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No, I'm not talking about the burger/fries places. But the old fashioned Drive - In movie places. At one point there were five Drive-Ins in the area. Seven if you count that the one place had three screens. All but one of these places have vanished into history. The Star, the Skyway, Eastway, and the Peninsula are all gone. Replaced by Subdivisions, a shopping plaza ( where I buy my groceries now ) a Nature Center ( the old Peninsula ) and an abandoned lot up for sale that's zoned for industrial use. The lone Drive -In left is The Sunset. Located outside of town in a rural area..safely hidden in between farms and potato fields it alone has with stood the ravages of time and "progress". At one point the owner of the Sunset had the place up for sale as well, but took it off the market and decided to keep the place open, they are still showing movies today, and from what I hear they are doing a good business. Oh, it's not like it was during the hay days of the sixties...but they are surviving. I haven't been to a Drive - In since I dated my ex wife. Back in the early eighties. At the time the Drive - In's were on their last leg. Screens in disrepair, speakers long gone replace by broadcast on low wattage AM. radio and not very well attended. Most of them were already on the market for sale, the Sunset was still doing a good business, but then they were running XXX movies instead of the Blockbuster summer time fare. I'll give you three guesses as to the Drive In my ex and I went to on our dates..and the first two guesses don't count. The two of us fumbling around in the back seat, parked in the back row...not that that mattered..it didn't matter really because the same thing was happening in the first row what with the XXX's playing on the screen. I miss going to the Drive -Ins, something about sitting in your car and enjoying a couple of films. It just doesn't seem like summer with out them. Ah well, I no longer drive, so Drive - In's are no longer an option for me any who. But it's nice to remember..... Off to shower now....
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Have a good one people....
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I remember as a kid ; seeing most New Disney Movies ( Bambi, Mary Poppins etc . ) as they came out on Friday night at the local Drive - In and for my mother it was every New John Wayne Movie
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We used turn our headlights off and sneak in the exit of one outside Buffalo where I grew up. A buddy got caught while on a date. LOL How is your leg? Had me concerned that you had torn a muscle.
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Oh i remember them...rem them well . It was magical going with my parents and waking up the next day in bed. We had a play ground right in front of the screen, so the children could play before the movie started. I also rem sneaking in in the trunk of cars as a teenager. We have one that recently opened up on a fair ground for friday n saturday nights. Its like 30$ a car load. So far its gotten good reviews. I havent gone cuz i dont know if i can sit that long ....and i def would have to use the rest room. With covid and all im sure its all a different experience. I may try before summers end. Nice post.. Enjoy your weekEND!
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We went to the drive in Friday night to see Black Widow and Cruella. No XXX movies down here in the Bible belt.
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