A Royal Visit to Brighton 1928

The Duke & Duchess of York at the Pylons

A Royal Visit to Brighton 1928
A topical post by Paul Jordan of the Local History Centre about the visit to Brighton of Prince William's great grandparents.

The Van Alen and the Giant Wheel

This view from the Palace Pier shows, in the right foreground, the south-west corner of Daltons Bastion. This bastion will be extended 8.4 metres southwards to receive the Wheel. When the wheel is built a western arc of it will obtrude into the right of the picture obscuring part of the Van Alen from this angle of view. Apparently there were no objections from architectural aficionados on this particular point. 

It is interesting to note that this photo was taken from a point on the pier approximately twice as far away from the Van Alen as  the Wheel will be but with a magnification of approximately 5 times. This photograph therefore gives a 2.5 times better view into the balconies than the riders of the Wheel will get. One is surprised the residents don't want to ban walking on the Pier!

Previously:

The Brighton "O".

Giant seafront ferris wheel approved

Giant seafront ferris wheel approved

From the City Council's press release:

Brighton & Hove City Council’s planning committee this afternoon approved an application for the 45m-high structure, known as the Brighton Wheel. Developers are expected to start work soon and have the attraction ready during the main summer season. It is expected to attract around 250,000 customers a year. Permission is temporary for five years.  A condition of the consent is that the structure is removed by May 2016.

Located 100m east of Brighton Pier, at full capacity it would carry around 280 passengers in 36 cabins for an 11-minute ride.  Opening hours would generally be 10am to 11pm, every day, year-round.

A council spokesman said:  “We had to weigh up the pros and cons of this scheme and there were many people making representations on both sides.
“We felt that on balance the advantages outweighed the disadvantages, especially given that this is a temporary consent.  We’re still hopeful that the i360 viewing tower will be delivered at the West Pier site.  But for now this attraction will bring some benefits to the seafront and help our local businesses through the recession.”

Earlier post: brighton-o.

Planning Committee 27th April 2011

At their meeting today the City Council Planning Committee unanimously rejected an application for a Sainsbury Local store in Preston Village.

They approved the application for an observation wheel situated  east of the Palace Pier on Daltons Bastion, Madeira Drive, by 7 votes for, with 5 abstentions.  See also 'The Brighton "O"'.

'Alice' and 'Adolf' concluded . . .

Since the earlier post here, all is made clear:-

VERY Brighton. Guildford and Oxford eat your hearts out . . .