There's a Kohl's department store on that site now. I grew up in Delaware County, and my parents took me there several times as a youngster before it closed in 1970.
Holy shit I never new this place even existed until I started seeing these videos and I lived in Springfield all my life. I'm 43 years old now and moved away from springfield 8 years ago. So nice seeing videos of the old homestead
I know you probably wouldn't have known about it since you were probably born around the time it closed... I guess no one ever heard about the place in your family... it was wonderful going there .
Thanks for this upload... this is the second one of Playtown Park I've seen tonight and it just really brings back wonderful memories . Play Town Park was a brilliant concept that the time because it was so easy to just go there and get on the rides without going through a bunch of hassles
we went here all the time as kids. thanks so much for sharing this. i remember all these rides. we lived five minutes from here and our parents took us a lot!!!
Loved it there! Look how none of the kids are even belted in on these rides.....so funny! My neighbors would bring me on Sundays and we always had a blast! Wish it was still there. It's a shame we have to travel to the beach to get an amusement park!!
We were definitely lucky for that place.... no waiting in long lines no dealing with Riff Raff no having to deal with a bunch of bulshit no having to walk through a big parking lot.... it really was such a brilliant idea , wasn't it ?
Seen Sally Star and Wee Willie Webber there in 1967 always wondered why it closed. Seriously? Someone got hurt getting off a merry-go-round that's pretty lame, sorry but damn,every other amusement park was so far away & expensive, we will never have anything of that kind again.🤔😩no offense to the girl that got hurt, I was just so sad then & then over the years for my own kid. Dutch wonderland & hersey park far away when u don't have a car.could have walked to Play town Park .now they are all greedy & giant. They need space. I know I know I'm just bitching.✌️
Maybe insurance companies were pulling the plug all over the country unless the parks could pay premium prices. Lenape Park was and still is my favorite (and I worked two summers at Kings Island and Kings Dominion, and visited a number of other parks). Whalom Park in Massachusetts (also closed now) was similar but my sister and I didn't feel the same magic there. Lenape was like something out of a Broadway musical: a beautiful green setting right on the bank of the Brandywine River with shade trees all around and a superb towering roller coaster made of white-painted wood that was an art piece in itself. My favorites were the bumper cars (of course) and the fun house. Classic. I have faith that this kind of place will come back and be better than ever.
I don't remember the rides looking beat up in Old in the end because by then I guess I was getting too big to go there... but it really was a brilliant idea back in the day because look at how easy it was to go there and get on the rides without dealing with lines or walking through massive parking lots it was a wonderful and simple idea
I don't know why some of my comments are not showing up . I don't remember the rides being old or run down in the end because I was going there in the early and mid 60s ... but it was a brilliant concept at the time
I'm wondering by any chance do you remember the spooky house... I don't know what it was called but it was either a red building or a red and black building... I did went up two stories high... you would go through it and one of those automatic seats that's like a rollercoaster ride type seat and it was Pitch Black inside and you would see weird spooky things like skeletons and what not ... it even would take you up on the second floor and that it would go through some doors and it would also take you back down
Google AND TouTube:1.) Fair Question: Why is it necessary to log in to post a review or Comment? FB Participants & Others:As a boy, sent there Many times. When Playtiwn Park closed, it was quite a long time before that land was prepared and the Clover store was built Kohl's Is Now on that same piece of land.
Nobody seems to remember the spook house and I don't know what it was called but you rode on tracks and it was all black inside and it even went up on a second floor and we crashed through some doors and you would go down the tracks and you would see like a spooky skeleton thing and other spooky things
This has to be the cutest thing I have ever seen. Where was this, which Springfield? Ironic that I was born in '57 so these little kids are actually older than me, probably almost retired now.
Yes I used to go there when I was little in the early and mid 60s... it really was a brilliant idea for the time because of how easy it was to just go there and get on the rides without going through a bunch of hassles
Thank you so much.
last there in 1959.
saw Sally Star pick a chance for a go cart.
good memories
Brings back great memories. Thanks.
There's a Kohl's department store on that site now. I grew up in Delaware County, and my parents took me there several times as a youngster before it closed in 1970.
Holy shit I never new this place even existed until I started seeing these videos and I lived in Springfield all my life. I'm 43 years old now and moved away from springfield 8 years ago. So nice seeing videos of the old homestead
I thought it closed in 1968.
I know you probably wouldn't have known about it since you were probably born around the time it closed... I guess no one ever heard about the place in your family... it was wonderful going there .
