Brighton was famous at the turn of the last century for the Palace and West Piers after the old Chain Pier was destroyed by a storm in 1896.

But less than four miles away at Rottingdean another pier was built in that same year and proved popular with locals including Rudyard Kipling who used to fish there.

The pier, 300 feet long and 20 feet wide, was built as the terminus of Magnus Volk’s extraordinary railway in the sea known by its nickname of Daddy Long Legs.

People wishing to make the slow journey to Brighton had to walk on to the pier and go down steps to the landing stage before boarding the car on stilts called Pioneer.

The Volk’s railway ended when groynes were extended to protect the coast and the pier was demolished in 1910 after only 14 years.