it was a post by Cyclops asking who Citizen was that showed up in a Google search one day that prompted me to make my first post on here to answer the question (after lurking for years).

Hence, Citizen's Nephew.

Why Dewi chose Citizen I don't know. I never got to ask him.

[Cyclops]

Weirdly, it was a post by Cyclops asking who Citizen was that showed up in a Google search one day that prompted me to make my first post on here to answer the question (after lurking for years).

I remember that.
You've become a valued poster on here. Thanks for your contributions!

[splott parker]

Sketches by Boz.

As this thread has mutated into questions about identities, my CCMB name is coined after Dewi Lewis who was sports editor of the Western Mail and wrote on Cardiff City and Wales football. He was also my uncle. He wrote under the name of Citizen and one book - A History Of Cardiff City - he wrote was under the name of Citizen. The cover is my profile picture.

Weirdly, it was a post by Cyclops asking who Citizen was that showed up in a Google search one day that prompted me to make my first post on here to answer the question (after lurking for years).

Hence, Citizen's Nephew.

Why Dewi chose Citizen I don't know. I never got to ask him.

I chose Splott Parker, living in Splott, being a St Albans & Bridgend St boy and spending a lot of time over the park as a kid and playing for the school and the Mission over there. Coincidentally it also resembled the name of a footballer. Living in Rumney now but I’ve never fancied the moniker Rumney Recker.

[Citizen's Nephew]

I chose Splott Parker, living in Splott, being a St Albans & Bridgend St boy and spending a lot of time over the park as a kid and playing for the school and the Mission over there. Coincidentally it also resembled the name of a footballer. Living in Rumney now but I’ve never fancied the moniker Rumney Recker.

I figured out the Splott part but I still think you're the Cardiff Spiderman and you're just trying to throw me off the scent Mr P!

[splott parker]

I figured out the Splott part but I still think you're the Cardiff Spiderman and you're just trying to throw me off the scent Mr P!

You say another word to me and I’ll go up the wall

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Sketches by Boz.

As this thread has mutated into questions about identities, my CCMB name is coined after Dewi Lewis who was sports editor of the Western Mail and wrote on Cardiff City and Wales football. He was also my uncle. He wrote under the name of Citizen and one book - A History Of Cardiff City - he wrote was under the name of Citizen. The cover is my profile picture.

Weirdly, it was a post by Cyclops asking who Citizen was that showed up in a Google search one day that prompted me to make my first post on here to answer the question (after lurking for years).

Hence, Citizen's Nephew.

Why Dewi chose Citizen I don't know. I never got to ask him.

I think 'Citizen' was the resident non de plume for the City reporter going back to the 1920's, so your uncle inherited it so to speak. I actually remember your uncle, though not personally. He certainly like to have a drink between opening hours in the afternoons, and frequented a couple of the 'private' clubs that I was taken to by older colleagues many, many years ago !

[Citizen's Nephew]

I think 'Citizen' was the resident non de plume for the City reporter going back to the 1920's, so your uncle inherited it so to speak. I actually remember your uncle, though not personally. He certainly like to have a drink between opening hours in the afternoons, and frequented a couple of the 'private' clubs that I was taken to by older colleagues many, many years ago !

That's really interesting and that's so him! Most journalists back in the day spent their time in various watering holes. He used to smoke a pipe and have a bottle of Scotch in the old press box at NP, though he was always on his best behavior around me as a was I nipper. It's hard to imagine the difference in sports journalism back then, typewriters, film (analogue) cameras with no manual focus, and phoning through copy to the press office on landlines.

There was never any chance of being disturbed in the 'private' clubs though! I do remember my mum not being very happy when he and my father got 'locked in' the Old Arcade one afternoon and couldn't get out - at least that was the version I was told!

Now you've mentioned the City reporter I'm absolutely sure you'll be right because you've jogged my memory and I think I'd heard that mentioned years ago.

[Citizen's Nephew]

Obviously meant to say 'no autofocus' in my last post not 'no manual focus'