1966 – Triodome, Hastings Embroidery – 2016???

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The Great Hastings Pier Beach Clean

On Friday 31^st October there will be a Beach clean-up,  to clean away the smaller bits of rubble and steal that has fallen off the pier.

If you are free and would like to help out or come to the hub at 10am,

It will finish at 12noon and you can head back to the hub for some hot chocolate/tea/coffee.

This event is for everyone so friends, children and grandchildren all welcome.

New Information Boards – why not view them on your way to The Hub to express your opinions on the Pier’s future direction………

Are you interested in finding out what events are being planned for when the pier re-opens? Do you have your own ideas to share with us?

Date: Tuesday 28th October
Time 2pm - 4pm
Location: The Hub

We would  like to hear your ideas and suggestions before the pier re-opens next year.

Drop in  to join the discussion, share your thoughts about the project’s development and enjoy some refreshments.

Moving along. . .

Construction update–October 2014

The jack-up barge has now successfully completed the scheduled operations and has left the Pier to move on to its next project in Jersey.

It was at the Pier for slightly less than the planned four weeks, despite there being three days when the crane could not be used because of the weather conditions.

During that time the crane was used to safely demolish the section of two storey building which was achieved without any further damage to the structure.  It was also used with a 3.5 tonne grab to remove a lot of the old steelwork that had fallen on to the sea bed.

The other major task that it was needed for was the replacement of the seven columns in the centre of the Ballroom that were destroyed by the storm on 5^th February.

These new columns are now in place with a bracing structure on top which will hold them in place until we are ready to install the new steelwork.

Now that the barge has gone and the steelwork replaced, we are able to continue with the demolition of the Ballroom.

This is a slow process as all the steel has to be cut up into manageable size and transported by trailer to the skips at the front of the Pier.  The masonry of the front section likewise has to be broken up and transported to the skips.

So far the demolition has gone well and is planned to be completed by early November; this will then signal the start of the next phase which is the replacement and repair of the steelwork and decking to the Pier Head.

Elsewhere on the Pier, work continues with the steelwork replacement and the new deck.

The new Pavilion roof is  on, with the zinc covering due to start at the end of the month.

English Heritage on HASTINGS PIER

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/get-involved/take-ownership/case-studies/hastings-pier

Site: Hastings Pier
Type: Victorian Pier
Location: Hastings, East Sussex
Owner: Hastings Pier Charity

Hastings Pier had suffered from years of private under-investment and damage from fire before it was rescued by Hastings Pier Charity and White Rock Trust.  Ownership was achieved by working in partnership with Hastings Borough Council to obtain a compulsory purchase order (CPO). Investment from charitable funders and community shares is enabling the repair of the Victorian structure to create a 'People's Pier'………………….

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Refurbishment of the pier is now under way and is due to open in the summer of 2015.  £8m of the project budget is being used to repair the ironwork substructure.  The previous layout of the pier was inflexible and over-developed, but the refurbished pier will include a new visitors' centre and a redeveloped pavilion, and will have more flexible outdoor space for visiting circuses, funfairs, festivals and open-air cinema events.  To ensure the pier is entirely self-funding, the Charity is developing partnerships with third-party organisations to create a dynamic and seasonal programme of events.

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The CEO of Hastings Pier Charity, Simon Opie, believes a key to the project's success has been to stay flexible and re-engineer the plan to respond to changing circumstances

Working hard on the pier

Under the Pier

Hello and greetings to today’s overseas visitors to the blog

14/10 @ 02:17 : San Juan, PR

14/10 @ 00:58 : Ireland, IE

13/10 @ 08:52 : Tel Aviv, IL

For those more local, the Jack-Up-Barge is possibly moving on – tomorrow at 4am!  But due to inclement weather so far this week, may  be later, Saturday?

Today is the 948th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings.

Wings over the Pier

Hastings Pier Acts of Parliament

• 1861 General Pier and Harbour Act to facilitate the Formation, Management, and Maintenance of Piers and Harbours in Great Britain and Ireland
• 1867 Act for the Construction of a Pier at Hastings (to be built within 3 years)
• 1871 Act for confirming certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the General Pier and Harbour Act 1861

      The 1871 Act enabled the following toll charges for Hastings Pier

• For every passenger or other person who shall land on the Company’s Pier from, or embark from it on board of, any Ship, Vessel, Packet or Passage boat for each and every Time any Sum not exceeding…. £0.0.6
• For every person who shall use the said Pier for the Purpose of walking for Exercise, Pleasure or any other Purpose, except for embarking or disembarking for each and every Time any Dum not exceeding…. £0.0.4
• For every Bath or Sedan Chair taken on the Pier, for each and every Time any Sum not exceeding…. £0.0.6
• For every Perambulator, for each and every Time any Sum not exceeding. £0.0.2
• There were additional rates for Passengers Luggage under and over 112 pounds weight.

• 1890 Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the General Pier and Harbour Act 1861 (Enabling landing stages)
• 1914 Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the General Pier and Harbour Act 1861 (Enabling widening of the Pier)
• 1937 Act to authorise Hastings Pier Company to raise additional capital and for other purposes
• 1960 Act to increase the powers of Hastings Pier Company and for other purposes
• In the late 1950s - nearly half a century after the 1910/11 work - the Pier Company directors realised that they had been acting without the necessary legal powers in erecting these, and all subsequent buildings.
• The original statute allowing the construction of the pier - the 1867 Hastings Pier Act - had only given permission for it to be used as a promenade, with a pavilion and pleasure boat facilities.
• A new act of Parliament had to be obtained in 1960 - the 1960 Hastings Pier Act - extending the company’s powers to cover all buildings, except the pavilion.

 

Update–Jack Up Barge will be around probably until Thursday–or later?

Have your say

Are you interested to find out what events are being planned for when the pier re-opens? Do you have your own ideas?
Date:               Tuesday 28th October
Time                2pm - 4pm
Location:        The Hub

As part of the Hastings Pier Learning Programme, we are developing lots of exciting activities for local community members, schools and visitors.

We have already piloted some of these and have received very valuable feedback.  However, we would also like to hear your own ideas and suggestions before the pier re-opens next year.

 
Drop in and have a chat with our evaluators Sonia and Susan, to join the discussion, share your thoughts about the project’s development and enjoy some refreshments.

(Did you know there used to be a camera obscura on the pier?)

It’s all in the casting

The old balustrade that was removed from the East side has been shot blasted, desalinated, repaired and had six coats of marine quality paint applied.  The West side has been removed and will receive the same treatment.  The process of recasting any damaged railings is being undertaken. (Due to cost these ornate railings will only be at The Front end of the pier).   Casting new sections of the 1915 balustrade is being done by a foundry in Ashford, for Mather and Smith, who are also doing the refurbishment of the balustrade.  This is being done in exactly the same way that was demonstrated at the chocolate engineering family events held in the Hub, the molten cast iron was poured into the sand lined mould.  (At the chocolate engineering event, the molten chocolate was poured into a mould of brown sugar.)

Say Farewell to the Jack Up Barge–probably 11th–12th October

The jack-up barge arrived on 18^th September and has been working continuously since then. The precarious slab on the East side of the Ballroom has been successfully demolished without any further damage to the structure.  The Jack Up Barge has now moved to the West side of the Pier where it is being used to re-instate the columns and beams that were destroyed in the February storm.  It is  not now going to be used for the Visitor Centre piles, so it should be finished by the 11^th/12^th October and will then be setting off to its next assignment in Jersey.

Surreal Pier Art

All lit up - and working all night!