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Captain Kids now has an official twitter account and it can be followed http://twitter.com/captainkids

Visit  and relax in their refurbished Cafe.

You can now follow the-pier.co.uk on twitter at http://twitter.com/thepierUK

To celebrate the launch of our twitter account we are going to give away 2 copies of the paper back book Lancashire’s Seaside Piers by Martin Easdown.  A review on the book can be found by clicking here!

To be in with a chance to win all you need to do is to follow us and retweet the following:

Win a fantastic book on Lancashire Piers by following @thepierUK details at http://bit.ly/c5wJQx

Draw will take place on Monday 5th April 2010

The contractor responsible for the rebuilding of the Grand Pier in Weston Super Mare has completed a topping out ceremony on the reborn pier.

John Sisk where responsible for delivering a modern, state of the art structure which is due to open in the summer of 2010.

Featuring a stunning new pavilion the Grand Pier could be know as the Grander Pier!

Kerry Michael who is the owner of the Grand Pier commented – “Having overcome the initial shock and despair of losing the Pavilion, we went through difficult process of obtaining all the necessary permissions and now finally, we are in the exciting phase where we can see the building taking shape every day. The internal fit out begins next week and we can’t wait for the day it opens.”

Paul Wilson, MD at Sisk’s admitted that the environment and location posed a unique set of challenges for the builing firm as they battled with the sea and weather whilst working on the project.

Many thanks to Jon Mosen from Swanage Pierfriends for providing us with an article about the fabulous Swanage Pier in Dorset.

The article can be found at Swanage Pier Article and contains information on the Piers past and current history.