Plaistow Drive-In
Plaistow, New Hampshire1956-1970s
Shop Plaistow Drive-In tees, long sleeve tees and hoodies. Its roadside sign was a rounded panel on a tilt with the town's name in script, a sweep of light bulbs along the bottom and a star on top. The screen came down in May 2016 for the widening of Route 125, and speaker poles were still scattered in the woods behind the site in 2019. Scroll past the styles for the full Plaistow history. Every shirt is printed to order in the USA and carries the memories of bygone places and teams.
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Plaistow Drive-In History
The Plaistow Drive-In in Plaistow, New Hampshire, was running on Route 125 by 1956, operated by Daytz Theatre Enterprises. Listings put its size at 500 to 700 cars. It is also remembered as the Route 125 Drive-In, the name Cinema Treasures files it under.
Its first screen did not last long. In November 1956 high winds knocked it down, and the trade press reported the damage. A new screen was up in time for the 1957 season.
Bob Barsamian owned the theater in 1963, and it was still open in 1978. No closing date has turned up. Its roadside sign, photographed after it had gone to rust and peeling paint, was a rounded panel on a tilt with the town's name in script, DRIVE-IN below it, a tab reading THEATRE, a sweep of light bulbs along the bottom and a star on top.
By 2003 only the foundations of the snack bar and the booth were left around the screen, which stood for years over an empty lot. It came down in May 2016 for the widening of Route 125. Speaker poles were still scattered in the woods behind the site in 2019.