The Once Proud Corral 4 Drive In

[Looger]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/floatin...ons/203608047/

friend of mine instant-messaged this pic to me, yikes.

used to LOVE this place!

anyone else have memories?

decent food, the early movie that started too early, and the day the black cloud came...

[Flames in 07]

That little hot dog weiner that used jump rope in between movies.

One time some guy climbed to the top of the screen and mooned everyone.

[Ironhorse]

I loved the dusk-to-dawn movies they would have on long weekends. 4 movies. Nothing like getting home at 7:00 am...

[Hack&Lube]

Probably before my time.

[Frank the Tank]

Oh man. My parents used to take my brother and I there with them and just put us in our jammies with some blankets in the back seat and let us fall asleep while they watched a movie or two. My parents were/are cool....

[Tron_fdc]

Fights.

Dusk til dawn, Okotoks vs Airdre.

[HockeyPuck]

^^^^ Steve Armitage?

[Tron_fdc]

Originally Posted by HockeyPuck

^^^^ Steve Armitage?

Who me? Nope. Pretty sure he was one of my bros friends though. I used to go with my older brother and try to stay out of trouble, while everyone around us was picking fights. I stopped going when guys started taking bats.

Edit: I'm actually thinking of Steve Frost. One of the local heavies who used to run in those circles.

[GrrlGoalie33]

Loved going there. Too bad the drive-in has all but died.

[underGRADFlame]

What's a drive in???







Sorry it had to be said ....... I never went to one that I can remember, aparently when I was little my parents would take us to the one outside of S'toon, it's closed down too. The last one I saw still in use was in the Okanagan Valley south of Vernon I think.

[ken0042]

The one in Winnipeg is still open- for now. It had closed down at one point but due to popular demand it re-opened. I think somebody in the gov't bought the land and gave them a really cheap lease.

But when I drove by last week they were still playing the same movie they were showing the last time. "Closed for the season."

Must be a popular movie.

[FlamesKickAss]

ah the good old days of under age drinking. i remember the first time i drank was at the drive-ins. 2 mike's hard lemonades got me absolutely hammered, ah the good old cheap drunk days. (don't worry though the driver never drank)

[pope04]

It's strange that they haven't taken the screens down.

[goaliegirl]

I loved that place me and my Husband used to go there when we were dating ,a great place to go for 2 horny teenagers

[Looger]

i was thinking of this one day - why drive-ins are gone, and i think it's closely tied to the death of the bench seat!

[KGB33]

Originally Posted by goaliegirl

I loved that place me and my Husband used to go there when we were dating ,a great place to go for 2 horny teenagers

Ha Ha, I was just going to say that too. There used to be one in Kamloops my husband and I went to when we were teens. I think it closed down the year we moved to Calgary. The food was gross and the bathrooms dirty but it made for a cheap date.The weather there is so mild they were open most of the year.

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by Looger

i was thinking of this one day - why drive-ins are gone, and i think it's closely tied to the death of the bench seat!

Or at the very least the birth of the centre console.

[someguy51]

The only time I was there was the Sunday before the Hub Oil explosion wrecked the place. At least I got to go once.

Now a days I probably wouldn't want to go to a drive inn. Listening to the audio on your car radio would suck compared to the digital sound in the big theaters.

[Cube Inmate]

I'll bet the neighbours love the mosquitos that come out of that swamp now!

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by HockeyPuck

^^^^ Steve Armitage?

Spitting! Brad Pitt! Groping in rusty cars!

I only went once. I was 8 and we were supposed to be watching Free Willy 2 but my attention was turned to the other screen where Species was playing. First movie-boob moment!