I was wondering where this was . I pass by Khols every day. Wish the Playtown Park was still here
Thanks for this upload... this is the second one of Playtown Park I've seen tonight and it just really brings back wonderful memories . Play Town Park was a brilliant concept that the time because it was so easy to just go there and get on the rides without going through a bunch of hassles
Great memories. so glad you have this film! Thanks for sharing.
we went here all the time as kids. thanks so much for sharing this. i remember all these rides. we lived five minutes from here and our parents took us a lot!!!
Loved it there! Look how none of the kids are even belted in on these rides.....so funny! My neighbors would bring me on Sundays and we always had a blast! Wish it was still there. It's a shame we have to travel to the beach to get an amusement park!!
We were definitely lucky for that place.... no waiting in long lines no dealing with Riff Raff no having to deal with a bunch of bulshit no having to walk through a big parking lot.... it really was such a brilliant idea , wasn't it ?
Many memories of this park.
My grandparents lived in Morton. I have photos of me and my first cousin taken here. We saw each other rarely. We lived in NJ and his family in NW PA.
Seen Sally Star and Wee Willie Webber there in 1967 always wondered why it closed. Seriously? Someone got hurt getting off a merry-go-round that's pretty lame, sorry but damn,every other amusement park was so far away & expensive, we will never have anything of that kind again.🤔😩no offense to the girl that got hurt, I was just so sad then & then over the years for my own kid. Dutch wonderland & hersey park far away when u don't have a car.could have walked to Play town Park .now they are all greedy & giant. They need space. I know I know I'm just bitching.✌️
Maybe insurance companies were pulling the plug all over the country unless the parks could pay premium prices. Lenape Park was and still is my favorite (and I worked two summers at Kings Island and Kings Dominion, and visited a number of other parks). Whalom Park in Massachusetts (also closed now) was similar but my sister and I didn't feel the same magic there. Lenape was like something out of a Broadway musical: a beautiful green setting right on the bank of the Brandywine River with shade trees all around and a superb towering roller coaster made of white-painted wood that was an art piece in itself. My favorites were the bumper cars (of course) and the fun house. Classic. I have faith that this kind of place will come back and be better than ever.
Towards their end the rides were beat up and old! Guess it didn't make a profit any more!
I don't remember the rides looking beat up in Old in the end because by then I guess I was getting too big to go there... but it really was a brilliant idea back in the day because look at how easy it was to go there and get on the rides without dealing with lines or walking through massive parking lots it was a wonderful and simple idea
I don't know why some of my comments are not showing up . I don't remember the rides being old or run down in the end because I was going there in the early and mid 60s ... but it was a brilliant concept at the time
Oh yes. I went there as a kid too.
I'm wondering by any chance do you remember the spooky house... I don't know what it was called but it was either a red building or a red and black building... I did went up two stories high... you would go through it and one of those automatic seats that's like a rollercoaster ride type seat and it was Pitch Black inside and you would see weird spooky things like skeletons and what not ... it even would take you up on the second floor and that it would go through some doors and it would also take you back down
So far, in these videos about Playtown Park, I've not seen the train that ran around the place.
( Delco man since born, 1955.)
Google AND TouTube:1.) Fair Question: Why is it necessary to log in to post a review or Comment?
FB Participants & Others:As a boy, sent there Many times.
When Playtiwn Park closed, it was quite a long time before that land was prepared and the Clover store was built
Kohl's Is Now on that same piece of land.
The "Wild Mouse" ride was pretty scary .
Thanks for sharing this old film!
went there so many good memories
I remember a Batman ride? I was born in 64 so I guess I was there in 68. Good memories.
Nobody seems to remember the spook house and I don't know what it was called but you rode on tracks and it was all black inside and it even went up on a second floor and we crashed through some doors and you would go down the tracks and you would see like a spooky skeleton thing and other spooky things
Oh I've been on this type ride many places. Lenape pk Jersey sure. Was prob too young to go on it
This has to be the cutest thing I have ever seen. Where was this, which Springfield? Ironic that I was born in '57 so these little kids are actually older than me, probably almost retired now.
rexracer nj It was apparently where the Kohl’s now is on Baltimore Pike.
Yes I used to go there when I was little in the early and mid 60s... it really was a brilliant idea for the time because of how easy it was to just go there and get on the rides without going through a bunch of hassles
Thank you Jonathan for everything! Here’s a little something for fun: th-cam.com/video/weNxkfGTSCI/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for posting. I went there in the 60s. I remember riding in the cars that rode on the track and the helicopter ride.
whaaat? where at in springfield? woulda loved this as a kid lol
Baltimore Pike, where Kohls is now.
Yeah my grandma used to go there, I always wanted to see what it looked like