August 1962 - Playtown Park, Springfield Township, Delaware County
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Published 2012-02-02
All Comments (21)
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I was there in the 1960's - family fun was so easy then.
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Thanks for posting this! When I was little I used to beg my parents to take us there when we drove out to Collingdale to visit my grandparents. I think I remember the track with the cars on it but otherwise my only real memory is seeing Sally Starr in person at the park.
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Oh, many good memories there. I grew up in Springfield roughly 4 1/2 blocks from Playtown Park, walking distance. We'd go there as a family outing in the summer during the 1950's. I hadn't realized it was still there in 1962 - I guess I was too "sophisticated" for it by then as that was the year I graduated from high school. Thanks for posting.
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this is incredible!!!! I LOVED that place!
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I grew up in Clifton Heights. I remember they had some coin-operated thing where a chicken would come out behind glass and do a trick. Loved this place.
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My sister and I grew up a few miles away in Collingdale. Very fond memories of the times we would get to go. We loved Playtown and were very sad to see it go.
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Yes, I have a lot of memories there!
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I remember it well, I was born in 1957 also did all the local TV shoes like Happy The Clown, Chief Halftown, Wee Willy Webber and Gene London, Pixanne etc.
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@DebbsHereNow Thanks! My dad filmed this. We used to live in Philly a long time ago,
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I was 7 also in 62.....lived right behind the Park
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Loved that place playtown park! Thanks for sharing the memories I was there about 1955
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Great Video. I grew up in Springfield and was 7 in 1962. I vaguely remember going there.
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Loved this place growing up I used to hang out there as a kid. Played lots of pinball . Grew up in Morton and moved to Ca. In 1968. Hi to my old friend Ken Wareham if you revisit this post. Chris Falcioni
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OMg I loved Playtown Park. What great childhood memories. By today's standard, the park was nothing more than a collection of cheap carnival rides. My, have we changed.
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Parents took me and my older sister there in mid 60s. It was always fun but a little bit seedy at the same time, as I recall.
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I remember the miniature golf course at the front entrance the ferris wheel and the big tall statue of the guy in the front. I was just a little kid when I went here and loved this place. I also remember that after the park closed that the golf course and ferris wheel were still open for one last season. It was such a treat to go there for the day.
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There was a kids amusement Park on Queens Boulevard in Rego Park before Macy's Department Stor complex was built in the 1960s. I have photos in my bedroom in a plastic bag. Today in NYC, there is only one in Coney Island, Brooklyn.
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I was only 4 in August of '62. My parents used to take me there when I was a kid. Those kids in that are probably all their 50's today.
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I have great memories of this place. We hung out at the arcade, playing pinball. My brother, Chris was good friends with Ken Wareham, who commented on this video a few months back. Does anyone else remember when local celebrity Sally Star made a personal appearance there?
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we went here as kids all the time. it was five minutes from our house. i just loved it. thanks for posting this because i can't find pix of it anywhere!!!!
