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There is also a video of the event.

Photography by Mark Baynes www.baynes.co.uk

The recent removal of the Concert Hall wreckage, has attracted much media interest on the internet, TV and newspapers. 

The Times published at article on February 4th including the fantastic photograph by Mark Baynes . There was another article in the Argus and the Brighton and Hove News website. 

The local BBC news programme, South Today, ran two articles. The article on the BBC Website also includes video comments. 

There are several blog posts mentioning the West Pier, including, Handilio’s HackBash and several mentions on Twitter. 

Below are some photographs of the work taken by the Trust’s historian, Professor Fred Gray on 3rd February. 

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The work will be carried out by specialist demolition and salvage contractor Dorton Demolition and project managed by the Trust’s consultant engineers, Hemsley Orrell Partnership. The work will be done to the highest professional standards with health and safety a priority.

The work is a requirement of the i360 planning permission and has the full support of Brighton & Hove City Council and English Heritage.

The Trust is taking advantage of good spring tides to clear the area of a potentially hazardous structure before the start of warmer weather and the holiday season.

Historically important items will be salvaged for safe keeping by the Trust and the iconic Pavilion island will not be touched.

Photo by South Coast Gallery

Photo by South Coast Gallery

This is the nation’s story through the eyes of its most important historians: the British people.

We are looking for any amateur-filmed footage that reflects the events of the last seventy years. It might be footage of the summer of 1976, or a summer holiday to Brighton. It might be street parties celebrating the Coronation, Jubilee or the Royal Weddings. We’re interested in footage of people’s hobbies or the big events in their life – perhaps an important wedding or birthday party. We would love to see any footage of local festivals, or people who perhaps went on to be famous – a local who went on to be a sports or pop star for instance.

We are interested in finding any footage you may have of Royalty, or the building or opening of important buildings in the area. It might be Beatlemania for instance, or political demonstrations. It could be that the footage is very particular to the area – the local industry – from ship building to cider-making.

We are throwing the net very wide, and we are really interested to hear from individuals or organisations about what they think is of importance and what deserves to be seen on the small screen.

If you have old cine, video or film footage we would love to hear from you. We are happy to take it on any format. We guarantee its’ safe return.

At this point, we are still at the research stage – so we are keen to hear about what people have. If any clips are used in the series, then a fee will be paid.

Please contact the production team at

laura.millward@diverse.tv or on 0203 189 3230.

Or you can post your footage to: Home Movie Roadshow,

1 Ariel Way, London W12 7SL