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Weston's Grand Pier - the fire and the future
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 12/08/2008, 11:32 AM
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Pete Seaton
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I thought there was going to be a pier webcam
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12/08/2008, 2:38 PM
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Clare Hayes - Web Editor
Joined on 21/04/2008
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Hi Pete
The webcam is being put up at the moment and should be going live by the end of the week
Clare
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12/08/2008, 4:28 PM
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AllMouthNoTrousers
 
Joined on 21/02/2008
Weston
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Personally, I think a webcam is a great idea - I can't wait to check it out.
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12/08/2008, 8:42 PM
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lemoncakes
Joined on 09/06/2008
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AllMouthNoTrousers wrote the following post at 12/08/2008 4:28 PM:
Personally, I think a webcam is a great idea - I can't wait to check it out.
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It's great that you have got a webcam sorted out, shame it had to be in such sad circumstances, but I think a webcam is a real connection of a town to other parts of the world - webcams & streaming video predate youtube, but youtube has don a good job in training the masses that videos & images on-line can be interesting & educational - I remember back in late 2001 watching a live stream of Time Square in real-time (new york) complete with sound (as it was their server that was taking the load) my then little niece and dog were capivated by watching the tourists and the taxi's.
It'll mainly be seagulls 'social networking' on the Weston one I guess, the Burnham one was a bit like that, but with faster broadband speeds these days a webcam is a point of interest, when people realise it is there.
If the page has links to official places to send donations that would be cool as there are lots of facebook groups that could do with a central funding body - rather than bits here and there.
With the eye of the world on the rebuilding
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12/08/2008, 10:03 PM
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Sun Tzu
Joined on 07/08/2008
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I'll be checking it out at least once a day.
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21/08/2008, 8:11 PM
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C-Frost
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I'm glad it's up now - i live in france (originally from weston) and have just watched the sun setting in my old home as well as take my first live look at the pier. Really sad but glad i can watch it being cleared and rebuilt live and not just through photos. Can we get more webcams around other parts of the town?
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21/08/2008, 11:27 PM
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lemoncakes
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22/08/2008, 10:04 AM
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C-Frost
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Congrats to the Mercury for the Grand Pier web cam. This is going to be
fantastic to watch as the work to get the Pier Pavillion rebuilt gets
underway. We'll have a birdseye view of what is going on - and even the
Michael's can use it to keep an eye on the workmen!
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04/09/2008, 3:56 PM
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C-Frost
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Absolutely love the new weston pier web cam. Not just because it shows the progress of the pier but also as it gives a handy guide to us windsurfers about the conditions at weston. If you could have another cam pointing the opposite way, and including lots of sea in the picture then that would be even better.
thanks
ray
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08/09/2008, 12:38 PM
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C-Frost
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they might have done it like that to show it in perspective, against the background of the hotel lights etc. where as if it was just pointing at the pier, people might not be able to recognise which part it was.
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08/09/2008, 4:08 PM
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zensplanet
Joined on 16/08/2008
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True i guess you have a point but if they turned it like every month you would be able to see more of the pier as its being rebuilt.
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09/09/2008, 4:15 PM
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AllMouthNoTrousers
Joined on 21/02/2008
Weston
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True - but there's not really anything happening there yet, is there? I'm sure we'll see more movement and variety in the webcam once things start moving...
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09/09/2008, 10:57 PM
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lemoncakes
Joined on 09/06/2008
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what they could do with (if it exists) is a camera with more than one lense, maybe 3 lenses to cover left middle right!
it's either that or another cam up there pointing another way (would double the cost of bandwidth unless some sort of 'splitter' gizmo was on it like manycam software) one cam with a moveable part might get stuck or need repair - man on ladder call out gets expensive. So I expect it is down to the cam budget or that bug eyed cams aren't invented yet.
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