Weston-super-Mare, Somerset - Grand Pier Pavilion - by Phillput, local pmk 1904

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• Picture / Image:  Grand Pier Pavilion, Weston-super-Mare [Somerset] (shows Steep Holm in background)
• Publisher: Misses Phiiput, Weston-super-Mare
• Postally used: yes
• Stamp:  Edward VII half d blue-green (the earlier shade of this issue)
• Postmark(s): Weston super Mare 1904 cds
• Sent to:  Harold Higgins, 14 Bridge Street, Witney, Oxon.
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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The Grand Pier is a pleasure pier in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, situated on the Bristol Channel approximately 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Bristol. It opened in 1904 and has been Listed Grade II since 1983.[1] It is 366 metres (1,201 ft) long.[2]

The pier's pavilion has been destroyed by fire on two occasions, in 1930 and 2008.[3] It is one of two major piers in the town, along with Birnbeck Pier, which closed in 1994 and stands derelict.

Work began on building the pier on 7 November 1903, with P. Munroe acting as engineer, and it opened on 11 June 1904.[4] At the pier's end was a 2,000-seat theatre which was used as a music hall and for opera, stage plays and ballet. On 16 May 1907 an extension of the pier measuring 500 yards (1,500 ft) was opened, with the intention that the pier would be used as a docking point for boats to Cardiff. The dangerous currents in the bay made this too difficult, however, and the extension was demolished.[5]

The theatre at the pier's end was destroyed by fire on 13 January 1930.[6][7] As the building was underinsured the pier was put up for sale and bought by Leonard Guy , who opened a £60,000 new pavilion three years later.[8] This second pavilion housed a large undercover funfair rather than a theatre.[6] The pier was sold in 1946 to Mr. A. Brenner, who went on to improve the pier's facilities, adding new shops and an amusement arcade to the pavilion in the early 1970s. As a result of the extra investment, the pier became a Grade II listed building in 1974.[5]

Brenner continued his ownership of the pier until 6 February 2008, when it was sold to brother and sister partnership Kerry and Michelle Michael. The pier immediately underwent a multi-million-pound revamp, which included a new branding scheme. £1,000,000 was spent installing a new go-kart track, a fully licensed bar, and a climbing wall into the pavilion.