Fridays was Drive In Movie Night

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While growing up in Edenwald, I always looked forward to Friday nights, during July and August.  My brothers and sister anxiously waited for Dad to take us to the Whitestone drive in movie. A rainy Friday night, really was a disappointed for preventing us from going.  If we arrived early enough, while it was still light out, we could get to go on the rides at the small amusement park at the Drive in movie. There was a ferrris wheel,  free standing spring supported horse rides and a circular ride, as I recollect.

One time my sister and I were riding the ferris wheel.  As we were at the peak of a rotation, the gate on our ferris wheel seat came off.  Luckily we were not hurt, but the owners of the drive in were extremely apologetic to my dad. After that incident, the owners made sure we always received free snacks every time we came the drive in movie . . . every summer season.

Drive in movie night allowed us to stay up as late as we wanted, because we usually went to bed at 8:00PM.


Seeing "Psycho" at the drive in was the scariest movie for me at age 9 or 10.



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Julio Barreto Jr. (Homepage) on May 26, 2006 at 9:02 AM
I don't remember going to the Whitestone but I remember our trips to La Marketa in Spanish Harlem and the trips to White Castle and their 15 cent burgers. My sister and I were recalling those days where the "waitress" came to the car to bring you the food. Eating a dozen of those cheeseburgers at a time was pretty cool. Now they would kill me, although I still remember their smell and taste.

   

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