bryangb ([info]bryangb) wrote,
@ 2008-07-28 09:07:00
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Current mood: sad

The end of the pier
The news from Weston-super-Mare this morning is dreadful - the town's landmark Grand Pier is ablaze, and looks unlikely to survive.

A grand reopening had been planned for the August bank holiday Monday; there's no way that can take place now.

While I've not been to Weston in years, and not been on the pier for even longer, I remember it well - when I was a kid I'd sometimes play under the pier (at low tide!), hunting for crabs and lost coins in the rock pools.

I really hope the fire can be brought under control; if it can't, then well, all things have their time. It is so sad to watch though.


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[info]psychedk
2008-07-28 08:38 am UTC (link)
What a horrible fire! Was it an old amusement park? What a shame that is.

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[info]bryangb
2008-07-28 08:45 am UTC (link)
Seaside piers were mostly built in the 1800s and yes, they typically had amusements at the end - this one had a theatre, an amusement arcade and all sorts of other stuff there.

You can see it - before the fire - on Google Maps here.

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