Herne Bay Pier Past, Present & Future
Exhibition 21-22 August
This summer we will be
holding an exhibition in the Pier Café during the opening weekend of the Herne
Bay Festival on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 August, open from 11am - 4pm on both
days. Discover the pier's fascinating past, enjoy its current facilities and
help shape its future. The exhibition will include photos, memories, films and
artwork and promises to be of interest to people of all ages.
Do you have old photos or films that the trustees could borrow or make
copies of? We would like to speak to local people who remember the pier as it
once was and could help by writing down their memories so we can share them
with visitors.
The event will play a
really important role in seeking views on what should happen to the pier and
attracting new members.
We also urgently need
volunteers to help with all aspects of the exhibition, during the weeks leading
up to the festival and on the two days themselves. If you are able to assist,
even for just a few hours, or can help with exhibits, please get in touch
directly with the organisers Jane and Ian Priston by email at: ianpriston@hotmail.com or janepriston@tiscali.co.uk or by
telephone on 01227 367635.
Please tell everybody
you know about the event.
Fundraising
Andy Newell, on behalf of us all, has been investigating ways in which we can raise money for our work from recycling. This has already started on a small scale and Andy is keen to receive old inkjet cartridges and drink cans, both of which can be turned into cash as well as helping the environment. We are working towards installing recycling bins in the town, but until these have been sourced, please contact Andy directly to discuss dropping off your cans and cartridges by email at andrewnewell27@hotmail.com.
More information about these schemes will be on
the website very soon.
Pilgrims Hospice Moonlight Walk - 18 Sept - A Night to Remember
This is successful fundraising event for local charity Pilgrims Hospices has been running in Deal for three years but this year it will come to Herne Bay for the first time. This is a ladies only event and the walk will leave from Herne Bay Pier at 9pm. The walk is to Whitstable and back again, an easy 8 miles along the coast, returning to Herne Bay Pier again in the early hours. Dressing up is encouraged - something to glow in the dark!
You can enter online at www.pilgrimsmoonlightwalk.com or call 01227 782062 for an application form.
400 ladies are already registered and the organisers are hoping to get to 1000, so tell your friends and spread the word.
Membership News
Last Tuesday the Pier Trust held its first full AGM. The meeting was well attended by our members and two new trustees were elected to the board.
Both Ian Priston and Andrea Leach are Herne Bay residents and bring with them experience of fundraising, press and publicity, local businesses and much more.
The following new resolutions were agreed at the AGM.
To set challenging goals to increase membership over the next 12 months.
To investigate how to develop a discussion forum on the Trust's website, along with its Facebook page.
To keep the local press informed of developments to help ensure people in the town are more aware of the Trust's activities.
To initiate contact with local schools in recognition of the fact one of the principal aims of the trust is to develop and maintain the Pier for future generations.
To develop options to establish new forms of membership including joint membership for partners and a junior membership category.
Further establish links with other organisations that have helped regenerate piers.
To explore and develop methods of communicating with supporters and potential members who do not have internet access
To play an active role in August's Herne Bay Festival.
Pier Trust News - 2009
On 26 November Canterbury City Council approved plans for the relocation of all the sports facilities currently located on the pier. This is an important milestone in our campaign for the pier's regeneration and means that the real work on what we want in their place can begin in the New Year. The council's budget includes the provision of £425,000 capital expenditure to demolish the Pier Pavilion.
The Pier Trust would like thank James and Anne Connolly of the Bun Penny, for so generously donating a 32" LCD television and organising a fundraising raffle in our support, aided by Pete Revell. We are most grateful to all the many individuals and businesses in the town who helped sell raffle tickets. The raffle raised a total of £650 towards our funds. THANK YOU ALL.
SUMMER 2009
Over the summer we were involved with a number of fundraising and publicity events in the town.
August 22nd was the start of Herne Bay's festival. We opened the Pier Cafe for tea and raised £108 for our work. We also invited children to help us make a giant collage about what they would like to see on a future rebuilt pier. There were some wonderful imaginative ideas, so thank you all.
Many thanks to Paul Jennings for filming this event and producing the film above about the work of the Pier Trust.
Graham Cooper, our Press and Publicity Officer, has been interviewed about the work of the Pier Trust on Cabin Radio and KMFM.
On August 14th we opened the Pier Cafe during Herne Bay's Annual Crab Competition and raised £155 towards our operating fund. We'd like to thank all those who helped us on the day as well as Mount Ephraim, The Berkeley Hotel and Michael Khoury for their generous donations.
Thanks to all of you who came along to support us at this event Follow this link to see some pictures from the day.
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentish_gazette/news/2009/august/17/herne_bay_crab_contest.aspx
We took part in the Herne Bay Carnival on August 8th and collected a large contribution to the Carnival funds.
We would like to thank local business Bay Embroidery for designing and printing our brilliant new T shirts.
On August 25th Animate Arts Company from Canterbury organised the pebble mosaic on the beach and with the help of local children they produced this fantastic picture of the pier, stretching out towards the distant pier head.
OLDER NEWS
Harold Gough
A new (and updated) colour edition of Harold Gough's book HERNE BAY'S PIERS has recently been published by the Herne Bay Historical Records Society in honour of Harold's death last year. Copies are available from Herne Bay Museum and local bookshops.
Charitable Status
The Herne Bay Pier Trust has now been awarded full charity status and is a registered charity number 1128253. This means we have started enrolling members and raising funds toward the regeneration of the pier.
Logo
The Trust's logo was designed by Eric Stair, a local Herne Bay resident. It has been developed, with the assistance of City Council design staff into the final version. The Mr Stair's design was chosen from among a number of entries submitted in a competition organized by the Trust in conjunction with the Herne Bay Gazette. Mr Stair was presented with his prize of a digital camera at the official unveiling of the logo at the Trust's March meeting.