Charles, wasn’t it fun to walk those parking lots and check and repair the speakers. I’m sure my Dad would have remembered your Dad as he worked at Skyview when I was born. Which was 1951. Oops, I’m telling my age! lol…. They use to put me in a basket in the back seat of the car when I was a baby.
I wish I had gone back over and taken more pictures before they tore it all down, but Daddy wouldn’t let us. He was afraid we would get hurt because of all the people that had broken into everything. How about posting that picture, Mike.
I just posted two photos of my Dad painting the screen of the Skyview in 1967. This is also the way he use to put up the billboard posters for movies that played there. I use to help him do that. I’ll never forget the white glue that you had to put on the huge sheets. It was so messy. Those were the best years of my childhood and teen years. Tina Griffin
I grew up at the Skyview..My Dad was the projectionist/Manager there for many years. His name was “Griff”. He was there in the 50’s until some time in the 70’s when he went to the Southgate Theatre and then on to the Master’s which he retired from at age 72. I spent many hours at the theatre. On Saturdays we would go up and walk the lot checking all the speakers. My sister and I would check for sound and if they didn’t work we would lay them on the ground and Daddy would come behind up and fix them or replace them. My Daddy would go up on a scaffle and paint the screen. I have a picture of him doing that. It was awesome! Tina Griffin
My wonderful Daddy…Willis Griffin at the Masters. He was the projectionist there for years.
Charles, wasn’t it fun to walk those parking lots and check and repair the speakers. I’m sure my Dad would have remembered your Dad as he worked at Skyview when I was born. Which was 1951. Oops, I’m telling my age! lol…. They use to put me in a basket in the back seat of the car when I was a baby.
I wish I had gone back over and taken more pictures before they tore it all down, but Daddy wouldn’t let us. He was afraid we would get hurt because of all the people that had broken into everything. How about posting that picture, Mike.
I just posted two photos of my Dad painting the screen of the Skyview in 1967. This is also the way he use to put up the billboard posters for movies that played there. I use to help him do that. I’ll never forget the white glue that you had to put on the huge sheets. It was so messy. Those were the best years of my childhood and teen years. Tina Griffin
I grew up at the Skyview..My Dad was the projectionist/Manager there for many years. His name was “Griff”. He was there in the 50’s until some time in the 70’s when he went to the Southgate Theatre and then on to the Master’s which he retired from at age 72. I spent many hours at the theatre. On Saturdays we would go up and walk the lot checking all the speakers. My sister and I would check for sound and if they didn’t work we would lay them on the ground and Daddy would come behind up and fix them or replace them. My Daddy would go up on a scaffle and paint the screen. I have a picture of him doing that. It was awesome! Tina Griffin