Brighton West Pier: A Journey Through Time

[@f4ckoff245]

Did you know that me and my family were the people to see the first spot of fire on the Eastbourne pier? We got an employee to put it out

[@tobiasmurphy8048]

thats crazy i was born after it burnt down but have grown up looking at it wondering what it must've been like inside

[@f4ckoff245]

@@tobiasmurphy8048 yeah it was the best peir going, and we looked inbetween the gaps and we saw like a burn and a ciggarette inbetween the cracks where wood was underneath and it was catching to the wood a tiny bit and we got an employee to put it out and it was and next morning on the news it had burnt down, pretty weird

[@atomic_typh00n66]

cap

[@Cheeseburg0701]

Sure…

[@shimmerycaz]

The West Pier was just beautiful. Heartbreaking to see the remnants of it. Don't get me started on the self-proclaimed 'Brighton' (Palace) Pier...

[@sparkIe.jumpropequeen]

Caroline L I only go there for the arcade lol

[@transportandtheatrekid2298]

I only go there for the rides

[@andrewthornhill7042]

Fish and chips in Victoria's Bar.

[@ItsIdaho]

I was there long ago when my cousin Graduated Sussex. We were lucky they had a "pay 1 ride all" day, but we only had time for the big ferris wheel.

[@loyalMagicGamer]

@@sparkIe.jumpropequeensame

[@annamahree7340]

such a shame it could not be restored. Much better than the Palace Pier

[@willyiscool5402]

Ania Z now Cel dog you have there in the picture

[@SuperTopGeezer]

palace pier is a much better attraction for the younger kids it really puts a bigger smile on there faces it is a shame though

[@wwedeadman85]

wats ur instagram bae-bay?

[@DjMellowMoods]

I worked at palace pier it’s horrible place now your literally a slave and it be blessed if you was a slave spoken to with respect but not at that place I left after one day

[@annamahree7340]

@@DjMellowMoods im glad u left so quickly xx

[@funtimes1469]

This very sad

[@doristheslug9609]

THANK-A YOU, MISTA A-MARIO!

[@Larry]

It's amazing you found so many photos from that angle! But it's sad that in 20 years it turned to nothing.

[@JamesFoxTimeTravelArtist]

Thanks Larry I have many more videos like it on my channel feel free to subscribe! kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3ebdWSaac6sqJI

[@dongorski4822]

My home town, left Brighton in 1973. I’ve been back twice since then, but it’s just not the same. Sad really, but that’s I’ve i guess.

[@tintobrass532]

I was born (1968) and bred in Brighton but now live in San Francisco. Left the UK when I was 25, but came back to Brighton in 2015, and brought the missus with me; it’s changed, but not for the better. All the best mate….

[@dongorski4822]

@@tintobrass532 I’ve often thought of returning, but given the way the world is right now, I reckon I’ll stay in NZ!

[@Δανιήλ-ψ8χ]

Wow!!! So sad. Thank you for the video ❤

[@NM-bo5td]

Beautiful short film, thank you 🙏

[@paianis]

The pic labelled 1970 is actually from 1973.

[@jonnyjr2763]

Skye whatever it's only 3 years

[@SuperTopGeezer]

and?

[@paianis]

@@SuperTopGeezer It's just a footnote really.

[@Northandlights]

A brilliantly made video that put me into thoughts of how gentle everything is. Even a bit scary...

[@Brendan-Allison]

So sad that such a historic pier was left to rot and be destroyed.

[@Official_Disturbia]

I am really young and the pier burned before I was born and it was said that no one knows what or how the fire was caused and I want to find out and how the place worked because it could have been due to wires that lit the sign

[@vickymartin2821]

Diana the Demon I think it was arson

[@frankie1c]

Its thought to be arson by the other pier in brighton (palace pier)

[@LucavlogsandgamingOFFICIAL]

@@frankie1c I believe that is true

[@taraelizabethdensley9475]

Pretty sure it was arson

[@LucavlogsandgamingOFFICIAL]

A shame it was destroyed and with the old pavilion of the palace pier but the west pier was always great and will always be great

[@Katie-ds9ve]

Great video

[@robertbovington130]

Excellent video - pity that cannot happen in real life - much preferred the West Pier to the Palace Pier when I was young

[@ammej768]

They had petrol powered racing cars back in 1955 ! Very expensive at a shilling a go!!

