British Piers and Pier Railways
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British Piers and Pier Railways

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British Piers and Pier Railways

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The British have always had a special affinity for their coastal resorts and piers are the epitome of the British seaside. This book takes the reader on a clockwise tour of our islands, stopping at every pier and walking through their histories. Yet this is not just a tour of the pier, for it is not the pier that makes the history, but the people who work and walk along it.Within these pages the reader will meet a prizefighter who achieved fame in a very different sport; learn of several 'professors' whose talents were solely being able to leap from the pier; discover why man would ever want to fly from a pier; meet the former Beatle who worked for a pier company; read about the ferries and steamers that carried visitors; the fires which are an ever-present danger; the men who designed and built the piers along with the entertainers, characters, enthusiasts and entrepreneurs who made the piers. Fascinating information is included on how piers became longer or shorter, which piers served as part of the Royal Navy during two World Wars, and the tremendous amount of work and effort it takes to keep the piers open to the public today.Several piers have embedded rails, with some still being used by trains or trams. These pier railways are described in detail: the engineering, the designs and the changes over the years. While electricity is the sole motive power today, these had once been either steam-driven, pulled by horses, moved by hand or even, in one example, wind-powered by a sail!With over one hundred photographs, both old and new, this is a tour of the coast of the mainland and two islands. Piers which sadly have not survived are included as well as those which never got off the ground (or the shoreline). It reveals why they were built, how they were repurposed over the years, and their role in the future. Join the tour and recall the sea air, candy floss, the music, the sounds of a holiday, that day trip, an encounter, a rendezvous or special memory.

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Publisher
Whittles Publishing
Year
2021
ISBN
9781849955133
Topic
Personal Development
Subtopic
Travel

Table of contents

  1. England, East Coast
  2. Redcar Pier, Saltburn Pier
  3. New Holland Pier
  4. Cleethorpes Pier
  5. Skegness Pier
  6. Hunstanton Pier
  7. Cromer Pier
  8. Great Yarmouth Britannia Pier
  9. Great Yarmouth Wellington Pier
  10. Lowestoft Claremont Pier
  11. Lowestoft South Pier
  12. Southwold Pier
  13. Felixstowe Pier
  14. Harwich Ha’penny Pier
  15. Walton-on-the-Naze Pier
  16. Clacton Pier
  17. Southend-on-Sea Pier
  18. Gravesend Town Pier
  19. Herne Bay Piers
  20. Margate Pier
  21. England South Coast and Isle of Wight
  22. Deal Pier
  23. Folkestone Harbour Pier
  24. Hastings Pier
  25. Eastbourne Pier
  26. Brighton: Palace Pier, West Pier, Chain Pier
  27. Worthing Pier
  28. Bognor Regis Pier
  29. Southsea South Parade Pier
  30. Southsea Clarence Pier
  31. Ryde Piers, Isle of Wight
  32. Seaview Chain Pier, Isle of Wight
  33. Sandown Culver Pier, Isle of Wight
  34. Shanklin Pier, Isle of Wight
  35. Ventnor Pier, Isle of Wight
  36. Alum Bay Pier, Isle of Wight
  37. Totland Pier, Isle of Wight
  38. Yarmouth Pier, Isle of Wight
  39. Victoria Pier, Cowes, Isle of Wight
  40. Southampton Royal Pier
  41. Hythe Pier
  42. Southbourne Pier
  43. Boscombe Pier
  44. Bournemouth Pier
  45. Swanage Pier
  46. Weymouth Pier, Teignmouth Grand Pier
  47. Torquay, Princess Pier
  48. Paignton Pier
  49. Falmouth Pier
  50. England West Coast, Wales and Isle of Man
  51. Westward Ho! Pier, Burnham-on-Sea Pier
  52. Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier
  53. Weston-super-Mare Birnbeck Pier
  54. Clevedon Pier
  55. Penarth Pier
  56. Aberavon Pier, Mumbles Pier
  57. Aberystwyth Royal Pier
  58. Bangor Garth Pier
  59. Beaumaris Pier
  60. Iron Pier, Douglas, Isle of Man
  61. Ramsey, Isle of Man
  62. Llandudno Pier
  63. Colwyn Bay Pier
  64. Rhyl Pier
  65. New Brighton Pier
  66. Southport Pier
  67. Lytham St Anne’s Piers
  68. Blackpool South Pier
  69. Blackpool Central Pier
  70. Blackpool North Pier
  71. Fleetwood Pier
  72. Morecambe Central Pier
  73. Morecambe West End Pier
  74. Scotland
  75. Rothesay Pier, Dunoon Pier
  76. Kilcreggan Pier
  77. Leith Trinity Chain Pier, Piers That Never Were
  78. The Future
  79. Bibliography