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davidcoppock commented about Beach Drive-In on Jun 14, 2025 at 8:49 am

Is that a real lighthouse next to the marquee(doss the light inside work?)? Is that lighthouse still there?

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davidcoppock commented about Town & Country Drive-In on Jun 11, 2025 at 8:27 am

Opened on 21st June 1956 with “Guys and dolls”, and “Dragon’s gold”.

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davidcoppock commented about Cinema 360 Drive-In on Jun 10, 2025 at 9:46 am

Also opened with “Friends”.

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davidcoppock commented about Edisonia Theatre on Jun 10, 2025 at 4:37 am

The original Edisonia Theatre opened in the Ellicott Square building on 19th October 1896(with 72 seat).the Ellicott Square building is still there(and is now heritage listed).

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davidcoppock commented about Vitascope Hall on Jun 10, 2025 at 4:14 am

Movie screenings ceased in(1897?). That building is still is still there(it is now a souvenir by store and a liquor store. A historical marker about the Vitascope Hall was placed on the footpath outside it in 2019.

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davidcoppock commented about Stockton Empire Theatre on Jun 10, 2025 at 3:23 am

Was it known how that fire started?

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davidcoppock commented about Caprock Drive-In on Jun 8, 2025 at 3:42 am

I bet people are dieing to go to that site now that it is a cemetery. 😁

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davidcoppock commented about Allegany Drive-In on Jun 7, 2025 at 3:48 am

Looks like 2 doors on the back of that screen?

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davidcoppock commented about Jaxon South Drive-In on Jun 6, 2025 at 3:25 am

Opened in 11th July 1950 with “The Farmers daughter”.

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davidcoppock commented about 202 Drive-In on Jun 6, 2025 at 3:10 am

When did it open?

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davidcoppock commented about Four Lane Drive-In on Jun 5, 2025 at 10:15 am

Opened on 11nd May 1950 with “New Mexico”, and “Mark of renegede”.

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davidcoppock commented about Westport Cine' on Jun 5, 2025 at 4:32 am

Opened on 10 August 1973 on screen 1 with “The Sound of music”, and on screen 2 with “Let the good times roll”.

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davidcoppock commented about Yucca Drive-In on Jun 4, 2025 at 8:34 pm

Opened on 16th July 1948 with “I wonder who’s kissing her now”.

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davidcoppock commented about Skyline Drive-In on Jun 4, 2025 at 2:30 am

The land was originally Lambton Colliery in 1863. A sanitary depot from 1913 to 1938. Closed on 26th June 1985 with “Porky’s Revenge”, and “Night patrol” The snack bar and projection building was destroyed by a fire in 1993.

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davidcoppock commented about Lougheed Drive-In on Jun 3, 2025 at 6:31 am

Opened on 30th June 1949 with “Perils of Pauline”.

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davidcoppock commented about Ledgewood Drive-In on Jun 1, 2025 at 8:51 am

Correction - Slatterly’s hurricane, not Slatterly’s shurricane.

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davidcoppock commented about Ledgewood Drive-In on Jun 1, 2025 at 8:49 am

Opened on 4th May 1950 with “Slatterly'shurricane”, and “There’s a girl in my heart”.

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davidcoppock commented about Kambalda Drive-In on Jun 1, 2025 at 8:17 am

The video library in that old dome operated inside there for 40 years. I think there might still some old video library posters visible on the 2 front doors?

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davidcoppock commented about Kambalda Drive-In on May 30, 2025 at 9:20 am

Closed in 1983? The video library in the former come concession building closed in(January?) 2023(possibly the last operating video library in Western Australia?). The building is currently still for salei think(after the owners try selling 10,000 DVDs(and Blu-rays?)?

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davidcoppock commented about Capitol Theatre and Gardens on May 30, 2025 at 9:00 am

The former gardens site is now the carpark for the Water Coporation(263 Fitzgerald Street. The site of the theatre might the Water Coporation building?

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davidcoppock commented about Orpheum Theatre on Mar 23, 2025 at 9:28 am

This Theatre building is seen in an episode of the tv series Abandoned Americana.

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davidcoppock commented about New Jamestown Mall 14 Family Theatre on Mar 19, 2025 at 4:25 am

Has anything been built on this site now?

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davidcoppock commented about Odeon Southend-on-Sea on Mar 2, 2025 at 4:50 am

Did the supermarket close the same day the cinema closed?

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davidcoppock commented about Sunset Drive-In on Feb 27, 2025 at 9:03 am

Opened on 3rd October 1947 with “Canyon passage”.

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davidcoppock commented about Fiesta Four Drive-In on Feb 25, 2025 at 10:15 am

When did this Drive-in Theatre close?