Clappison Drive-In
59 Parkside Drive,
Waterdown,
ON
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59 Parkside Drive,
Waterdown,
ON
L0R
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Architects: Harold Solomon Kaplan, Abraham Sprachman
Firms: Kaplan & Sprachman
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The Clappison Drive-In was located near Highway 6, just 1 mile north of Highway 5 on Parkside Drive. It opened on October 21, 1951 with June Haver in “The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady” & Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy in “The Bullfighters”. It was closed at the end of the 1986 season.
Windsor Drive-In Ltd. owned this drive-in, which had space for 930 cars.
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Here is the video
Nice video(sounds spooky though)!!
The Clappison Drive-In theatre was opened on June 21st, 1951 by John Dydzak of Val d'Or, Quebec where he has a small chain there. Grand opening ad posted. history below:
Opened on 21st October 1951 with “The daughter of Rosie O'Grady” and “The Bullfighters”.
Last season: 1986.
Seems the drive-in has been long demolished and the property now holds something else. I do not know exactly where it once stood, but a reasonable guess is where Clappison Avenue meets Parkside Drive.
Aerial photo of the drive-in uploaded confirms its location.
Looks like the entrance and exits roads are still there? The rest of the site is empty except a(house?) on the(northwest corner?). Possibly some walking trails on the rest of this site?
There is a gate(and small walls either side of the gate too) that might be part of this former drive-in theatre?
A closer address is 59 Parkside Drive, Waterdown ON.
The address lines up with Clappison Avenue which is quite close to the original entrance of the drive-in.
Today, the property is mostly empty save for the road running right down the middle of where the drive-in once stood. There is no trace of the drive-in remaining.
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