Bass Hill was one of the last surving drive-in cinemas in Sydney until it closed in 2007. Luckily, I managed to snap this photo before it was demolished a few months ago to redevelop the site into a large residential estate. Drive-in cinemas were very popular in Australia in the 1950s and 1960s. Their popularity declined in the 1980s, as video cassete recorders and tapes increased in popularity. I have some fond memories of my parents taking me to the drive-in at Matraville, as a child back in the 1970s. The only drive-in still open in Sydney is at Blacktown.
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Thursday, January 22, 2009
Bass Hill drive-in
Bass Hill was one of the last surving drive-in cinemas in Sydney until it closed in 2007. Luckily, I managed to snap this photo before it was demolished a few months ago to redevelop the site into a large residential estate. Drive-in cinemas were very popular in Australia in the 1950s and 1960s. Their popularity declined in the 1980s, as video cassete recorders and tapes increased in popularity. I have some fond memories of my parents taking me to the drive-in at Matraville, as a child back in the 1970s. The only drive-in still open in Sydney is at Blacktown.
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