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i360 Enabling Work Begins
Preparation of the West Pier site for the i360 begins today. i360 construction is due to start in June but the root end of the pier, inaccessible to the public for several years now, must be dismantled first. Contractors arrived on site today and you will see the careful removal of the root end take place over ... Read more
Read More Pier Forge Restored
Blacksmith Adam Baillie found a dismantled forge in one of the pier arches when we were holding fragment sales. It was part of the pier’s maintenance unit and probably last used in the 1960s. He’s almost completed its restoration and it will be back in use before long. He’s painted it the green used in ... Read more
Read More Sunday Telegraph Letter
Our response to last week’s article about the i360 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/10775621/Brighton-reaches-for-the-skies-with-its-daring-tower.html
Read More Octocopter Films West Pier
Shutter Films recently filmed this brilliant aerial footage of the pier using an octocoper click here to view it. For more information on Shutter Films click here .
Read More Brighton Marathon
The recent posting silence is due to pre marathon nerves and post marathon exhaustion! Done and dusted now and over £2000 raised for the Trust’s heritage and education fund, £635 for Mind. Thank you all for your generosity, support and best wishes – it made a great difference. Here I am with my training partners ... Read more
Read More Letter in Yesterday’s Argus
i360 can propel us into the future 5:20am Thursday 27th March 2014 in Letters I have been following the progress of the plans for the i360 as I did with the London Eye, which I remember as being a similarly contentious issue. Years of campaigns for and against, approval and disapproval etc, finally gave way to permissions granted ... Read more
Read More Latest i360 Q&As
Here’s a link to Marks Barfield’s latest Q&As on i360 http://www.marksbarfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/BHCC-QA.pdf
Read More i360 in the Indy
Here’s the text of the piece in today’s edition Thank you for supporting the i360 There were people who had doubts that the London Eye would ever work, be a waste of money, spoil the view, ruin the skyline and would never happen. All these doubts turned out to be unfounded. We are backing the ... Read more
Read More i360 Funding Approved
The West Pier Trust is delighted that Councillors have voted in favour of a funding scheme that will cost the tax payer nothing, regenerate a key but blighted city site and send out a loud message that Brighton is open for business. i360 construction will start in weeks and a new era can finally begin. ... Read more
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