Brighton pier damage

[Tomoki]

I´ve read in the world part of our local news paper that a 130m long part of a very old pier damaged last weekend.

I hope it´s not so bad, but I believe that this piers have a big meaning for you Brighton people.

I remember walking over the old wood bridge in Lucernce and when I heard 3 weeks later that it was destroyed by fire I was really shocked.

[wired]

i laughed a little bit about it... because they are wondering about that this old building broke down... but what other should a building do after 30 years standing around in the sea, without visitors...?

[c s]

apparently they claim it was to be fixed in 2003...

[invisibleplanet]

although the townsfolk and historians of Brighton loved the pier, it was the neglect of the town council (against the wishes and concerns of the people) which allowed this historic building to fall into decrepitude.

I wonder if this method of making cast iron pillars in lost as a craft in Britain. ....Only last month, Iron Working Machinery dating back to the 18th and 19th Century was dismantled piece by piece and sold to be re-assembled at an iron foundry in india. The site where the Foundry was in operation (until earlier this year) had worked Iron there since a thousand years.

I would find it interesting to see a modern structure to take the place of the pier. An 130m arm which extended out over the sea, which enables people to fish, walk and talk over the sea and hold concerts/exhibitions would be so cool. Something which resembled a Blackpool Pier would probably NOT be cool *g* (ie PVC double glazing and slot machines)

I don't think to rebuild on traditional lines is a good idea

[Lady E]

we are going to have a look at it now and get a bit of pier to keep

its typical theyve been failing to sort it out for years

[grobelaar]

No its a cunning plan on the part of the redevelopers. The old pier was going to be refurbished this year, but I ask you - look at it, the first thing anyone is going to have to do is demolish the fucker and start again from scratch (I for one certainly wouldn't relish the task of removing the decades of seagull shit, which might be the only thing holding the pier together anyway), which I'll hazard a guess is going to be rather expensive, probably double the price of building a new one...

So, why not wait until the old one falls apart and is washed up onto the beach - for local collection - much cheaper, 'specially if someone nips out every so often and loosen a few key supports and vital nuts...

[owain_k]

May be the local council thought the 'rustic' look was more of an attraction to tourists as opposed to having a fully functional pier !

Granted, the bill for cleaning up seagull poo must be rather extortionate...