Adopt A Plank Plaques Appearing on The Pier

Not all the plaques are yet in place, but the ones that are can be found on the Eastern side of the Pier beneath the “old” balustrade

Cold fingers worked busily a day–and the buntings up!

In January 2016 schools and youth groups from Hastings, St Leonards and the local area were invited to take part in the creation of celebration bunting inspired by the history of The Pier.  Over 6,000 children took part, each creating their own piece of bunting.

The Opening of the Pier

The Southeastern Advertiser, Saturday August 10, 1872
By this time the fact that Hastings has a Pier, and that the magnificent structure was formally opened by Lord Granville on Monday last, has been read by hundreds of thousand of people throughout the United Kingdom.  The daily press has been good enough to proclacim the important fact for us from one end of the kingdomt to the other, and by and bye [sic] the mails will carry to all parts - even to the bright and sunny land from which came the copper-coloured princes who graced the proceedings on Monday - the news, to make the pun which seems to be running riot from the mouths of us all, Lord Granville to the smallest urchin in our streets, that Hastings is no longer a pierless watering place.  This is not the place in which to attempt to cast the horoscope of the new Pier, and indeed, if it were, one would scarcely be disposed to take the position of the stars, or, in other words, the unfavourable character of the elements, at the time of what we may call its birth on Monday last, as an omen of the future…………If we had been but fortunate in getting a fine day, Monday would stand out as the brightest red-letter day in our annal -  a day which could fairly rank in importance with that on which the fact that we were one of the best drained towns in the kingdom trumpeted forth to the world.  ………………………….The weather-wise proved, unfortunately, to be anything but false prophets.  ……..  We could scarcely credit that all those elaborate preparations for rejoicing would be lost, that the bunting which floated so gaily from windows and from line across th thoroughfares, that the two hundred flagts which were so tasetefully arranged around the structure which was to be the great scene of action to-dfay, that the decorations which met one's eye here, there and everywhere, that all would positively only add to the general depression instead of lending an inspiring air to the scene……….  But at about ten o'clock the threatening rain came at last.  The sullen, wretched clouds, that had been lowering gloomily over us all the morning opened upon us, and down came the rain like a miniature deluge.

At ten o’clock we had lovely weather, but in the afternooon……..

A fine morning for the soft opening………

 

The Pier is open!

First person to ride the Carousel after the gates opened at 10 AM.  (Suspect the boy in the tartan trousers may have been on it beforehand!)

Opening Wednesday 27th April 2016. Hastings Pier Charity is proud to present a new, unique pier for the 21st Century.

VINTAGE FUNFAIR

Presented by: Funtime Rides

Wednesday April 27th - Thursday July 28th

from 10:00am

Come and experience all the fun of the fair on Hastings Pier! Funtime Rides' Vintage Funfair will offer lots of fun and games for adults and children alike. The centrepiece to this event is the beautiful Traditional Carousel.

Meet the boy in tartan trousers who came back from Iraq to help to save Hastings Pier.

http://digital-memory.hpcharity.co.uk/content/catalogue_item/boy-tartan-trousers

He’s the one in the pushchair!

New website for Hastings Pier– check out the digital memories

http://hastingspier.org.uk/ 

(old url will find it)

Whirligigs galore!

 

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Road to the Sea

HAPPY MONDAYS and LEVELLERS are to perform on Hastings Pier this September!

Tickets will go on general sale on Friday

LINE UP:
SATURDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 2016
HAPPY MONDAYS – perform ‘Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches’ in full (25th anniversary) + greatest hits
THE ORB – perform ‘Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld’ in full (25th anniversary)
FORMATION
+ MORE

SUNDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER 2016
LEVELLERS – perform ‘Levelling the Land’ in full (25th anniversary) + greatest hits
TURIN BRAKES
FEROCIOUS DOG
+ MORE

Electric Palace - See rare footage of Joe Strummer on Hastings Pier, as part of Strummerville-on-Sea event

 

The Electric Palace will host a special screeningof Joe Strummer’s own film ‘Hell W10’ on Saturday 23 April, 3pm, as part of a special fundraising Hastings event run by the Joe Strummer Foundation.

Footage of one of Strummer's final live performances, on Hastings Pier, will also be on show.

Proceeds from the event will go to local project Make Waves, which has supported thousands of young local people to become musicians.

http://www.electricpalacecinema.com/strummerville.html

JIG - Dancing on Hastings Pier, 12.30pm Sunday, 1st May

Dancing on the newly opened Pier - join Hastings' Morris dancers and visiting sides between 12.30pm and 2pm

View from the Pier

Fun on the Pier

dRMM–The Architects –

Our approach was simple: to develop the project with the people of Hastings through a series of participation events and workshops.

We discovered a community that was individualistic and eclectic but with a proud shared identity embodied in the pier. 
Following the consultation period, we created a stable platform structure which is sustainable and flexible and serves to accommodate a broad range of future uses.

In all our cultural projects we look to involve the public as much as possible, and from its inception we have tried to give the people of Hastings the lead in the redevelopment of their much-loved Pier.

The new structure is one that we trust the Victorian forefathers would embrace: Pier as engineering spectacle in close connection with the sea, but also as an on-going project, reinventing itself for each successive generation.

St Lubbock’s Day, Monday 5 August 1872

The brand new Hastings Pier was formally opened by the Earl of Granville, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, on a very wet and windy Monday 5 August 1872.

