‘Grandad and the Pier’ screenings

Event Start Date:
6 October 2023
Event End Date:
21 January 2024
Event Venue:
Various

This charming documentary film captures the community restoration of Ramsey Queen’s Pier. Closed for decades, now the town is getting a new lease of life thanks to a defiant elderly population building something for the next generation.

Screenings of the film are taking place at the following locations:

For further information on the film please click here.

Year of the Pier artworks exhibition

Event Start Date:
30 September 2023
Event End Date:
25 March 2024
Event Venue:
West Pier Centre, Brighton

Visit artist Nicky Thompson’s collection of 12 pier artworks commissioned by the National Piers Society to celebrate the Year of the Pier in 2023.

Year of the Pier Lecture Series: The changing face of international piers with Martina Weyreter

Event Start Date:
14 December 2023
Event End Date:
14 December 2023
Event Venue:
Online

This talk will look at international piers – historic and modern. How do they differ from British piers and what might be the historic, cultural, geographical or political reasons for this? There will also be an update on international pier construction projects and their recent progress (or, in some cases, non-progress), with a focus on Germany.

Martina Weyreter comes from Germany, has been a member of the National Piers Society since 1997 and was made an honorary lifetime member in 2019. She has written various articles in PIERS over the years, on British as well as international piers. She has been involved in plans to organise an NPS members’ trip to German piers, though this has not yet materialised because of the cost.

For further information and to book, please click here.