It was a treat to eat at a diner, especially those that offered curb service.  Inside, there was usually a juke box and some places had small boxes at the booths.  My "parents" were my grandparents whom I called Mom and Pop.  Shopping with Mom was exciting for this little gal —we usually ate at the 5 & 10¢ stores:  F.W. Woolworth's or McCrory's soda fountain.  The sandwiches there were very good, even for a "picky" eater like myself. 

 
 
Time for popcorn and coke! 

 
The drive-in movies were great!  I've been to Skyline Drive-in, above, many times;  now all that is left is the sign.  Only in my memories.  Best thing about going there,  no need to dress up. I think some people even wore their pajamas. The photo above shows the entrance, the road behind the car.  Pop would take me once in a while after I outgrew the kiddie movies at the Orpheum in town.  I'd go every Saturday to see Roy Rogers.  Sometimes Gene Autry and Lash Larue, but my hero was Roy Rogers.  It cost a nickel in those days. 

 

 
Not many small diners and soda shops still around.  In this town, inside, it still has the "old days" look, but just not the same.  It was also an Apothecary Shop in olden days.  Good food there, and still serve sundaes, soda pop and floats.  In the photo of the inside, the left wall displays antique medical equipment, bottles, etc.; the jukebox is in the back.  I wish I could have seen it in the early years. 

 
DINER MENUS

 

 
 


 
 

Events & Ads from the fifties

 
 

YE OLDE SODA SHOPPE