"On Monday 14 October 1991 I had the honour of going in the Guinness Book of Records under 'Most Films Seen in the World'. My record in 1991 was 20,064 and last year I was in for the second time for my running record of 25,000.

I record everything about each film I've seen - where I saw it, the cast, photos and a synopsis of the plot. I watch them all up in the study in the attic, whilst my wife watches the soap operas downstairs!

Well, how did my love of films start? I think I was four years old when I saw my first film, a black and white cine film of Popeye shown by Mr Rowlands next door on the wall of his front room.

When I was taken ill and became a child patient for two and a half years at the Gobowen Hospital in Oswestry in 1953, a Mr Green used to run film shows in the ward for us. When I went into hospital I couldn't speak any English at all. In fact, I refused to speak anything but Welsh, which got me in lots of trouble. But I began to learn English, particularly through watching the films every fortnight.

The first film I saw in hospital was King Solomon's Mines with Deborah Kerr and Stewart Granger. My love of film happened as I was bed bound and could only move my hands and toes. To see moving films was out of this world for me.

I have over a thousand books and posters on the golden age of films. I own the first James Bond poster for Dr No which was valued at about £200 - it would be worth more if it was in vintage condition. I also keep scrapbooks on many actors, including a large volume about the details of every film starring John Mills.

I keep records on the history of film-making in North Wales. Hedd Wyn is my favourite film to have been shot in Gwynedd. In fact, I was the one who started the campaign to have it nominated for an Oscar. I wrote to the Academy in Hollywood, asking why no Welsh language films had ever been nominated. They wrote back saying it was because none had ever been brought to their attention. So I wrote to the Western Mail, and they took up the campaign - and the film Hedd Wyn was nominated. Unfortunately, it didn't win, but I did receive a bottle of champagne from the director, Paul Turner, thanking me for everything I'd done.

There have been some fantastic films made in the Welsh language - I think Milwr Bychan, directed by Karl Francis, would have done well in the Oscars too, had it been nominated. There is a great deal of talent, but unfortunately, there isn't the funding to make great films.

Over the years I have been asked which is my best film and I always say that it's Lawrence of Arabia. I'm a big fan of all films made by director David Lean, as he was the greatest film director of all time. I also love the work of Freddie Young, the cinematographer for David Lean films. He used up nearly a thousand feet of film for the mirage of Omar Sharif in Lawrence of Arabia. As he appears on screen for the first time, growing from a dot to a close up is one of the most stunning scenes ever filmed."