Benchmark status for Hastings Pier (the peerless one!)

“Mr. Reis said tens of thousands of people had seen that communities can save piers through the excellent BBC 2 documentary last week, The End of the Pier Show, which featured the rescue of Hastings Pier by its local communiy with a trust upon which South Parade Trust is modelled. “It took the Hastings Pier Trust about six years to acquire and start repairing their pier. With their help, we hope we will do the same in less than three years,” he said. The programme also featured Jess Steele, who was the Treasurer of the successful Hastings Trust when it won an £11.4m lottery grant. Jess is an integral adviser to South Parade Trust”
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