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cathyml Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa | quotePosted at 18:24 on 6th October 2010 Maybe we could ensure that there are photos of those piers on POE. |
Paul Hilton  Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 21:41 on 6th October 2010 I think there's about 55 piers in Britain still in everyday use. Many years ago, I had to walk from Hastings pier to the other end of the seafront to the Hastings College of Further Education; which had also meant getting up at 5 to make it to the college by 9 by bus, then home just after 10 on my day release scheme. |
| cathyml Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa | quotePosted at 21:47 on 6th October 2010 Were all those piers from the Victorian era or earlier Paul?? Or have they been built more recently? |
Ted Posts: 733 Joined: 14th Jan 2009 Location: Netherlands | quotePosted at 22:10 on 6th October 2010 Take a look at this web site http://www.theheritagetrail.co.uk/alpha_lists/pierlist.htm Edited by: cathyml at:6th October 2010 22:14 |
| cathyml Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa | quotePosted at 22:17 on 6th October 2010 That's a useful list to check if we have pictures of those piers, thanks Ted |
| Paul Hilton Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 22:32 on 6th October 2010 It does seem most of them were built in the 19th century and into the early 20th century. Hastings pier in 1872 seems recent compared to Peter's Southend pier of 1830. I suspect the advent of the railways had some connection with pier building, as they allowed people to go to the seaside in greater numbers than previously, as seaside holiday towns began to cater to these new arrivals to theie towns. Does the electric railway--the world's oldest---at Hythe, Hampshire that takes you out to catch the Southampton ferry count as a pier along which it runs ? |
| Paul Hilton Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 22:43 on 6th October 2010 Weston Super Mare's Birnbeck Pier is the only one that joins onto an island. But Weston's Grand Pier further south, is the one usually thought of regarding Weston; nearer the town centre and large sandy beach.  Picture by Paul Hilton
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| Ted Posts: 733 Joined: 14th Jan 2009 Location: Netherlands | quotePosted at 22:47 on 6th October 2010 Where I live, in Scheveningen (try to pronounce that with out twisting your tongue) we also have a Pier. The old one was build in 1901 and destroyed by the Germans in 1943. They were afraid that it could be used as a landing platform by the allied forces. A new one was build in 1961. almost 50 years later it is in not so good condition. (a picture of this pier is on the postcard I sent to you last week Cathy) Edited by: Ted at:6th October 2010 22:49 |
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