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Eastbourne pier is on fire
- Thread starter gjh1971
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Gregory2Smith1
J'les aurai!
as bad as the images look,I suspect the fire damage is superficial,the main metal stucture should still be unaffected due to the rapid response
Billy Seagull
Bookie Basher
- Jul 5, 2003
- 1,445
Here's a video my wife took earlier.
wakeytom
New member
The man who will say anything to get on the front pages, pinch of salt etc
niknokseagull
Give us a biscuit
Very much hope it is snuffed out before it reaches the pier end. The big building at the end still houses the old theatre.
Used to work on the pier for a long summer back in the 90's (days of the Balloon Factory, Channel Bar (Chris Mannion playing his enormous organ for the old bids) and The Roxy (as it was back then)).
You could climb up into a loft in the Channel Bar into the large roof space and all the theatre circle seating was still in place. Assume it's still all there. All this was sitting right above the nightclub. Like a hidden treasure from a world since forgotten. Ahhhhhh.
Used to work on the pier for a long summer back in the 90's (days of the Balloon Factory, Channel Bar (Chris Mannion playing his enormous organ for the old bids) and The Roxy (as it was back then)).
You could climb up into a loft in the Channel Bar into the large roof space and all the theatre circle seating was still in place. Assume it's still all there. All this was sitting right above the nightclub. Like a hidden treasure from a world since forgotten. Ahhhhhh.
symyjym
Banned
Still lots of it left though, it is superficial not structural damage and the building looks fairly simple to reconstruct.
Looks a bit like a scaled down Hindenburg disaster.
Billy Seagull
Bookie Basher
- Jul 5, 2003
- 1,445
A confused seagull.....
Hyperion
New member
- Nov 1, 2010
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BrianWade4
Well-known member
Gutted. Spent most of my childhood on that pier
Ziggys nightclub will be missed
Ziggys nightclub will be missed
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
yes i think it is sadly
Monkey Man
Your support is not that great
Ziggy's was in Terminus Road. You're thinking of Atlantis/The Roxy, and that bit seems to be fine.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 36,021
did he really? quick to call round the fire brigade, the investigators, the owners, the insurers, the structrual engineers, the builders and everyone to that assured comment, wasnt he?
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
They clearly need to review their door policy.
Bobby's Gull
DAFT Bint
Wasn't it called The Showbar at one point as well? Or is that somewhere else?
happypig
Staring at the rude boys
It depends what condition the ironwork is in; that was the problem with Hastings pier - when the engineers had a good look they found a lot of it was rusted to f..k
Monkey Man
Your support is not that great
Yes, there was a Showbar, but I think that may have been the space right at the back of the pier, up the wooden steps - separate from the main nightclub.
Gregory2Smith1
J'les aurai!
could be the case,I don't know
you'd thought in this day & age of H&S,they'ed be some sort of periodical check on these things
Given the intensity and the duration of the fire I'd be surprised if the damage is superficial. The tops of the iron supports and associated fixings will have been subjected to massive radiated heat - well in excess of 1000 degrees - followed by rapid cooling from the fire hoses. It may well be that many of the supports in the area affected by the fire will need to be replaced.
VAL1850
Well-known member
Yes - Dixieland Showbar