Last, last chance to buy a piece of Brighton's West Pier (From The Argus)
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Last, last chance to buy a piece of Brighton's West Pier
11:24am Tuesday 2nd October 2012 in News
A final sale of fragments of a historic monument was so successful that organisers are hosting a final, final sale.
The West Pier Trust sale of original cast iron pieces of the West Pier that were cleared in preparation for the i360 was held on Sunday but its success has encouraged organisers to hold one more. The sale will be held between 9.30am and noon on Sunday in the pier compound.
For information email rachel@westpier.co.uk or phone 01273 321499.
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F in L
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12:47pm Tue 2 Oct 12
PorkBoat
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2:12pm Tue 2 Oct 12
Tallywhacker
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2:15pm Tue 2 Oct 12
Roundbill
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3:33pm Tue 2 Oct 12
mustaphaLeeko
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4:19pm Tue 2 Oct 12
Oh yes, we found a few more bits, wanna buy them?
NO! Now bog off, and I mean bog off, not BOGOFF, lol!
Sussex jim
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8:34pm Tue 2 Oct 12
I told him that I had sold this piece of "genuine Goldstone turf" on many occasions.
John Steed
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10:20pm Tue 2 Oct 12
PorkBoat wrote:the trustees have done a magnificant job in overseeing the destruction of the west pier now they are happily disposing of the evidence, anyone who believes they ever had any intrest in restoring the pier can now be sure that it was just a ploy to destroy it. a total bunch of nero's
So how will they "rebuild the West Pier" if they've sold off all the bits? Oh yeah, I forgot, this was never about "rebuilding the West Pier" it was about stealing £14 million from the council tax payers, by using fraudulent figures, for a project that will never make any money. When will you investigate this white elephant, Argus? Here's a political and financial scandal involving fraud at a high level and on a massive scale, perpetrated right under your noses, and you haven't even questioned it? Sickening. And you call yourself a "newspaper"?
John Steed
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10:24pm Tue 2 Oct 12
funkyyoyo
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1:54am Wed 3 Oct 12
davidbrianjones
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1:41pm Wed 3 Oct 12
I enjoyed a Cola AND a Fanta from the little cafe just inside the entrance, (in wonderful sunshine) and made sure I was the last person on the pier just before they closed the gate. I was around 12 years old. And a bit sad.
I was also pictured on the front page of the Argus dressed as a Victorian boy together with my mother, Joy Jones dressed as an old Victorian lady, Judy Cornwall and Sir John Mills.
As one who has always tried to support the cause, may I ask the Argus to clear up the big question as to whether there are any plans remaining to restore the Pier?
Please don't laugh - many historic piers on the continent have been beautifully rebuilt in Victorian style.
The proceeds from the new i360 were intended for the rebuild of the pier. Now public money is being spent, but everyone seems to be keeping quiet .The West Pier Trust now avoids mentioning the subject, and only speaks of restoring "one of the rotunda kiosks" and placing this on the promenade.
I know that "this is Britain", but is it really necessary to give up so easily?? Please clear up the situation dear ARGUS:
Crystal Ball says...
12:20pm Tue 2 Oct 12