ah, the candlelight/ Pix Drive in. Growing up in Bpt, I remember seeing alot of movies there. So many memories. My dad worked at Sikorsky in Stratford and during the summer he would come home and my mom would have a cooler ready to go. So, all we all loaded into his van and used to go to the drive in. Neighbors would sometimes tag along, with their cars or the kids would just come with us. Everyone seemed to know when someone was going to the drive in that night. LOL
We would get to play at the playground, eat, play. Remember those old ads for the concession stand? “You have 9 mins to show time, 9 mins to visit our refreshment stand!”
He would turn the van around during intermission and open the back doors. Me and my brother had our sleeping bags laid out and we would fall asleep watching the 2nd movie and they would leave during 2nd show after we fell asleep. unless the 2nd movie was good and the parents would stay.
If memory serves me correct, the Candlelite would show more adult themed movies, because you couldn’t see the screen from the Pix side.
Once I remember they had a Van Jamboree going on one night at the Candlelite, while we were watching the movie at the Pix side. I remember my dad looking over the fence alot. From what a 11 year could here, it sounded pretty racy.
LOL
It closed the year I graduated from HS. We went one last time and snuck a guy in with the old “guy in the trunk routine”. LOL
Funny part was we didn’t let him out right away., once we parked…LOL
Great theater! I remember seeing the Bad News Bears there and E.T.
there were big openings at the back of the theater, so when you went to the lobby for snacks, you could still see the movie while standing in line.
building is still there. Now a self storage place
ah, the candlelight/ Pix Drive in. Growing up in Bpt, I remember seeing alot of movies there. So many memories. My dad worked at Sikorsky in Stratford and during the summer he would come home and my mom would have a cooler ready to go. So, all we all loaded into his van and used to go to the drive in. Neighbors would sometimes tag along, with their cars or the kids would just come with us. Everyone seemed to know when someone was going to the drive in that night. LOL We would get to play at the playground, eat, play. Remember those old ads for the concession stand? “You have 9 mins to show time, 9 mins to visit our refreshment stand!” He would turn the van around during intermission and open the back doors. Me and my brother had our sleeping bags laid out and we would fall asleep watching the 2nd movie and they would leave during 2nd show after we fell asleep. unless the 2nd movie was good and the parents would stay. If memory serves me correct, the Candlelite would show more adult themed movies, because you couldn’t see the screen from the Pix side. Once I remember they had a Van Jamboree going on one night at the Candlelite, while we were watching the movie at the Pix side. I remember my dad looking over the fence alot. From what a 11 year could here, it sounded pretty racy. LOL It closed the year I graduated from HS. We went one last time and snuck a guy in with the old “guy in the trunk routine”. LOL Funny part was we didn’t let him out right away., once we parked…LOL
Great theater! I remember seeing the Bad News Bears there and E.T.
there were big openings at the back of the theater, so when you went to the lobby for snacks, you could still see the movie while standing in line. building is still there. Now a self storage place