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What should be done with Colwyn Bay Pier?

Demolish it
Carry out basic renovation (spend up to £5m)
Carry out comprehensive renovation, including all buildings (spend up to £10m)

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Offline Merddin Emrys

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Re: The long running saga of Colwyn Bay Pier
« Reply #885 on: March 12, 2017, 12:51:52 pm »
That was not the Jag that I had lol! Anyway I sold it last year, moved up to Mercedes now, got a couple of them! I was wondering myself if that jag was still in there?
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Re: The long running saga of Colwyn Bay Pier
« Reply #886 on: March 12, 2017, 02:16:47 pm »
Which building was it in M.E.? Can't imagine it will still be there can you?
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Re: The long running saga of Colwyn Bay Pier
« Reply #887 on: March 12, 2017, 11:45:38 pm »
As I recall it was just behind one of the doors at the front.
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Re: The long running saga of Colwyn Bay Pier
« Reply #888 on: March 12, 2017, 11:50:23 pm »
A Daily Post pic of the Jag in question.
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Re: The long running saga of Colwyn Bay Pier
« Reply #889 on: March 13, 2017, 08:44:49 am »
Thanks for finding that M. E. I knew that I hadn't imagined it.
 Wonder where it went ?
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Re: The long running saga of Colwyn Bay Pier
« Reply #890 on: March 13, 2017, 09:13:47 am »
It's not been taxed or mot'd since 2008, might still be in the pier!
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Re: The long running saga of Colwyn Bay Pier
« Reply #891 on: March 13, 2017, 10:26:33 am »
Mmmmm. Next stop the Irish Sea? WWW
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Re: The long running saga of Colwyn Bay Pier
« Reply #892 on: March 13, 2017, 11:15:43 am »
Or fall through the floor?

I wonder what is happening with those murals in the pier?
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Re: The long running saga of Colwyn Bay Pier
« Reply #893 on: March 13, 2017, 02:30:50 pm »
It's not been taxed or mot'd since 2008, might still be in the pier!
I'm pretty sure it is still stored in the shoreward building.

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Re: The long running saga of Colwyn Bay Pier
« Reply #894 on: March 13, 2017, 06:32:16 pm »
A barn find ???? :o
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Re: The long running saga of Colwyn Bay Pier
« Reply #895 on: March 13, 2017, 06:42:36 pm »
Just like Fortitude....  Z@@
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Re: The long running saga of Colwyn Bay Pier
« Reply #896 on: March 21, 2017, 05:48:36 pm »
Watch removal of historic features of Colwyn Bay pier that has prompted fury from campaigners

Pressure groups claim elements of the nineteenth century attraction - which is listed - are being dumped in skips.

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/colwyn-bay-pier-demolition-historic-12776027

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Re: The long running saga of Colwyn Bay Pier
« Reply #897 on: April 03, 2017, 11:46:42 am »
A 19th Century pier that was almost destroyed by fire has been voted Pier of the Year.
Hastings beat off Worthing in the competition judged by the National Piers Society (NPS), with Llandudno pier taking third place.

Food for thought........
It was closed for safety reasons in 2006 because it had fallen into disrepair, before fire tore through the structure four years later.
Work to redevelop it began after the council compulsorily purchased it from its owners in 2012.
The redevelopment took more than two years and saw the pier's former pavilion turned into a restaurant and bar.
The structure is now owned by the Hastings Pier Charity and 3,000 shareholders who bought into the project at £100 a share.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-39455620

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Re: The long running saga of Colwyn Bay Pier
« Reply #898 on: April 11, 2017, 01:21:24 pm »
Sad to see the machinery slowly pulling the pier to bits:

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Re: The long running saga of Colwyn Bay Pier
« Reply #899 on: April 11, 2017, 02:02:47 pm »
Don't worry Dave, they are merely dismantling it, carefully for storage... looking after it for a short while only, until it is restored to its former glory.
The council said so, I read it, so it must be true!
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