Twinkle Star Drive-In
US 92 & Dairy Road,
Auburndale,
FL
33823
US 92 & Dairy Road,
Auburndale,
FL
33823
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Approx. location for this drive-in was just north of Charlotte Rd & Old Winter Haven Rd. Dairy is north of Hwy 92, drive-in was SE of the highway.
I’ve confirmed with Judy Crews, a lady who has worked in drive-in theatres since 1958, that the Twinkle Star was indeed on the corner of 92 & Dairy Road. She said it’s still a vacant lot, and the ramps are still visable.
It parked 190 cars and was owned by Talgar theatre co,Out of Lakeland. Flordia.B.B.Garner,president,Mamie Newman was the booker.
Great! 3084 US 92.
Okay, so now the Dale Drive-In on the West side of town needs to be added by someone. The one on Neptune drive where the Walmart is now.
Here is a 1957 aerial photo of the drive-in, courtesy of Earth Explorer and USGS.
The theater appears to have been operating until at least 1959. One newspaper ad I found leads me to believe it was at the northwest corner of US 92 and Dairy Road. This makes sense, too, as this area has historically been the black side of town.
Another Walmart!
That’s the Dale Drive-in, which was Auburndale’s white drive-in. I don’t think the Twinkle Star made it very far into the 60s, if at all.
1994 Imagery on Google Earth shows a big drive-In right where the Wal Mart is at 92 and Berkley Rd.
I don’t know the crossroad, but I highly doubt anything is left. Fifty years' time has really changed a lot of Central Florida, even in sleepy, time-warpy Auburndale.
Does anyone know the crossroad or if any remains of the drive-in are left?