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davidcoppock commented about Town Cinema on Jan 12, 2022 at 6:17 am

RIP Sir Sidney Poitner. 😢

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davidcoppock commented about Newark Drive-In on Jan 9, 2022 at 8:42 am

Correction ; reopened on the Red Screen with “E.T the extra-terrestial” and ‘Flash Gordon".

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davidcoppock commented about Newark Drive-In on Jan 9, 2022 at 8:40 am

Reopened on 25th June 1981 on the Green screen with “The Thing” and “Revenge of the living dead” and on the Blue screen with “Firefox” and “Body heat” and on the Red screen with “E.T you he extra-terrestial” and “Flash Gordon”.

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davidcoppock commented about Phoenix Drive-In on Jan 9, 2022 at 8:14 am

Opened on 10th May 1951 with “Stella”.

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davidcoppock commented about Ellis Drive-In on Jan 6, 2022 at 6:48 am

Was it named after someone named Ellis?

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davidcoppock commented about Odeon Bournemouth BH2 on Jan 6, 2022 at 6:44 am

Was the carpark that used to be there for the bus station?

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davidcoppock commented about Auto-Cine Drive-In on Jan 4, 2022 at 8:35 am

Opened in December 1953 with “The Story of Will Rogers”(Spanish language version?). Closed sometime in 1975 with “The Unforgettable party” demolished (date unknown?) . The site is now a bank(name unknown?).

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davidcoppock commented about In-Town Auto Theatre on Jan 3, 2022 at 5:49 am

Opened on 18th May 1955 with “East of Eden” and “Captain Scarface”.

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davidcoppock commented about Cobb Theatres 1,2,3 on Jan 3, 2022 at 5:21 am

Opened on 6th August 1976 on screen 1 with “Harry Walter go to New York” and “Gator” and on screen 2 with “Swashbuckler” and “The winds of autumn” and on screen 3 with “Survive”.

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davidcoppock commented about Memphis Triple Drive-In on Jan 3, 2022 at 4:44 am

Opened on 16 April 1954 with “The Eddie Cantor story”.

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davidcoppock commented about Plantagenet Hall on Dec 31, 2021 at 5:40 am

This hall might have been used as a filming location in the Australian movie “Rams”?

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davidcoppock commented about Reading Cinemas Melton on Dec 29, 2021 at 8:16 am

Correction screen 3 - 158 seats.

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davidcoppock commented about Palm Bay Theater on Dec 29, 2021 at 12:57 am

Opened as Port Malabar Twin Cinema on 15th June 1978 on cinema 1 with “The food of the gods” and on cinema 2 with “A small town in Texas”.

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davidcoppock commented about Melton Cinema Centre on Dec 29, 2021 at 12:37 am

Opened on 26/11/1982. 663 seats(1982 to;1995). A third screen opened on 7/12/1995. And 590 seats(1995 to 2001). Reopened in late 2001 after a renovation and renamed Agora. Later renamed Melton Cinema Centre. Number of seats now unknown?

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davidcoppock commented about Reading Cinemas Melton on Dec 29, 2021 at 12:18 am

Screen 1 - 377 seats, screen 2 - 180 seats,
screen 3 - !58 seats,
screen 4 - 106 seats,
screen 5 - 106 seats.

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davidcoppock commented about Field of Dreams Drive-In on Dec 28, 2021 at 7:57 am

What is corn hole and hillbilly golf?

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davidcoppock commented about Owen Sound Twin Drive-In on Dec 28, 2021 at 12:08 am

Opened on 27/6/1950 with 2 Technicolour shorts and “Two guys from Texas”.

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davidcoppock commented about Vaudeville Theatre on Dec 26, 2021 at 7:32 am

There was a fire in some nearby antique stores and a cafe on 25/12/21 at 12pm that is suspected to be arson. Unknown if the Vaudeville Theatre and the antiques store(Jones of Guildford) were damaged?

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davidcoppock commented about Midway Drive-In on Dec 25, 2021 at 3:33 am

Also opened with a Superman cartoon(not named?), news, and “Churchill’s Island”.

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davidcoppock commented about Skylark Drive-In on Dec 22, 2021 at 10:54 am

Reopened as Parkway Drive-in on 4th April 1978 with “Silver streak”, “Young Frankenstein” and “Mother Jugs & speed”.

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davidcoppock commented about Odeon Drive-In on Dec 22, 2021 at 6:22 am

Opened on 13th September 1955 with “Return of October”. Reopened on 8th May 1969 with “The dirty dozen” and “The last challenge”.

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davidcoppock commented about Mainline Drive-In on Dec 21, 2021 at 7:58 am

The market(swap meet?) will continue to operate after the drive-in closes in February 2022.

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davidcoppock commented about Bluff Point Drive-In on Dec 19, 2021 at 12:05 pm

The screen was torn down due to storm damage. Birds of prey used the screen to built their nests on(possibly unique?).

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davidcoppock commented about Burleigh Drive-In on Dec 19, 2021 at 11:40 am

Opened on 12/12/1957 with “The million pound note”.

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davidcoppock commented about 5 Star Drive-In on Dec 19, 2021 at 6:01 am

Opened in(1970’s?) and closed in(early 1990’s?).