Drive In's in Maine... (Bangor, Brewer: oil, station, ticket)

[peachie_in_maine]

Originally Posted by RANGER.101ST

the other 25% were people above 35 saying why cant those kids go some place else.

hehe
I recall at "my drive in" that most of the movie go'ers who really wanted to see the movie or brought their little ones would park less then half way or to the front. The rest of us were all near the tree line.
I think I saw mollysmiles getting popcorn one time...... hehe.. but maybe I'm mistaken.

[RANGER.101ST]

we use to have tailgate partys.i had a 71GMC4x4 pull up and back in had the folding lawn chairs and people would congragate around me.my brother had a 68 plymoth and he would put like 5 ppl in the trunk.i think more people came in trunks than paid.it was alot of fun back then.i was wild in my younger days.

[mollysmiles]

lol Peachie you probably did! Great idea for a thread! The last time I was at a drive-in it was the one in Saco. There was a double feature, Shrek was the first movie, and Moulin Rouge was the second. I loved Shrek, but didn't stay for more than half an hour of MR. The last time I was at the one in Baileyville was just before I headed off to college... I remember it well.... getting there, and realizing that none of us had a bottle opener for that Molson Golden! but, we managed....

[mrs.ranger]

i didnt go to the drive in alot my father was realy protective.and he use to say i know what go's on at the drive in and you are not going.

[RANGER.101ST]

Originally Posted by mrs.ranger

i didnt go to the drive in alot my father was realy protective.and he use to say i know what go's on at the drive in and you are not going.

i seem to remember a drive in or to dont let her fool ya.but down where she comes from they had big driveins 150to200 cars.

[ZFcamaro]

I can't say I've ever been to a drive in....Definitely something I would like to do though. I have friends in Skowhegan so this may be the perfect excuse for a visit

[peachie_in_maine]

Yes, I recall the truck that held the most people drove to the drive in. Those days were something else.

I use to believe it was like the crossing the border into Mexico.
I never did ride in the trunk thou.

Mrs. Ranger, I'm sure your father was a clever man who knew the drive in was full of people that were bad. But we were bad in a good way. lol

[island mermaid]

When I was a teenager there were two drive-ins in Brunswick, one on each side of town. My dad was also very strict so I always had the earliest curfew of all of my friends. I could be mistaken but I don't think I ever went to one until after I had left my parents house at the age of 18. Although there could also be a reason WHY I don't remember going, it was the 70's!

I used to take my kids to the two down in the Saco/ Westbrook area. It seemed strange to not have to put that ungodly huge steel speaker on your car door window but instead tune in to an AM radio station to hear the movie.

[Bandit]

I still remember when We first built our camp in Hartford , going to the Jay Hill Drive In , and looking forward to the Cheeseburgers and Pop Corn , as the were really good , and cooked to order. Unlike what the tried to pass off at My local Drive In. as food.
As I recall , it was the same person who took Your money both entering , and at the snack bar.
Bob
Ps.
I also enjoyed going to the Lisbon Drive In. , But You had to check what was playing that nite

[island mermaid]

Originally Posted by Bandit

I still remember when We first built our camp in Hartford , going to the Jay Hill Drive In , and looking forward to the Cheeseburgers and Pop Corn , as the were really good , and cooked to order. Unlike what the tried to pass off at My local Drive In. as food.
As I recall , it was the same person who took Your money both entering , and at the snack bar.
Bob
Ps.
I also enjoyed going to the Lisbon Drive In. , But You had to check what was playing that nite

LOL! If I remember correctly, they catered to an "older crowd" after midnight! One of them in Brunswick did the same thing.

I had forgotten about that!