AN exhibition of cinema projection equipment - some of it from the Newbridge Memo - is being held in Risca at present.

The exhibition is at the Risca Industrial History Museum, which is in the Oxford House Adult Education Centre in St Mary's Road.

The exhibition has been collated by Chris Plaister and Keith Nunn and has already been shown at Swansea museum, where it attracted around 40,000 visitors.

Mr Plaister, who lives in Newport, said yesterday that the exhibition includes vintage cinema projection equipment, home movie cameras, general memorabilia and photographs from around Newport, Cardiff and the valleys.

And he added that the Newbridge Memo is the best example left of the old cinemas that once operated across south Wales.

"I should know - I've seen them all over the last 20 years," he said. He has become involved with the Friends of Newbridge Memo and supports them in their bid to win the £3 million.

"I think they have a very good chance," he added.

The exhibition is open every Saturday morning until mid-September or by appointment. Contact the secretary Tony