Storm damage to Weston’s Old Pier.

Richard Wyatt,
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This is the section that led out to the steamers! Photo by Eddie Hancock

So very sad to hear that the north jetty on the Old Pier at Weston – super – Mare has collapsed in the currents gales.

This is the section on Birnbeck Island that led out to the Campbell Steamers.

See story in the Weston-super-Mare Mercury

http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/birnbeck_pier_s_north_jetty_collapses_after_gales_1_4362778

Published by Richard Wyatt

Freelance Journalist, broadcaster, columnist and local historian. Director of Bath Newseum. Married and lives in Bath. Interested in local history, architecture and visual display in museums and urban spaces.