Last raft of dates (for now)

1972. Gary Glitter appeared on the pier in 1972.

1972. -Hastings Pier celebrated its 100th birthday on August 5 1972.

1976: The Department of the Environment lists the pier as a building of special architectural and historical interest.  Awarded Grade II listed status

1978. For the year ended 31st March 1978 the Hastings Pier Company made a net profit of £9,761 – a reduction of £147 compared with the previous year.

1982: The pier celebrates its 110th birthday.

1982. The pier celebrated its 110th birthday - To celebrate the piers 110th birthday the Pub on the Pier sold ales, spirits, and fortified wines at the original 1872 prices.

1982. Over 1 million visitors were recorded

1983. Humberglow Ltd paid £196,000 to acquire the Hastings Pier Company. In the same year, storms caused £100,000 of damage.

1983. Peter Fisher took over the pier with Mr John Shrive. 185 stockholders were advised to take the £3.25 offer for each unit of stock because of the heavy maintenance costs.

1983. Severe storms damaged the pier. Winds whipped a dome from the top of the halfpenny arcade and it smashed down on another section, shattering a roof, destroying a suntrap and flattening iron railings.

1983 April - Hastings Pier was bought for £195,000 by two local amusements operators from the company that had owned it since it was built in 1872.

1985. A British light – middleweight boxing title fight took place on the pier.

1987 – Pier damaged in the 1987 storm

1993 – Storm causes £100,000 worth of damage

1996. The pier went on sale for £3.5 million in 1996.

1999. On Wednesday October 13 1999 the pier was closed down.

2000: The pier stands derelict until August when it is purchased by Mundial Invest S.A.

2001: Hastings Pier changes hands yet again. This time to Ravenclaw Investments Inc. Ravenclaw is a sister company of Mundial Invest S.A. Pier re-opened

2006. HBC closes main part of pier due to safety reasons

2006. The pier tenants struggled through October to keep their businesses going, but finally gave up on Halloween. The pier closed completely from 1 November 2006.

2006. , Hastings Council helped Stylus come to an agreed safety plan with Hastings Magistrates, and it reopened its part of the pier in July 2007. Stylus invested substantially in making its bingo club, bar and amusements attractive, which gave momentum to the public support for preserving the pier.

2008. The Hastings Pier and White Rock Trust (HPWRT) was officially registered on 1 February 2008

2008. 11 March, a gale damaged the seaward end of the pier, with two upright columns breaking away from their support. There were fears that this could be the ‘beginning of the end’ for the pier, and there was further minor damage over the following five months.

2008. The pier finally closed completely on Sunday 31 August 2008

2008. Heritage Lottery Fund for £2 million was turned down in early December

2009. Saturday 17 October the trust held a march from the pier to the town centre, with two thousand people taking part.

2010. Disaster struck Hastings Pier early in the morning of Tuesday 5 October 2010, when about 95% of the buildings and most of the decking were destroyed in a massive blaze.

2011. de Rijke Marsh Morgan are announced in January as the winners of the competition to select an architect for the redevelopment of Hastings Pier.

2011. - Saturday 12th March for the Party on the Prom held to celebrate Hastings Pier and to help plan for its future. Residents were given the chance to speak to the architects, dRMM, and say what they wanted the new structure to look like when it is rebuilt.

2012. Only one letter of objection to the compulsory purchase of Hastings Pier was received, the borough council says it's not someone from Hastings and more significantly it's not the current owner of the pier.   (May 2012)

2012. Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) awards a grant of £11.4 million

2013 – HPWRT (Hastings Pier & White Rock Trust) hand over to Hastings Pier Charity

2013. 30 Mar -Jo Brand Stands Up For Hasting's Pier - A Night of Stand Up Comedy from Bafta Award Winner Jo Brand, plus support from Angela Barnes, Quincy and Doon Mackichan

2014. Share offer closed 5th April, having raised over £590,000 (target £500,000)

2014. September – Jack Up Barge arrives to assist in dismantling the ballroom

Story of the pier at http://www.hastingschronicle.net/hastingsPier.html