It was at the Old ODEON Epsom where I first started my career in the film industry as a trainee projectionist after leaving school in 1963. 10 months later I left to join the projection team at the Granada North Cheam as it was closer to my home and provided day release to Wandsworth Tech College as part of the deal. 3.5 years after that I left to join BBC TV. And yes it was true that there was an emergency connection to the railway electricity supply but it was never used while I was working there.
I worked at the Granada North Cheam as a projectionist from Jan 1964 until July 1967 when I left to join the BBC. Have many fond memories of those years but one that sticks in my mind was when we previewed Mary Poppins and our Manager at that time Bernard Worster made full use of the wurlitzer organ and gave a melody of Mary Poppins Music before the afternoon showings and occasionally on Saturday evenings.
It was at the Old ODEON Epsom where I first started my career in the film industry as a trainee projectionist after leaving school in 1963. 10 months later I left to join the projection team at the Granada North Cheam as it was closer to my home and provided day release to Wandsworth Tech College as part of the deal. 3.5 years after that I left to join BBC TV. And yes it was true that there was an emergency connection to the railway electricity supply but it was never used while I was working there.
I worked at the Granada North Cheam as a projectionist from Jan 1964 until July 1967 when I left to join the BBC. Have many fond memories of those years but one that sticks in my mind was when we previewed Mary Poppins and our Manager at that time Bernard Worster made full use of the wurlitzer organ and gave a melody of Mary Poppins Music before the afternoon showings and occasionally on Saturday evenings.