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After the Brighton one going down 7 years ago, that's now another one East of us.
Someone said the mood in the town is very, very low today and people shocked.
Apparantly the two idiots set the fire and stood back to watch. Incredibly they retreated with their backs 'facing out' to sea and when it took hold, had no option but to jump in the sea. Hence their easy capture.
I think the offshore investment company. who owned the pier refused to have any more than the minimum security, CCTV, fire precautions or systems, purely for insurance purposes. They shall be expecting a nice payout.
Someone said the mood in the town is very, very low today and people shocked.
Apparantly the two idiots set the fire and stood back to watch. Incredibly they retreated with their backs 'facing out' to sea and when it took hold, had no option but to jump in the sea. Hence their easy capture.
I think the offshore investment company. who owned the pier refused to have any more than the minimum security, CCTV, fire precautions or systems, purely for insurance purposes. They shall be expecting a nice payout.
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On the bright side my company do a lot of pier work and under water structures, so we may get the job of desigining the new one.
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If they plan a new one.
I quite like looking at the old burned and damaged pier in Brighton. Looks kind of spooky and cool and whatever. |
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In fact the old damaged one looks quite beautiful with a nice sunset. The one that is still alive and kicking just looks trashy.
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Been loads of pier fires in the last 10 years. Wonder what's behind it?
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Petrol and matches?
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Truste me, there won't be a new one.
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Just don't trust my spelling of trust!
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Verily we will, truste me.
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Incidentally Poppy, Ravenclaw don't own the pier any more. Hastings Council bought it off them earlier this year with a compulsory purchase order.
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Hold that thought!
I've just been told that the purchase order may not have been finalised yet. If that's the case then your suggestion of a nice insurance payout is probably correct. |
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My favourite pier at Southend has had so many fires i'm surprised they can get insurance .
Usually caused my careless smokers after a hot summer . |
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may I suggest a pier in the shape of a figure 8.
Why do all the piers have to be in a straight line ? |
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....then how would you meet your truelove at the end of the pier?
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EASTBOURNE ROCKS
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Wouldnt a nightwatchman have been a good idea?
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Probably, but
a) there's no-one to pay him b) he wouldn't be allowed on the pier |
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Couldnt they just have torched the rest of Hastings as well?
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Certain parts of Hastings are really nice, but I agree that there are quite a few areas which could do with being razed to the ground and starting again. Farley Bank springs to mind! And most of St Leonard's.
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was he suffering from pier pressure ?
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they rebuilt the one at Weston Super Mare in two years after a major fire, and it looks really good now. So chin up Hastings. Also 800 new jobs just announced for the town.
On a lighter note from the Daily Mash - The Victorian pleasure jetty caught fire early yesterday forcing a succession of Sky News presenters to ask middle aged men in bow ties and tweed jackets about Punch and Judy, fish and chips and a simpler, more innocent age where your could call someone a picáninny without being arrested by some dirty great lesb1an h0mo. Roy Hobbs, 82, from Bexhill, said: "I remember when I was a nipper and my old dad would take us down to the pier on a Saturday morning. We'd buy an ice cream cone from a picáninny and then have a ride on the waltzers. And then I'd try to set fire to the whole fúcking place." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/hastings-pier-symbolic-of-something-201010063140/ |
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man of many moods
Certain parts of Hastings are really nice, but I agree that there are quite a few areas which could do with being razed to the ground and starting again. Farley Bank springs to mind! And most of St Leonard's. add malvern way and hollington to the above list |
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PEOPLE IN HASTINGS ARE JUST PARANOID ABOUT THE NORMANS LANDING.
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The Normans didn't land at Hastings.
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Troops were ready on Senlac Hill
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Only 7 days to the 944th anniversary!
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I'll rush the 180 miles down to Pevensey and enjoy the party.
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man of many moods 05 Oct 10 17:59
Trust me, there won't be a new one. Looks like I was wrong. My assertion was based on knowing that there was no way Hastings Borough Council would fork out any money to restore it. Looks like it's being funded by lottery money. So that's a bit of good news and I'm more than happy to be wrong on this occasion. . http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-14307178 |
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HASTINGS ROCKS
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Brighton, Hastings, Eastbourne, going down one by one along the south coast is a bit strange
wur 05 Oct 10 17:19 Joined: 25 Aug 03 | Topic/replies: 4,387 | Blogger: wur's blog Been loads of pier fires in the last 10 years. Wonder what's behind it? good question |
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Electrical fault attributed to Eastbourne.
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another claim form been requested as the first one was burnt in the fire .
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