Weston-s-mare pier destroyed in fire

[Lotus Lewis]

Just seen on the news that the pier in Weston-s-mare is has been destroyed in a fire the fire started at 7am this morning

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/752816...

Edited by Lotus Lewis on Monday 28th July 08:18

[anonymous-user]

gutted, loads of good memories of day trips with my mates on a saturday morning taking the bus from bristol and spending all day in the arcade...

[Moose.]

Saw the large plume of smoke coming from the seafront as I joined the M5 at Weston. Quite a few happy memories as a boy on that pier, so it's a very sad sight to see it in flames

[Slagathore]

Could see the smoke from The Downs.

[Sortie 10]

Weston super Mare - now twinned with Burnham on Sea and Chard

[Huff]

peerless humour

[Nic Jones]

The owner's a petrolhead too, racing/rallying is his thing iirc.

[Andyyyyyyy]

Yes, very sad news. My girlfriend has lived in WSM her whole life, loads of memories of going there when we were younger. Wonder what they'll do with it now?

[lewis marshall]

Saw the reck up close today. Very sad.

[MattNM3E36]

Would not be at all surprised to see a club there in the future

KM already made a step towards a more adult theme by placing a bar on there

As a Westonian I'm gutted it's gone and there is no doubt some of the stuff inside as well as the pavillion itself cant be replaced (ghost train has been there since I was a nipper)

However, when I saw a woman on TV saying she cried for 4 hours I was shaking my head in disbelief

Then there were the "looters" -

"Things like this dont happen every day!, oi got a can of peaches and 3 pound coins"

And for this (a can of peaches thatr had been burnt, fallen from the pier, stuck in mud and rinsed in brine), you risked having a few six inch nails through your foot?

Muppet

Edited by MattNM3E36 on Sunday 3rd August 20:21

[m4tthew]

Nic Jones said:

The owner's a petrolhead too, racing/rallying is his thing iirc.

Yep, he sponsors a friend of a friends friend!

[TheDetailDoctor]

The owner also allegedly had a hotel that wasn't doing too well, burnt down surprisingly.