Saturday night at the movies: Making memories at the drive-in
Who remembers the glory days of going to the drive-in theatre? Source: Getty Images
The kids in their pyjamas wrapped in blankets, asleep on the back seat while Mum and Dad enjoyed the film, courting couples alone at last in the privacy of the car, teenagers skylarking and smuggling in an extra body hidden in the car boot.
It was an idea that originally came to us from the United States. At the time, we were eager to embrace almost anything American, so when Australia’s first drive-in opened in the Melbourne suburb of Burwood on February 19, 1954, it was an instant success.