Goin' to the Drive-In

Here’s another little trip down memory lane. Many of you I’m sure remember the old Drive-In movie theatre that used to operate in Boyd’s Cove in the late 80’s. Now days it’s a cold storage warehouse, but back in the day it was a great place to go for a movie with a vehicle load of your friends.

I have some great memories of going there. I think it used to be $12/vehicle (correct me if I’m wrong). They of course served food there, all the basics including fries, popcorn, soft drinks, etc. They’d play 3 movies in a row. It usually was pretty late by the time they closed. I remember one night getting up close and personal with the rear end of  a moose as I was approaching Newville on my way home. I’m just glad he was walking away from the road, otherwise I would have had him sitting in the front seat next to me, lol.

Sorry, I got a little off track there. Some of my very first memories of going to the drive-in are compliments of Uncle Dave (Dave Warr, dad of my good friend Dion Warr). Uncle Dave spent so much time trying to keep us kids busy and out of trouble, I can’t even begin to tell you. I remember being out in my dad’s boat, squid jigging at the causeway (Walter Elliott Causeway connecting Twillingate to New World Island for anyone who don’t know) and rushing home with my friends to get cleaned up and ready to catch a ride with Uncle Dave to go to the drive-in. Uncle Dave took a car load of us up there a few times if my memory serves me correctly. Those were good times.

Skip ahead a few years and most of my friends and I had our driver’s licences. I can’t say we went to the drive-in a lot, but we did go quiet a bit. It was always an all around good time, I have to say.

I wish I had a picture of that old drive-in movie theatre. Now that I’m living in Ottawa, there are a couple of drive-in theatres not too far away. Think I’ll have to pack up the family one night and take in a flick or two, just like good ol’ times.