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Offline Man of Kent1

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Re: Hastings Pier
« Reply #15 on: August 15, 2013, 12:22:27 pm »
Excellent news, cliveh - about time, too.  I might yet re-live my boyhood capers on Hastings Pier!
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« Reply #16 on: April 10, 2014, 23:45:39 pm »
The Pier Today
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Re: Hastings Pier
« Reply #17 on: February 02, 2017, 10:35:21 am »
FIRE ON HASTINGS PIER.  The spacious pavilion at the sea end of Hastings Pier was destroyed by fire on Sunday. The fire is supposed to have been caused by a dropped cigarette, a strong wind blowing at the time. The new bandstand, new promenade extension and shelters, and the tea-rooms were not damaged, and the band was playing as usual on Sunday night.

Abergavenny Chronicle 20/7/1917
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Re: Hastings Pier
« Reply #18 on: October 21, 2023, 16:03:51 pm »
As this topic is, at present, a story without an end, I trust that you'll forgive me the cardinal sin of quoting from wikipedia in order to supply that end.

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Pier re-opening

In August 2013, a compulsory purchase order was enacted and the pier was returned to local ownership which enabled a £14m renovation project to go forward. The work was completed in early 2016, and the pier was reopened to the public on 27 April 2016.

Since re-opening, the pier has won the National Piers Society's "Pier of the Year" award in 2017, with Worthing Pier and Llandudno Pier in second and third place.

The redeveloped pier was awarded the 2017 Stirling Prize for architecture, considered to be the most prestigious architecture award in the United Kingdom.

The organisation running the pier went into administration in November 2017, leaving the future of the pier uncertain.

Hastings Pier was purchased on 15 June 2018 by controversial local businessman Abid Gulzar, who also owns Eastbourne Pier. The pier re-opened on 25 July 2018. The pier closed in December 2018 and re-opened on 1 April 2019.
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Re: Hastings Pier
« Reply #19 on: October 21, 2023, 16:20:44 pm »
The company has now insolvent according to BBC news a couple of days back. Mr Gulzar says it wil survive
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« Reply #20 on: October 21, 2023, 17:52:19 pm »
As I understand matters, it is the company which operates the pier that is in liquidation, whereas the pier is owned by Mr Gulzar. Presumably there is a management agreement or suchlike between the parties, which the liquidator of the company may seek to terminate.
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