The Glenrock Airport was a mile or west down Virginia Beach Blvd. Glenrock’s operating license was revoked & the airport was abandoned on 9/20/57. It was closed to make room for the Janaf Shopping Center.â€Īccording to the book “Virginia Airports” by Vera Rollo & Norman Crabill (published by the VAHS), I’ve searched in vain for pictures or handbills.įound some interesting info re:Glenrock Airport at:Ĭ.L.Batson recalled, “I was in the Civil Air Patrol at Glenrock Airport in 1952-55. Conveniently located just 6 blocks from the oceanfront and nestled in a residential neighborhood, LTVB is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization. The Little Theatre on Barberton Drive opened 24 years later in 1972. Nestled in a residential neighborhood, LTVB is an all volunteer, not-for-profit organization that has been bringing live theatre to the community since 1948. Reasonably priced tickets and concessions make it, by far, the most cost-effective theater to watch the latest movies in Hampton Roads. The Little Theatre of Virginia Beach is conveniently located just 6 blocks from the oceanfront on the corner of 24th Street and Barberton Drive and easily accessible to Interstate 264. We look forward to seeing you Date Wed, Apr 27 Thu, Apr 28 Fri, Apr 29 Sat, Apr 30 Sun, May 1 Mon, May 2 Tue, May 3 Wed, May 4 Thu, May 5 Fri, May 6 Sat. JEB Little Creek MWR Gator Theater offers affordable admission and concession prices for the entire family. Inspiration Academy Performing Arts Day Camp. To speak to our events team about private dining, please email. Where the drive in used to be there is a Price Club, a motel, a lawn and garden center, a burger joint, a paint store and just a smattering of the pine trees that used to sit along the backside of the car lot of the Norfolk Drive In. Without a theater, Anne and Robert Henry and a cast of 26 rehearsed in offices and hotel lobbies, starting in 1948. Book online or call us at 75 between 11 am and 10 pm (2:00 pm and 10 pm on weekends). I also remember riding down Interstate 64 (it ran parallel to the drive-in) as a young'un and wondering at the fleshy, out of focus shapes doing strange things on the screen. I have a feeling that was my parents' plan, anyway. I remember going there once around 1966-7 for a Popeye movie. The letters were made from steel, with the neon tubing inset into them. “Norfolk Drive In” in big red-neon’d letters, and “Enjoy movies from your CAR” in green neon’d letters. I can still see that big gray corrugated-steel sheathed colussus in my mind. The Norfolk Drive In was right across from Paul Hennings School of Broadcasting on US 58 (Virginia Beach Blvd).
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