There was heavy rain and strong winds for much of the day.  Gun salutes were fired from the pier-head and by Thomas Brassey MP’s yacht Eothen, lying close by.

The company and supporters then sat down to a celebration déjeuner in the pier’s pavilion.  The 630 partakers were all that was wealthy, elegant and important in the town, paying four shillings for a splendid feast that included such delights as quarters of lamb, roast fowl, lobster, Leeds Pudding and blancmange.

LEED'S PUDDING.
Beat 9 eggs, adding 1 pt cream and a pinch of salt;
steam in a prepared mould for about 20 minutes; serve
with a cherry sauce, round the base, and hot sherry in a
boat.

RED CHERRY ARROWROOT SAUCE.
Stone and pass 1 lb red cherries through a sieve; boil
a little syrup down strong; add the cherries, a few drops
of cochineal and some lemon juice: thicken slightly with
arrowroot, and serve.

RED CHERRY SAUCE (1).
Use a compote of red cherries with sufficient arrow-
root.

RED CHERRY SAUCE (2).
Stew 1lb stoned red cherries in a little syrup; pass
them through a sieve, and add one glass of port wine,
and some royal white sweet garnish pudding; cut into
rather small dice and throw in at the last.

The complete practical pastry cook: J. Thompson Gil
https://archive.org/stream/completepractica00gill/completepractica00gill_djvu.txt

Overview from Sussex Air Imaging

Hastings Pier Re-development - Final Stages, April 2016 from Sussex Air Imaging on Vimeo.

Construction update – April 2016

Construction is preparing to hand over to Operations and Maintenance.

The Pier Head balustrade and front lighting are still to be finished as well the fitting out of the displays inside The Pavilion restaurant and The Deck.

The electrics, water, heating and ventilation systems and lift have been tested as the retail kiosks are being fitted out.

Maintenance of the structure starts now, so the older trusses and bracings go into an inspection process with planned replacement into the future. It is this work which has to be funded by successful Operations and activities on the Pier to prevent the Pier falling into decline and is key to preserving its heritage. 

Hastings Pier has entered the next stage in its evolution and this is an exciting prospect for the all piers in general and for this town in particular.

Eating on the Pier

“As well as providing the retail catering for all our visitors and scheduled events such as outdoor cinema screenings and live music concerts, Centerplate will also help us develop our conference and events business using the function rooms in The Deck at Hastings Pier,” said HPC CEO Simon Opie.

Dining facilities at Hastings Pier will include a full service restaurant in the last remaining, original building on the pier, The Pavilion and The Deck at Hastings Pier, a new visitor centre that includes a café plus roof terrace. 

Adopt a Plank update

There have been a lot of enquiries about the Adopt a Plank scheme which closed in 2013.  In response  all the information which was received from HPWRT (who originally ran the scheme) has been put together and  a register of adopters compiled.  These have now been send to the engraver and it is hoped to have the plaques installed on the Pier before opening.

The White Rock Trust recently also sent a list of additional names of people who adopted planks.  We have contacted everyone whose email address we already had but do not have contact details for the names in the list below.  If your name is below we would like to hear from you, so that we can organise a message to put on your plaque.

Please contact HPC by emailing: info@hpcharity.co.uk

Tracy Reid Kim Price John Garside Jan von der Werth Linnett Martin Sarah Hogarth Gareth Hardbord Carol Harte

Debra Eldridge Emma Stace Charlotte Ramage Lesley Adams Lesley Jones Joel Hopkins

Richard Curtis Jacqueline Rabenstein John Garside Ken Shaw Kieran Mac Feely Gary Gurr Nicola Barbary

John Povey Melanie Foster Jean Winder David Johnson

The Restaurant

With a focus on championing fresh seasonal ingredients from local Sussex producers and an eclectic collection of homemade traditional and contemporary dishes, Centerplate - our newly-appointed, award-winning catering and hospitality partner - aims to make food and drink a major attraction on the new Hastings Pier.

Local suppliers include Sussex Ice Cream, Harveys Brewery (a new beer is to be available exclusively at Hastings Pier) and Nyetimber Vineyard as well as locally-sourced seafood.

Centerplate is also forging strong links with the local community and local college and training establishments, including Sussex Coast College at Hastings.  A dedicated apprenticeship scheme will offer young people the opportunity to develop a career in the catering industry and Centerplate will also provide training and work experience opportunities under the tutelage of its operations team at Hastings Pier.

Book your tickets for Cinema On The Pier!

Cinema On The Pier, presented by Kino Digital & The Luna Cinema / DoubleTree By Hilton, will turn Hastings Pier into a unique setting for five nights of classic films under the stars next month.
Thursday 12th May
Re: A Pier: The story of the renovation of Hastings Pier told by local film-maker, Archie Lauchlan
Friday 13th May
Jaws (1975): Man takes on nature in Steven Spielberg's iconic seaside thriller
Saturday 14th May
Star Wars – The Force Awakens (2015): A battle of good vs evil ensues in the seventh installment of the epic series
Friday 27th May
Pride (2014): A London-based LGBT community lend their support to the striking Welsh coal miners in this uplifting British comedy
Saturday 28th May
Dirty Dancing (1987): Watch as the best-moving couple, Baby and Johnny, have the time of their lives
Food and licensed bar will be available. Capacities are strictly limited and all tickets must be booked in advance.
Book your tickets via The Luna Cinema website