As a child I was often taken by my Dad, for trips aboard paddle steamers (of the ‘White Funnel Fleet’ of P&A Campbell), from this pier (known locally as the’ Old Pier’, to differentiate it from the newer ‘Grand Pier’ in the bay). The 40 foot rise and fall of the tide sometimes made berthing interesting. We puffed across to piers and docks in Cardiff, Penarth and Barry in South Wales, along the Somerset coast for visits to Clevedon Pier, sometimes making trips down the Bristol Channel coast to Devon, such as into Ilfacombe Harbour or meeting offshore, for passenger transfers by tender, at Lynton. The magic of steam power, together with the gleaming lifeboat held ready for launching down the ramp, at the lifeboat station on this unique Victorian age pier - it is all now derelict, defunct and damaged. A shadow of my past.
all they have to do is find the desire to rebuild it. trouble is every time someone wants to do something like that you get some greasy weasel in the background telling you there's no point. you can thank socialism for that. it strangles the desire for actual progress and achievement. now you get to live on the crumbling foundations of a once great society.
Sadly the best thing that could happen is a massive winter storm to wash it away, looking at the latest videos it's beyond saving you may as well build a new pier from scratch but this old lady as had her day.
@@jamara3330 what's to save? sorry to be realistic here but its barely standing so how can it be saved... any weight put on the remains will likely be the reason for it collapsing and being washed away