[@paianis]

@@ammej768 That's just over £3 today.

[@CocoOPNY]

So sad! I remember the younger Bennett girls in Pride and Prejudice wanted so badly to go to Brighton. I imagine Jane Austin would be so sad to see the pier in ruins!

[@jackrhydderch5715]

Jane Austen wasn’t alive when the west pier was built. Her date of death was 1817, and the pier was first built in 1866.

[@Agent0154]

Why piers always go on fire :(

[@uk-martin4905]

I remember a fireman commenting after the (then) latest pier fire some years ago that 'nothing is better designed to promote fire than a pier.' He went on to describe - I am no scientist so I have to broadly summarise what I recall he said - how the pier's structure above the water together with the space all around it could not be bettered for turning a spark into a raging inferno very quickly. He went on to describe updraughts caused by heat meeting with cold air (downdraughts) and the passage of air beneath the pier itself and their combined effect in intensifying a fire. Not only will fire take hold fast, but the pier's position offshore in itself throws up difficulties of quick access both from the landward end and the beach / sea in an attempt to bring the fire under control. In addition, Victorian piers are rather delicate structures which succumb to intense heat and flames very quickly. The result, sadly, for a much-loved pier is almost inevitably fatal. Of course, the firemen described it in more technical language, but this is the gist of what he was saying.

[@sharonchainey3642]

I remember the pier in weston super mare was on fire on the 28th July 2008

[@sashaboo72]

Too much wood

[@onedayagogo]

@@uk-martin4905 yep. the perfect recipe by the sounds of it. thank u for this explanation.

[@Hannah-im1tt]

My mum was there when it burnt down

[@vladimirtrump3326]

No one was on it dickhead

[@Luka-zi9kv]

Donald Trump I don’t think he meant she was actually ON the damn pier

[@T0M_X]

Vladimir Trump stop being such a dick

[@pumastu]

brighton pier on fire!

[@ItsIdaho]

Now I get it how it looked at the fire. I was wondering why the first part was already sagging when it didn't even burn.

[@supermarioshark1875]

It collapsed in a storm in December 2002

[@susancorgi]

I basically lived on the opposite building of west pier for a few years in 1996. When i looked back in my old photos and i can see the light was still on. (kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGK5lKyqbtplmKc) Sadly to see it's gone, same faith as many 1800's stuff in Brighton.

[@Ghosts-of-York]

Cool :)

[@andreamolnar2757]

I Which it was rebuilt.

[@xSnappa]

Great video, who knows how long the Grand Old Lady has left... :(

[@tgcgcvfvfbgcray4001]

Sad face

[@tgcgcvfvfbgcray4001]

+Tgcgcvfvfbg Cray 😭😭😭😂😭

[@georgetang5383]

What Happen To In 2003 There a Big Fire

[@NetworkRailOfficial]

Why the pier buring in 2003 Hastings one is in 2010 Eastboune 2014

[@suspect1620]

Not as bad as weston super mare that pier fire was huge

[@JasonReevePhotography]

Nice work...... I love the passage of time...... Might have to try something similar myself! :-)

[@ДимогоньЛопатин]

Бедный здание была. И это так красивая!

[@caledoniansignalman8153]

And now it is just a desolate wreck. Funny how fast things change isn’t it?

[@TheDeathChamber10]

I saw this when i went to brighton through a telescope on the other pier Edit: and i mean i saw the remains of it

[@sparkIe.jumpropequeen]

Oliver Dunn cool! I go there quite a lot and I always see it on my way there (not now cuz we’re in quarantine but u know what I mean)

[@TheDeathChamber10]

fluffycloud28 yeah i know what you mean and i went in 2018 so before we could go in quarantine

[@sallyuk7913]

😢

[@пашапро-р1о]

вау прошлое крутое

[@daiamondorobotto9812]

187th decade

[@Fizz_studios120]

Ngl the west pire back then look better in my opinion

[@shrek1999]

My dads nan was there when it burnt down

[@Июль-р8и]

2018 : bitch lasnga

[@T0M_X]

😢