Projectionist At Pontlottyn State Cinema

A Memory of Pontlottyn.

My father was born and bred in Pontlottyn, his name was David Llewellyn Morgan, known locally as Dewi. He worked for many years on the railway at Rhymney station, but I have early memories in the start of the 1960s when as a small child he used to take me with him, usually on a Saturday morning, to Pontllotyn cinema where he would show the films. I used to love to sit with him and watch him set up the rolls of film, then he would lift me up to look thro the small window to show me the film showing, it was such a thrill.