That's all, folks.
Monday, 12 May 2003

The curtains close on the the West Pier's final performance. With a last pyrotechnic sigh, smouldering wet ash filled the air and what little was left of the pier fell into the swirling sea. That

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The Coast... is toast.
REALBrighton.com - Sunday, 11 May 2003

My phone has started buzzing uncontrollably. Texts are flying in, "Are you there?" "Have you seen the news?" "The West Pier... Again!" But there's no panic... even i

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Fire! Again! On the other one!
Friday, 28 March 2003

Disaster! Dear, oh dear, oh dear. No pier.

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Going... going...
Monday, 20 January 2003

So I get this text: "Pier crumbling! Get down there!" I jump on my bike, camera on my back. And I cycle through the wind and the rain to arrive at the pier at dusk... but it's still the

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Oh Dear! No Pier!
Sunday, 29 December 2002

Brighton beach makes international news for the second time this year, as the Grade I listed West Pier crumbles into the stormy sea. Text-messages of sympathy have flooded in to the REALBrighton offic

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