Issue 466 28th March 2015
CROMER IS CROWNED PIER OF THE YEAR!
Covering Cromer, Mundesley, the Runtons and surrounding villages in association with the North Walsham Times and Sheringham Independent
Cromer has been voted Pier Of The Year 2015 by the members of the National Piers Society.
It previously won the award in 2000. Worthing took second place, with Eastbourne and Llandudno tying for third.
Cromer Pier is in its 114th year. It was designed by John James Webster (1845-1914). Initially a toll of 2d (1p) was levied, rising to 4d when concerts were given on the bandstand. In due course this was roofed over and converted into a roller skating rink.
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But by 1921 it had become a fully-fledged theatre and welcomed its first concert party, the Rolling Stones! Astonishingly the Pavilion Theatre has survived ever since and is now home to the UK’s last surviving End Of The Pier show, which is produced by Openwide Coastal and runs twice daily for 13 weeks in the summer and 4 weeks at Christmas. Such is its popularity that the theatre’s auditorium has had to be enlarged. Only four other pier theatres survive in the UK.
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