Plainville Drive In Part 1
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Thank you guys for posting this.I too had shot video but,it got lost in a move.Brings back memories.
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This was built as a single screen drive in and was like that most of its life. Before they modernized to fm broadcasts they had these old, oxidized cast metal speakers that would rest on poles with illuminated tops. At intermission they'd show ads & also the occasional scary movie previews -being that this place was in a large pit surrounded by woods added to the fright.
Years later (to help increase revenue) they installed a second screen -although by then Drive-in's days were numbered
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As kids we tried many different drive-in's but everyone in CT knew the Plainville drive-in was the best. We'd pile in the old wagon get a bucket of Ketucky fried chicken and head to Plainville (from New Britain). The playground there was the largest of the CT drive-in's and had a giant 25 ft clown you'd have to walk under to get in, they even had a slide so intense you had to be at least 7 to ride it (unheard of in the late 60's)
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Screen two was erected in the 1980s, more than 30 years (not 10) after the original! Video shot by non-Drive-In historians, but at least it's documented ...
davelounder 1 year ago
@davelounder Yes that's right, it was added around 1984.
monkeeman1966 1 year ago
Plainville Stadium was next to this, wasn't it? Obviously, there were no races at the same time there were films being screened, were there?
The dilapidated buildings near Crooked Street serve as a reminder of what this area was once like. Crowley Volkswagen seems to be one of the few businesses along that stretch of Route 372 that is still around today (even though the buildings on that site have been updated over the years).
SP84Fanatic 1 year ago
@SP84Fanatic Sorry, did I ever get back to you? Yes the stadium was next to this...Old satellite photos show this.
monkeeman1966 1 year ago