{"id":2690,"date":"2015-08-08T16:50:59","date_gmt":"2015-08-08T16:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/eastbournes-blaze-of-a-century\/"},"modified":"2018-02-20T10:08:50","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T10:08:50","slug":"eastbournes-blaze-of-a-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/eastbournes-blaze-of-a-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastbournes Blaze of a Century"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate Plus (https:\/\/seoultimateplus.com) - Code Inserter module -->\n<script async>(function(s,u,m,o,j,v){j=u.createElement(m);v=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0];j.async=1;j.src=o;j.dataset.sumoSiteId='b68b392479b5981b8acf46565e9fe32a0734fc21a1f7c1e60121eaa6ca1a1c64';v.parentNode.insertBefore(j,v)})(window,document,'script','\/\/load.sumo.com\/');<\/script>\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate Plus -->\n\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; 0 0 1 621 3541 The Little House Company 29 8 4154 14.0 &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; Normal 0 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 10]&gt; \/* Style Definitions *\/table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-parent:\"\";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";}&lt;![endif]--><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Candara;\">Just imagine yourself walking through a sea-floating wooden boulevard with larger than life colourful cardboard cut-outs of what&#8217;s going on, Julius Fucik&#8217;s circus theme music, and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/_B0CyOAO8y0\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Candara;\">Entrance of the Gladiators<\/span><\/a><span face=\"Candara\" size=\"3\" style=\"font-family: Candara; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"> playing in the background. This is happening during\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">the season<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0for the visiting circus troupe from Moscow, so you see some men juggle and play tricks for a small crowd of people all in awe or wonder, while\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">the adjacent<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0food stalls sell sucrose rich sugary treats to laughing little children and families. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Candara;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Candara;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.simplonpc.co.uk\/Sussex_Piers\/EastbournePier_PC-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: Candara;\"><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">image source: http:\/\/www.simplonpc.co.uk\/EastbournePier.html<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Candara;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span face=\"Candara\" size=\"3\" style=\"font-family: Candara; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">All of this is captured in a picturesque image of fluorescent lights and diodes decorating the whole wooden jetty of this 1000 feet long Pier\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">towards a<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0large central dome and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">amusement<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0 \u00a0rides towards its back. This was a brief glimpse of the typical activity on a Pier in the 1800&#8217;s, when Victorian style outdoor entertainment at sea-side spots\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">was at<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0its prime.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Candara;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Candara;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.simplonpc.co.uk\/Sussex_Piers\/EastbournePier_PC-08_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: Candara;\"><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">image source: http:\/\/www.simplonpc.co.uk\/EastbournePier.html<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span face=\"Candara\" size=\"3\" style=\"font-family: Candara; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span face=\"Candara\" size=\"3\" style=\"font-family: Candara; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">About 200 years before the current tech-y entertainment of You Tube videos and satellite television, these seaside amusement parks are still\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">sought after<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0and many still enjoy a fun day out at The Pier. However, just as much as these spots attract crowds during the summer or early spring, they are\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">also subject<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0to fires due to short circuits, which become impossible to put out due to the waves from its half afloat infrastructure on the sea. There are several Pier side entertainment hubs that have been brought down to ashes in UK;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">one recent<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0example is the Eastbourne Pier. It was almost burnt down once before in 1970 when a fire broke out in the Pavilion Theatre. But after an hour\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">long blaze<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0last Wednesday, Eastbourne&#8217;s century-old Pier can now be seen as a similitude of the burned down West Pier in <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/brighton\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/brighton;http:\/\/sws.geonames.org\/2654710\/;http:\/\/yago-knowledge.org\/resource\/Brighton;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0d6yv;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Brighton\" >Brighton<\/a>, which is now an\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">eerie metal<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0skeletal structure silhouetted against the sunset, since 2003. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Candara;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Candara;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-xpf1\/v\/t1.0-9\/995056_521818797919522_5026181899606163018_n.jpg?oh=7f82359c159768101573b40d2cc3a8cc&amp;oe=546C83EA\" alt=\"\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">image source: johnmoorejewellery.wordpress.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/static.guim.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2014\/7\/30\/1406747247856\/Eastbourne-pier-on-fire-011.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">image source:www.theguardian.com\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span face=\"Candara\" size=\"3\" style=\"font-family: Candara; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Also listed as a heritage site for its <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Listed building\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/listed-building\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/listed_building;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01cq1t;http:\/\/yago-knowledge.org\/resource\/Listed_building;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Listed_building\" >Grade II<\/a> Victorian dome, the Eastbourne Pier has been the venue for various historical events since it\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">was first<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0opened to public in 1870 by Lord Edward Cavendish. The theatre in the Eastbourne Pier was used to install machine guns to fire at any enemy air\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">crafts that<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0attempted a landing near the bay during World War II. The Pier also starred in a scene of Agatha Christie&#8217;s TV series Poirot and the 2001 Michael Caine movie, Last Orders. It also holds the annual Lammas Music and Dance festival and a viewing point for the Airbourne event, one of the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">worlds largest<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0annual seaside air shows, which was to be held in a few weeks.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span face=\"Candara\" size=\"3\" style=\"font-family: Candara; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">The Pier is closed off \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">to public<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0now due to its hazardous state, but one can take a stroll up <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visiteastbourne.com\/things-to-do\/BeachyHead.aspx\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Candara;\">Beachy Head<\/span><\/a><span face=\"Candara\" size=\"3\" style=\"font-family: Candara; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"> and paraglide down to get a birds eye view of this now, smoky and charred Pier, and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">imagine the<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0wonders it offered during its heyday. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Candara;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visiteastbourne.com\/airbourne\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Candara;\">Find out more about the free Airbourne 2014 display show and other attractions and events in Eastbourne <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Candara;\">Varsha Venugopalan<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just imagine yourself walking through a sea-floating wooden boulevard with larger than life colourful cardboard cut-outs of what&#8217;s going on, Julius Fucik&#8217;s circus theme music, and Entrance of the Gladiators playing in the background. 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