From the January Newsletter

Looking forward into 2015  - See Newsletter

We hope you had a great Christmas and wish you a very Happy New Year. We will be keeping our fingers crossed that the stormy weather prevalent at this time last year does not make a seasonal return. The damage the Pier sustained in the storm of February 5th 2014 has now been repaired but the costs of this work have topped £1million - which of course is a huge sum and a great deal of additional, unplanned construction activity. We hope that such a major disruption will not be repeated.
The first quarter of 2015 is a critical time for the development of the new Pier. This phase of the construction work is technically demanding, since it involves the construction of a new support structure for the visitor centre building, and therefore crucial to the timing of when the pier can reopen. We will of course keep you up to date on how these works are progressing and what that means for the all-important question of what will be the opening date for the Pier.
In the meantime we continue to work on the Heritage Interpretation that will form an important attraction for visitors once the pier is up and running. Our digital archive is coming on well and we have a great number of really interesting and unusual 'objects' that will enable us to bring the Pier's incredible story to life. We thank everyone who has so far been kind enough to bring in their treasured memorabilia for us to digitise. Going forwards, we will be looking to capture important memories too and will soon be setting up a recording booth in the Hub to record oral histories for the enjoyment of future generations.
Finally we thank you for your interest in the work of restoring the Pier and we look forward to updating you regularly over the coming months.
Simon Opie.

The Hub will be opening again from Wednesday 14th January.