Wv Drive-In Movie Theaters (Parkersburg, Weirton: real estate, condo, restaurant)

[David Kennedy]

Several of you have mentioned Drive-in Movie Theaters...A real estate relic of the past...I know of two in this area, The Grafton Drive-In, near the new Walmart and the Ellis Drive-In at Shinnston...What others exist? Those days of a six-pack and your best girl...popcorn at intermission...The Pink Panther and the sub-marine races in the back seat...cleaned those cars with Q-tips...on Friday the trunk was filled with 6/7 guys for $2.00 a car load...Saturday was for Emmy-Lou and the 'rites of passage...Those exactly WERE the DAYS...the days of our youth...Come to fly like a bird on the wings of the wind...

[Ceezer]

The Jungle Drive-In (it used to be the Jungle Open Air) on Highway 2 in Parkersburg. I found this number for them: (304) 464-4063. It's still owned by the original family that opened the place in '52.

I think the last time I went (about 4 years ago) it was $6/head for the double-feature, kids under 12 or 13 got in free.

[scorpy01]

Here in the northern panhandle, we travel across the river to the Winter drive-in in Wintersville Ohio. They have four screens which sometimes makes choosing difficult.

[David Kennedy]

We are talking ancient history here...most of them went condo years ago...The Ellis is owned by the same family too and Anthony makes a great pasta at the restaurant.

[harborlady]

My mom put me and sis in the trunk so we could afford the drive in way back when robert redford was a young man. I think that would be considered child abuse now.

I'll be sure to point that out to her next time she tries to guilt me into something.

[snorpus]

Two that are gone now are the Works Drive-In, north of New Martinsville, and the Buckeye Drive-In, in Buckeye, Pocahontas County.

The screen for the Buckeye is still standing.

[David Kennedy]

Correction: The Ellis Drive-In is really called the Sunset Drive-in...saw the paper this morning...that pasta special is on a Wednesday, btw...Big, Big Flea Market there on any Saturday...really BIG!

[scorpy01]

We lost the Bel-Aire in Weirton, The Ohio Valley in Follansbee, the Airport in Short Creek (on the Brooke-Ohio county line), the one in Wellsburg and one in Chester. Can't remember which was the Blue Moon... The screen for the Airport D-I is still partially standing. If you know where to look, you can see it from Rt. 2.

It's just sad that so many are gone. Such fun memories.

[BJC]

my friend's Aunt put 4 of us in the trunk of her bonnieville in the last 60's for a trip to the drive in!! My Aunts (5 of them) would have NEVER done anything like that, her Aunt was so cool I thought!

going to a drive in on a date was a NO-NO per my Mom, lord knows we could do the same thing (what-ever it was) at the dead end road over looking the highway. I think we would have been safer at the drive in, at least the movie would have entertained us!!

[Big_Al]

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