West Pier Show and Tell
September 1, 2010
Scheduled over a 2 hour period, this event is designed to help us enhance our West Pier archive and is part of Brighton & Hove Heritage Open Day.
Date: Sunday 12th September
Time: 12 noon – 2pm
Place: Fishing Museum (Brighton seafront between the piers)
Come along with your memories, reminiscences and any records you might have, be they [...]
West Pier Tours: Piers, Proms & Palaces the West Pier and Brighton Seafront Story
July 23, 2010
Stroll the prom and hear the fascinating, glamorous and tragic story of Britain’s finest pier in the context of the history of Brighton seafront.
Tours every Sunday at 11am (lasts approximately an hour).
Meet in front of the West Pier Rock Shop on the upper prom, King’s Road
Tickets £5. Children under 12 free.
Group bookings available at a [...]
Peter James Evening
June 24, 2010
International best selling crime writer Peter James has been a supporter of the Trust for many years. A a fund-raiser for the Trust he generously offered to talk about his latest book and his colourful experiences researching his novels with the Brighton police.
The event, which sold out, took place at Alfresco Restaurant on 23rd June. It was a beautiful [...]
Tours and Talks for Schools
June 22, 2010
The Trust runs tours, talks and activities for schools either on site or classroom based. Activities are be tailored to the National Curriculum and the needs of invidual groups of children – e.g. the West Pier and the Brighton Seafront Story fits neatly into the Development of Brighton as a Seaside Town. Costs are kept to a minimum. Please [...]
3D reconstruction film of the West Pier as it was 100 years ago by F10 Studios.
May 22, 2010
F10 Studios in Brighton have created a virtual model the West Pier in its heyday.
A video and photos of this exciting project is now available on the website.
Criminally Good Brighton & Hove – Fiction & Fact. An evening with Peter James
May 12, 2010
International best-selling local crime writer Peter James is a long-term supporter of the Trust and has generously offered to give a talk at a fundraising social event at Alfrescos Restaurant on 23rd June. Peter sets his novels in and around Brighton and an atmospheric photo of the pier often features on the front cover of [...]
Special Engineering Tour Led by Jon Orrell – Sunday 25th April at 11am
April 19, 2010
The Trust’s consultant engineer and pier expert, Jon Orrell of Hemsley Orrell Partnership will be leading a special tour on 25th April at 11am on the engineering of piers in general and of the West Pier in particular. This will be a fascinating insight into the unique engineering of the pier and not to be [...]
Piers, Proms & Palaces – the West Pier and Brighton Seafront Story
March 29, 2010
Stroll the prom and hear the fascinating, glamorous and tragic story of Britain’s finest pier in the context of the history of Brighton seafront.
Tours every Sunday at 11am from 11th April (lasts approximately an hour).
Meet in front of the West Pier Rock Shop on the upper prom, King’s Road
Tickets £5. Children under 12 free.
Group bookings [...]
Photographs, Films and Memories
March 16, 2010
The Trust is launching a new drive to build up its archive with the aim of creating as full a picture as possible of the operating West Pier.
We are especially interested in personal photographs, film and memories of people who used the pier from pleasure or worked for the pier company.
Do you have any photos [...]
West Pier Market
March 1, 2010
The popular West Pier market, sited on the beach by the pier, starts operating again for the new season from Saturday 6th March. It takes place every weekend, bank holidays and seven days a week through the summer months. Goods sold include original clothing, jewellery, art work, ceramics, leather products and second hand books. It is [...]