Hythe Pier has a 50 ft hole...

[Skyva_2]

See

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/dorset/3234717.stm>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/dorset/3234717.stm</A>

and we just subscribed to a new plank for the pier!

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[StugeronSteve]

Were you going to get your name branded into the plank like the Yarmouth Pier donors? Anyone else ever noticed the plank on said pier donated by "Hugh Jampton"?

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[KipH]

I'll look out for it. Jonathan Ross once asked actress Samantha Janus if her brothers name was Hugh.

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[Peppermint]

Re: As a stop gap

Eddie Edwards will be driving the train.

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[petery]

What was the name of the dredger?...

... as my boat was crushed earlier in the season by a dredger/gravel boat and I wonder whether it could be the same ...

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[plombier]

Re: What was the name of the dredger?...

Donald Redford

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[MADFISH]

The skipper was as pissed as a handcart!!!

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[chriscallender]

So thats why it said in the story that he had been arrested and released on bail?

Still, you'd need to have a fe w shandies inside you before you could miss something the size of a pier!

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[petery]

... allegedley, surely? nm

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[MADFISH]

Re: ... allegedley, surely? nm

His tipple is Jack Daniels. Really!!

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[peterb]

Re: ... allegedley, surely? nm

I happened to be monitoring Ch16 when a different ship went through a different pier. The local lifeboat reported the collision to the coastguard. After urgent enquiries about the seaworthiness of the ship and being reassured, CG asked whether there was any damage to the pier. "Well, it's in two bits, if that's what you mean!" Then CG asked if they could talk to the ship's captain. The reply came in a very broad local dialect; "T'aint no use talkin' to 'im; 'e's pissed!"

Allegedly, of course.<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by peterb on 05/11/2003 21:42 (server time).</FONT></P>

 

[petery]

Re: What was the name of the dredger?...

I was hit by the Union Arrow in Littlehampton Harbour. Their insurance company paid out within 2 months.
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