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Old 07-10-2010, 07:20 AM
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Originally Posted by SilverSurfer View Post
If it were like Eastbourne or Brighton Pier I would of been sad to see it in flames. But it was never a patch on them and always neglected by it's owners. And ironically one of the only ones you had to pay to get on.

Another council failing, much like the White Rock Baths (before it was turned into an icerink), the Memorial clock (hmm.... this went up in flames too), the Bathing Pool and the Burton arch (demolished by the council overnight, to prevent outrage). But hey...we get a new Asda for Christmas.

I can't see the Pier being back in use in my lifetime before or after the fire. Everything in Hastings takes decades to get through the Red Tape.
They play so much on tourism, but have little investment, yet it's one of the most expensive places to park on the south coast.



The Hastings Borough Councilors are a bunch of tossers.

The trouble has been that who has ever owned the pier has never put any money back into it.
Unlike the owners of Eastbourne and Brighton piers.
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