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Intermission was a hectic time for The work was constant and we were
us in the cafeteria. We would have on our feet all the time but we used to
drinks and ice creams lined up along have plenty of fun. They were certainly
the counter for quick service. It would good days.
sometimes take us till the end of the
show to clean up ready for the next day.
People didn’t seem to mind rainy Acknowledgments:
nights – they just kept their windscreen “The Rowville Drive-In” theatre history
wipers going. On hot nights people written by Bryan Power.
definitely came early as it was cooler “Plenty of fun at the Drive-In” written by
out in the open. Gwen Hayes.
Gwen Hayes and Stewart Finn interviewed
Foggy nights were a different by Bryan Power.
matter. One foggy night we were Photos courtesy of Bryan Power and Kevin
showing Whispering Smith and the Adams.
people listened but could not see the First published in the Rowville-Lysterfield
screen. However, they would not go Community News (August 1992, Sept 2005
home and still enjoyed the show. As the The Drive-In was such a novelty in & March 2006) and used with kind
screen was down in a hollow we often the early days that both sides of Stud permission of the authors.
had it fogged in on winter nights. Road would be bumper to bumper with
Usually the fog lifted but, if not, people cars stopped while their occupants
were given free passes to come back to watched the film.
another show.

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