Mervyn George Howell: 1918-2007 Ex Chief Projectionist at the Wrexham Odeon

摘要

Mervyn was born in Nantyglo, South Wales. Due to the shortage of work in the area, the family moved north to Llay when Mervyn was just a toddler, and his father worked at the Llay Main Colliery. He attended Llay Junior School and later Grove Park Grammar School in Wrexham. Whilst in Grove Park, he took a liking to the world of cinema - and after going home from school and completing his homework, he would hurry off to the local cinema in Llay to help out in the Projection department under the watchful guidance of projectionist Alf Williams and also Chief Projectionist Tom Davies (who also worked at the colliery).