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21/10/2008, 11:24 AM Sean Miller Joined on 02/10/2008 Weston-super-Mare Posts 840 Re: The New Grand Pier. I like the cafe balconies too... Can just imagine sitting there with a cool beer or a glass of wine in my hand on a balmy summer's evening, pondering the meaning of life and maybe enjoying a good novel... Sort of place I suspect I could spend hours. Sean    Report

21/10/2008, 3:37 PM CFrost Re: The New Grand Pier. You will only be allowed to read novels you have bought on the Pier!

21/10/2008, 5:07 PM CFrost Re: The New Grand Pier. they wont stop you taking your own book to read on there thats just you being stupid

24/10/2008, 3:57 PM Clare Hayes - Web Editor Joined on 21/04/2008 Posts 105 Re: New pier designs published - what do you think? Im writing from Santa fe , New Mexico. I grew up in Weston Super Mare running around on the pier and in the arcades. My first girlfriend worked in the chip shop at the pier entrance, i had my first kiss there. Well sad day when the pier was lost. Last year i went to see my mother in Brighton. They also had a devestating fire on thier pier, Sadly for Brighton they have not rebuilt thier land mark. Great Britains Seaside resorts have a place in our History and need to be preserved with pride. Brightons attitude to thier pier and its place in thier daily lives disgusted me. The plans for the new Weston Pier look great, I hope it happens, Then a whole new generation of first Kisses can happen there. Conway Family    Report

24/10/2008, 5:47 PM Flyer Joined on 17/09/2008 Posts 745 Re: New pier designs published - what do you think? A kiss on the pier!!  I'm up for that. Satisfaction guaranteed, ........or your money back. Can't be fairer than that!    Report

24/10/2008, 6:24 PM CFrost Re: New pier designs published - what do you think? awwwww blesssss xxxx alot of relationships have started on the pier when its rebuilt the tradition will continue happy times

24/10/2008, 7:23 PM CFrost Re: New pier designs published - what do you think? well let say what a load of rubbish lived in weston all mylife to see such a fantastic building burnt down to be replaced bye sumthing thats looks like its landed from outer space.shame very sad .

28/10/2008, 12:45 PM AllMouthNoTrousers Joined on 21/02/2008 Weston Posts 1,012 Re: New pier designs published - what do you think? Unfortunately, it would have been impossible to please everyone - even rebuilding it exactly as it was would have been branded a missed opportunity in many quarters. The overwhelming majority of people who expressed a preference for one design over the others picked Angus Meek. I think this design has come as close as possible to pleasing the masses, and I think the Michaels are to be commended for taking public views into account ahead of making their choice.    Report

28/10/2008, 2:38 PM MJR Joined on 13/08/2008 Kewstoke Posts 260 Re: The New Grand Pier.  Anonymous wrote: they wont stop you taking your own book to read on there thats just you being stupid Is it stupid?  I think the staff used to stop people taking their own drinks onto the pier (it's annoyed many people being told to throw their drink away or not walk up the pier) and I guess that's what motivated the earlier comment.  Why won't they ban books bought elsewhere if they sell books?    Report

28/10/2008, 4:35 PM CFrost Re: The New Grand Pier. it would be bad business sense to ban people with books people have been doing all sorts on the pier for years so trying to stop it now just wouldnt work of course people would still spend money on the pier so there is no actual need to stop people bringing a drink on or even a book ,

29/10/2008, 7:32 AM Sean Miller Joined on 02/10/2008 Weston-super-Mare Posts 840 Re: The New Grand Pier. I think drinks and books are quite different things... you go into most pubs or cafés and they will say "Only food purchased here may be eaten on this premises" or whatever - I've never seen anything remotely similar when it came to books. Grand Pier isn't a bookshop, it's a pier.  And it would be foolish of the folks running the thing to say "you can't drink in our bars and cafés if you bring your own books" because people would simply go elsewhere and that's just bad business practice as on a pleasantly warm summer's day their veranda tables would be a perfect place to sit and read. Sean    Report

01/11/2008, 12:04 AM Rob Joined on 05/08/2008 Birmingham Posts 28 Re: The New Grand Pier. I Used to take a can of larger on the pier and just sit on the benches enjoying the sea air ...I did'nt take any books on but I always used to sit down and read my paper! and they was bought else where lol    Report

01/11/2008, 9:54 AM Sean Miller Joined on 02/10/2008 Weston-super-Mare Posts 840 Re: The New Grand Pier. We don't want lager louts on the pier... Surely it's got to be top quality real ale, finest Somerset cider and wine? :-) Sean    Report

01/11/2008, 10:18 AM Rob Joined on 05/08/2008 Birmingham Posts 28 Re: The New Grand Pier. Oh dont get me wrong I am not a lager lout who gets drunk causes trouble! But I do enjoy carling & fosters! Strongbow cider is quite nice too! But if i'm down weston for the day I'll be on the coke! I like to keep a clear head while driving on the M5 lol    Report

02/11/2008, 8:46 AM Sean Miller Joined on 02/10/2008 Weston-super-Mare Posts 840 Re: The New Grand Pier. Sorry, didn't mean to accuse you of being a lager lout!!  In Glastonbury we have this problem with folks sitting around drinking cans of "Special Brew" (or whatever the modern equivilent is) in large quantities and they exude significantly less "sartorial elegance" than a bearded CAMRA-member with his well kept pint of "Butcombe" in a handled glass... :-) Anyway, I've turned my attention now to Furby's excellent plans for Birnbeck Island.   I think within the cultural arts centre there will have to be a Real Ale Bar where us old men with our pints of Butcombe Bitter or Rich's Cider can sit and chat (a roaring log fire in the winter would be a welcome addition to the plan) whilst the "bright young things" party with their Fosters and Strongbow down the road. Sean    Report

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