Here are a selection of images
from the history of the West Pier. To view the larger
version
please click on the image (note that the image window
that opens is resizable if you cannot see the whole image)
Detail of the dilapidated state of the pier before the files
An original 1866 Kiosk, photographed in 1990.
The fully developed pier with 1866 Kiosks, 1893 Pavilion and Concert Hall
completed in 1916
The West Pier, Brighton, late 1920's
The West Pier in 1866
The West Pier, late 1920's
'Lunch and Tea over the Sea': The Ocean Restaurant - late 1940's
Queuing to visit the Pier - May 1949
The West Pier and the Metropole Hotel from the air