The West Pier looks beautiful in this photo how different from the current look! Even if you compare this look to the current Palace Pier (note not 'Brighton Pier'!), the old West Pier look is from a different era, Edwardian. Not the current raz-a-mataz look of the Palace Pier!

I have very fond memories of growing up in Hove during the early 70s. I remember being entranced by the beautiful illuminations of the West Pier. How sad the way it's ended up.

It's a crime to take this beauty away from the world this way, just for commercial interests, as I suppose. It's a crying shame, and I cannot believe in someone's interest to rebuild this jewel. It's lost, and it remains to be a shame. Tom, from Germany.