Woooo, I'm stunned by this...

[AndyR]

On the way home on the London Underground I saw a little snippet about this in a freebie paper. My eyes watered a bit.

Just been on the BBC news site watching all the pcitures http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/7528165.stm. I'm in floods of tears now.

That's a big chunk of my childhood gone, memories of my Nan, girfriends...

I can't believe how much this has upset me. If you'd asked me about Weston Pier yesterday, I'd have said "oh yeah, not my sort of thing, it's for the tourists..."

Obviously I really do "come from Weston" ... and I hadn't regarded it as "home" for a very very long time.

[ToneMonkey]

Wow man, I remember that place from when I was a nipper.

That's bad new's.

[38thBeatle]

Tis sad. I remember it well from childhood and visits to WSM to see my Aunt.

[WezV]

yeah, i was a bit shocked this morning.  it was weird because i woke up to the news that there was a fire at 8 and the pier was gone by 9

[Philly Q]

I've never been there - I know Weston mainly as Ritchie Blackmore's home town - but it's always sad to see a piece of history disappear like that.  :(

[dave_mc]

^ agreed.