Colwyn Pier to be demolished

The saga continues. Can a listed building be demolished?  Probably can if it is deemed sufficiently unsafe.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-25351077

Amazed it hasn't fallen down yet   
A tribute to the Victorians that built it.

It would be good if it was to be replaced with a simple walk way structure that went out twice as far   
Wouldn't cost the earth and you could fish from it   

I think it can be demolished. It just needs an extra level of permission.

I'm liking the idea of a new pier. Of course that will never happen, but just imagine a pier dedicated to fishing, perhaps with a fishing tackle shop at the end ("Rays").

the monstrosity was payed for with a grant from the eec if the pier was taken down because its unsafe then the ownership problems will be solved

heres what it should look like

Terrible how its been allowed to slide into the state it's in today   

Very sad news , I learned to fish with my grandad on there back in the late 50`s, you could fish both sides and the end then, great for dabs and whiting, some big ones as well. Our club took it`s name from the Victoria pier, and all the matches used to be fished on there when I started as a junior, if you weren`t in the first 60 to turn up you didn`t get a peg.

It would be a shame if were demolished, staggered off there a few times after some good
gigs there...happy times.  

I remember the radio 1 DJ Peter Powell doing a disco there many years ago   
Ive a beer mat for a souvenir  

If the pier does go it will look something like this



But my real concern is for the wild life.
A lot of birds nest under the pier, where will they all go   





Wonder if we'll ever see the likes of this again     

sad times  ,has that bird only got 1 wing?  

longranger wrote:

sad times  ,has that bird only got 1 wing?  

Who's looking at her wings?