Things You Remember Fondly From The Past

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  1. Craig Wilson

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    The milk bar fad died out in about the 90s.. but there has been a resurgence in recent years.. specially in the suburbs. They certainly dont retain the oppulence of those that flourished in the 70s.
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    Australia has a proud surfing history. Something to do with the fabulous sandy beaches that dot our vast coastline. From memory an Australian.. Bernard "midget" Farrelly won the first ever World Surfing Championship.

    I recall many days in my youth visiting our local beach with friends, laying on a towel on the warm sand and allowing the sun's rays to destroy my skin. When those rays got too hot dashing into the water to cool down and being dumped by the waves. My local beach for much of my teens was Cronulla in the south of Sydney.(below)
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    Who remembers these? Only place you were able to to watch a movie in your pyjamas. I was about 8/9 and myself, my brother and my cousins were taken to our local Drive In theatre (below) by our uncle. Boy did we see some silly double features over the years. Later on boy did we miss some silly double features. Use your imagination. (below) Sydney's last remaining Drive In.
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    WE never had those in the UK..don't have the space I suppose... I remember being fascinated by them when I was a teen and saw them in movies, I always wanted to go to one!!
     
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    We still a couple of these in Maine/
     
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    In fact I took my future wife to a drive-in on our first date.
     
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    We had a drive-in theater near Sandpoint (Idaho), where I grew up at. We called it the Motor Movie, and a drive-in was a hamburger stand where you could drive through and get your hamburger and cherry coke without going inside, like the A&W Drive-in.
    Ours was a mile or so out of town, and my folks went fairly often during the summer months. I remember the speaker box that had to hang on the car window, and whoever the driver was , had the speaker almost in their ear, and the rest of us had to just hope we could hear it, because my mom always had it turned down so it didn’t hurt her ears.
    There was a concession stand , and during intermission, everyone crowded into there to get our hot dogs and something to drink. Besides pop (soda) , they served something called a “toddy”, which was chocolate milk in a can, and you could have it either hot or ice cold.
    In front of the big screen was a grassy lawn with swings, and all of the kids played there until the movie started, and then we would all make a mad dash for our respective vehicles so we didn’t miss the cartoons.

    After I was older, I occasionally rode my horse all the way out there , using the back roads and not the main highway, and then back home again after the movie. It was a long , lonely ride back home in the middle of the night, so this was not something that I did very often.
     
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    The one time my folks took me and my grandma to one, it was very hot, likely the dead of summer, had to have all the windows open, and were literally eaten by mosquitoes in the darkness!
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    You didn't get the little burning "coil" thing from the concession stand??
     
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    It sounds like that plan really worked for you!!! :)
     
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    Hmmm. No comprende. Missed, or forgot, something.
    Frank
     
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    At the drive-in, you could buy these "mosquito coils" that you'd light and the smoke would keep skeeters out of the car.

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    Amazing! 30 years amongst drive-ins, and mosquitoes, and I never once heard of this! Thanks for enlightening!
    Frank
     
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  15. Al Amoling

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    It surely did...We've been together(married for those in RioLinda) for over 60 years now.
     
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