on the news started about 7am and is now no more ! was only looking at it yesterday and been on it hundreds of times.

 

it was built in 1900 and was 108 years old ! :cry:

Just watching it on the news now, never been there, but its still a bit sad.

we started this trend.....(west pier, brighton):p:mac1:

well weston also had a fire in 1930:tongue:

got that beat....chain pier Brighton...October 1833 when the pier itself was struck by lightning resulting in a disastrous fire

got that beat....chain pier Brighton...October 1833 when the pier itself was struck by lightning resulting in a disastrous fire

 

:rant: :rofl:

I do like an open fire to sit around on the beach

i remember you showing me and tig that at 5 in the morning!:D

 

dan.

i remember you showing me and tig that at 5 in the morning!:D

 

dan.

 

5 in the morning :eek:

Edited July 28, 200817 yr by Yowser

Damn!! And I was looking forward to having a bash on that new go-karty thingamy-jiggy there!

Damn!! And I was looking forward to having a bash on that new go-karty thingamy-jiggy there!

 

i didnt even think the new karts were open yet !

:eek::eek:

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/7528165.stm

I remember when I was at Brighton, the old pier looked so Eerie!

Damn! :(

 

Watched it on sky news this morning, so sad to see it go up as quick as it did :(

 

We've only just come back from Brean which all you W.S.M. locals know is only a handfull of miles from Weston Pier.

 

:(:(:(:(

i didnt even think the new karts were open yet !

 

I don't reckon they will be for a while now!

Thats really sad, i remember going on it when i was a little kid, there goes my local pier :cry: :(

Thats really sad, i remember going on it when i was a little kid, there goes my local pier :cry: :(

 

 

Its going to be re-built :)

the best pic of it was in one of the papers i was reading at work where the pier was on fire in the background and in the foreground there was a donkey pulling a fireman sam engine behind it

some great songs over they years

 

Burn baby burn

Y