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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southend_Pier
On 9 October 2005 a fire severely damaged much of the Old Pier Head including the railway station, pub, shell shop, snack bar and ice cream shop.[6]
Much of the wooden planking was destroyed, but the main iron structure was largely undamaged. Heat from the fire was so intense that the Pier Railway tracks buckled and trains can now only run to about 15m short of the old station.
The fire was thought to have started in the pub at around 10:45pm, but due to the location and the damage (several buildings collapsed into the water) the cause has not been formally determined, although it is being treated as an accident.[7] No one was injured, but firefighters encountered difficulties extinguishing the blaze as pumps installed on the pier were rendered ineffective by the low tide. The Southend lifeboat was deployed to transport the first firefighters to the scene.
The pier reopened to the public on 1 December and in 2007 was voted Pier of the Year.[8]
The pierhead station was destroyed in the blaze, so a replacement with two platforms was constructed to take the pier trains as close as possible to the area where the blaze took place. Access to the pierhead, RNLI gift shop and boathouse is available by walking past the temporary toilets. The pleasure steamers Waverley and Kingswear Castle can again call at the pierhead, and autumn 2006 saw the tall ship Kershones visit again.
Shortly after the fire, pieces of charred pier planking turned up for sale on eBay with the proceeds apparently going to the RNLI
seems to be one every few years
and my m8 in the fire brigade said they made
a fortune from all the coins out of the fruitees
they found under the pier
On 9 October 2005 a fire severely damaged much of the Old Pier Head including the railway station, pub, shell shop, snack bar and ice cream shop.[6]
Much of the wooden planking was destroyed, but the main iron structure was largely undamaged. Heat from the fire was so intense that the Pier Railway tracks buckled and trains can now only run to about 15m short of the old station.
The fire was thought to have started in the pub at around 10:45pm, but due to the location and the damage (several buildings collapsed into the water) the cause has not been formally determined, although it is being treated as an accident.[7] No one was injured, but firefighters encountered difficulties extinguishing the blaze as pumps installed on the pier were rendered ineffective by the low tide. The Southend lifeboat was deployed to transport the first firefighters to the scene.
The pier reopened to the public on 1 December and in 2007 was voted Pier of the Year.[8]
The pierhead station was destroyed in the blaze, so a replacement with two platforms was constructed to take the pier trains as close as possible to the area where the blaze took place. Access to the pierhead, RNLI gift shop and boathouse is available by walking past the temporary toilets. The pleasure steamers Waverley and Kingswear Castle can again call at the pierhead, and autumn 2006 saw the tall ship Kershones visit again.
Shortly after the fire, pieces of charred pier planking turned up for sale on eBay with the proceeds apparently going to the RNLI
seems to be one every few years
and my m8 in the fire brigade said they made
a fortune from all the coins out of the fruitees
they found under the pier
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