Gareth Lyn Price

Retired teacher , proud husband, father and grandfather , walker, volunteer, traveller, writer and bass singer. Believer in a just society and Bluebirds

[Classic Rock In Pics @crockpics]

Bob Dylan locks eyes with a chessboard outside the Café Espresso in Woodstock, New York back in the summer of 1964. The legendary Daniel Kramer—who spent about a year documenting Dylan right in the middle of his massive mid-sixties transition—caught this great quiet moment.

Dylan was actually a huge chess enthusiast. He loved the game because it was the perfect way to clear his head, unwind, and take a quick brain break between writing some of his most complex poetry and lyrics.

[Darren Purse @darrenpurse]

An unbelievable stat!!!

I don’t think there are too many Academies with that productivity.

@CF11Academy @CardiffCityFC

[Will Hayward @WillHayCardiff]

Reform UK has a big problem in Wales.

It's going to be really hard for them to grow because they are very unpopular with three groups in Wales:

1. Women (who make up 51% of voters)
2. People who feel more Welsh than British (the single largest identity group in Cymru)
3. Young people.

While a narrative has grown up around the idea that young men really like Farage. The data suggests this really isn't the case in Wales as only 10% of young people voted for the party.

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

Look at this photograph.

It’s 1968.

The man carrying this little boy on his shoulders is not his father.

His father has just left.

Left his mother.
Left their home.
Left for another life.

And the man who showed up — who drove 45 minutes across London just to check on a 5-year-old boy whose world had suddenly fallen apart — is holding him steady with both hands while the child laughs at the top of his lungs.

That drive would inspire the best-selling Beatles single of all time.

The boy’s name was Julian Lennon.

And he has never quite known how to feel about it.

Julian Charles John Lennon was born on April 8, 1963.

Four days earlier, The Beatles had released their first album.

His father, John Lennon, was becoming one of the most famous people on Earth.

From the beginning, music came first.

The touring.
The recording.
The chaos.
The fame.

Julian came after all of it.

Paul McCartney, however, had known Julian since he was a baby. He watched him grow up while the world around the Beatles became louder and stranger and harder to survive.

Then, in May 1968, John told Cynthia Lennon their marriage was over.

He had fallen in love with Yoko Ono.

Cynthia later said she came home from vacation and found Yoko already there.

Just like that, the family was broken apart.

Julian was five years old.

Paul McCartney decided to drive out to see Cynthia and Julian.

No cameras.
No publicity.
No grand gesture.

Just a friend showing up because a little boy was hurting.

And during that drive, Paul started humming.

“Hey Jules… don’t make it bad…”

Later, he changed “Jules” to “Jude.”

The song became “Hey Jude.”

Released in August 1968, it spent nine weeks at No. 1 in America, sold millions of copies, and became the biggest-selling Beatles single in history.

But for Julian Lennon, the song carried two truths at once.

To the world, it became comfort.
To him, it became memory.

A reminder that his father had walked away.

And that another man had stepped in long enough to help carry the weight.

Years later, Julian admitted he has a “love-hate relationship” with the song.

Because every stadium singalong…
Every radio replay…
Every well-meaning person saying “Your song!”…

Also brings him back to that moment when his childhood changed forever.

Yet even through all the complicated feelings, one thing never changed:

He never forgot that Paul showed up.

Not because he had to.
Not because it benefited him.

But because a child needed kindness.

Look at the photograph one more time.

A little boy laughing with his whole body.
A man holding him securely on his shoulders.
Two hands making sure he doesn’t fall.

Julian doesn’t know yet about the divorce.
About the fame.
About the legal battles.
About inheritance disputes.
About the strange burden of having your pain turned into one of the most famous songs ever written.

Right now, he only knows one thing:

Someone came.

And sometimes, for a child, that is everything.

[Kerry Burgess @KerryBurgess]

Forward this to any moronic supporters of wee Tommy Robinson

[Socialist Opera Singer @OperaSocialist]

If only someone in the media would expose Farage's incitement yesterday via performative utterance in the same way that Jonathan Miller humiliated Enoch Powell and his grubby little racism.

[Gareth Lyn Price @GarethLynPrice]

@ccfcinsiderr @SJohnsonSport In a heartbeat

[Gareth Lyn Price @GarethLynPrice]

@JustaSwansFan @CYMRU270 Genuinely believe that BBM has found a new way for the club. He came there because he knew of the academy talent and believes in player development the psychology of small squads. Most fans knew that the squad was too good to be relegated but the management was dire. Until BBM

[Gareth Lyn Price @GarethLynPrice]

@CCFCxYS22 Great announcer and the heart of the club. Was so sad when he left. The fans don’t sing 3 Little Birds since he’s gone. Or Ring Of Fire. SUPPORT THE BOYS AND MAKE SOME NOISE

[Gareth Lyn Price @GarethLynPrice]

@CardiffCityFC @CF11Academy Where’s Moreno?

[Plaid Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @Plaid_Cymru]

Thank you Matthew Rhys for your support❤️

On Thursday, the people of Wales face a stark choice.

Choose hope over division, choose Plaid Cymru over Reform.

Vote for new leadership for Wales on Thursday by voting Plaid Cymru.

[Gareth Lyn Price @GarethLynPrice]

@ThreeBluebirds_ Both clubs should hang their heads in shame and now Cardiff should hang theirs even lower. In the words of Bob Dylan ‘ Money doesn’t talk it swears ‘

[Gareth Lyn Price @GarethLynPrice]

@ThreeBluebirds_ @CCST1927 Hmmm

[Gareth Lyn Price @GarethLynPrice]

@dylanlawlor_6 Privileged to have watched you play the game this season. Good luck wherever life takes you. Hopefully with us for another season at least

[Three Little Birds  @ThreeBluebirds_]

.@CianAshford via Instagram 📱 |

From attending the Carling Cup final vs Liverpool, to winning promotion with his boyhood club 💙

[Sloper Road Blues 🐦 @SloperRoadBlues]

I'll be honest, after following City home & away all my life - I fell out of love with the club around the whole red shirt saga. Past couple of years I started taking my Son & got the bug back..

But this season, BBM has made me fall fully in love with this club all over again 💙

[Sloper Road Blues 🐦 @SloperRoadBlues]

🗣️ BBM on Summer Recruitment:

"I don't believe in signing loads of players, I believe in signing high quality players. Our supporters want to see a team that they fall in love with, so that's the way we still see it"

Don't think I've ever loved a Manager so quickly.

#CityAsOne

[Gareth Lyn Price @GarethLynPrice]

@SteveG1809 @PaulAbbandonato @CardiffCityFC @NewportCounty Thanks Steve - good knowledge. I’ve just checked and AI assures me you’re right. Who’s to argue with the robots ?

[Gareth Lyn Price @GarethLynPrice]

@paula_751 @DonLeShoes He’s such a talent. We’d love him to stay but good luck to him wherever he decides to go