Robert Lloyd - a Sir Gar Blog of random news . . . and some Clecs!

There was a wonderful eulogy from Noel Rees to our good friend Norman Lewis at the funeral service held at Llanelli Crematorium yesterday. Here is an edited version of Noel's speech - Jill, Jeremy, Thelma, family and friends . . . Today, I feel very privileged to be asked, but I feel somewhat inadequate, to pen this tribute to Norman, a man who spent his whole professional working life crafting his own individual and wonderful way with words. Not, how did he die, but how did he live? Not what did he gain, but what did he give? These are the units to measure the worth Of a man as a man, regardless of birth. Not what was his church, nor what was his creed? But had he befriended those really in need? Was he ever ready, with word of good cheer, To bring back a smile, to banish a tear? Not what did the sketch in the newspaper say, But how many were sorry when he passed away? Before every Phoenix Theatre curtain-up, Norman would ask me from his elder statesman’s ...

Just back from funeral for our very dear friend Norman Lewis. Wonderful eulogy from Noel Rees. 'Full house' for service at Llanelli Crem.

There is a fine tribute to the late Norman Lewis, the celebrated journalist from Burry Port, in the South Wales Evening Post today. Here is the unedited version of what I had to say about him - Former Carmarthen Journal and Llanelli Star editor Robert Lloyd said: “Norman Lewis was universally admired and respected in the media world and in the wider community. “He was very much a man for all seasons. “I was honoured to work alongside him at the South Wales Evening Post, where he would take time to nurture younger and less talented journalists. “He later moved into management as managing director of the Carmarthen Journal, but he never forgot his roots as a journalist of the old school who could craft wonderful sentences in the face of the strictest deadline. “The words ‘multi-talented’ fitted Norman like a glove. He could act on the stage with his beloved Phoenix Theatre company; he could hold an audience spellbound with an after-dinner speech; he could host events, ranging from ...