Dear Editor, Re: “Delta Drive-in was a family affair in 1950s,” Flashback Friday, April 1.
I really enjoyed your article on the Delta Drive-In a few weeks ago; it brought back some happy memories from childhood.
Growing up on Mitchell Island and attending Mitchell Elementary school, the drive-in was a part of our lives.
I remember going to a double feature of Ski Party and Country Music on Broadway, probably in 1966.
My brother and I enjoyed the first film then crawled into the back of the station wagon to sleep while my parents enjoyed the country music film.
My dad also took my brother and I to a triple bill of Hammer horror films that was great fun.
We played in the playground area until it was dark enough for the first movie to start.
I would always check out the cool sign at the entrance on the bus ride to school, and wish I had a photo of it now.
Above is a photo of my brother and I with some friends in front of Mitchell elementary in 1964, during construction on the expansion of the annex building.
John Byers
Richmond
