{"id":22515,"date":"2019-04-30T16:04:50","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T15:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=22515"},"modified":"2019-04-29T18:28:46","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T17:28:46","slug":"art-deco-worthing-pier-named-best-in-britain-pier-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=22515","title":{"rendered":"Art Deco Worthing Pier named best in Britain: \u2018Pier of the year!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/bbc_website_300419.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-22516\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/bbc_website_300419.png\" alt=\"website\" width=\"300\" height=\"278\" \/><\/a>A 19th Century Art Deco pier originally built as a landing stage has been named this year&#8217;s Pier of the Year.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>BBC News writes:<\/p>\n<p>Worthing Pier, which was built in 1862, was held up as 2019&#8217;s top pier, having previously come second and third in the competition in the past four years. The mayor of Worthing, Paul Baker, said: \u2018It really is a beautiful and iconic landmark. It symbolises all that is classic about a traditional pier. It&#8217;s not garish but elegant, you can see a great show there, take tea while enjoying spectacular views, have a nice meal, fish for your supper, or just take an evening stroll.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The National Piers Society competition compares 55 open piers. Clacton in Essex came second and Clevedon in North Somerset third. Society chairman Gavin Henderson said: \u2018I am really pleased to give three cheers to Worthing pier for all its historical significance and current glory.\u2019 The last time Worthing Pier won the accolade was in 2006.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1862 &#8211; Pier built.<\/li>\n<li>1889 &#8211; Pavilion erected on the pier head &#8211; later known as the Southern Pavilion.<\/li>\n<li>1913 &#8211; Storm destroyed Southern Pavilion, it was fixed within a year.<\/li>\n<li>1920 &#8211; Pier sold to the council.<\/li>\n<li>1926 &#8211; Shoreward pavilion opened, Worthing Municipal Orchestra made it home.<\/li>\n<li>1933 &#8211; Southern Pavilion destroyed by fire.<\/li>\n<li>1935 &#8211; Reopened after \u00a318,000 of repair costs.<\/li>\n<li>1937 &#8211; Amusement arcade built.<\/li>\n<li>1939 &#8211; Outbreak of the Second World War: entrance pavilion used by troops for games, a canteen and a library.<\/li>\n<li>1946 &#8211; Pier reopened to the public. Through the years the Southern Pavilion was used as a model railway museum, a cinema and zoo.<\/li>\n<li>1980s &#8211; It became a nightclub.<\/li>\n<li>2005 &#8211; Club closed.<\/li>\n<li>2014 &#8211; Southern Pavilion renovated into a cafe, performance space and wedding venue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-sussex-47878538\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more background see the article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.localgov.co.uk\/Worthings-Art-Deco-pier-named-best-in-the-UK\/47233\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LocalGov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 19th Century Art Deco pier originally built as a landing stage has been named this year&#8217;s Pier of the Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22517,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22515\/revisions\/22517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}