Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I did the same thing; usually with friends. We'd get together early Saturday morning and one of us would bring a wagon. We'd then search for pop bottles. Our goal was to collect enough to pay for a movie and some treats. When we had enough bottles, we'd cash them in and head for the movie theater. We'd get some popcorn, candy, and a drink and sit in the middle. We hated being in the first rows.

Our preferred genre was sci-fi, but we also loved westerns and horror flicks. What was cool is that the movies were usually double features and included previews for coming attractions, a cartoon, a newsreel, and an episodic serial. After all that, we finally got to watch a couple of cool movies. Sometimes we'd stay and watch it all over again.

Thus went a typical Saturday in my pre-teen/ early teen days. I miss that experience.