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“Family fun for all ages,” is how Chris Fenney describes his new business in one of the pier’s kiosks. Vintage slot machines, including a puppet show, a 1920s film star machine and a grip tester are just a few of the games of skill that you can try in the Old Penny...
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The Friends of Bangor Garth Pier are proud to be supporting the #LoveTheMenai Campaign with the Menai Strait Partnership Forum to help to showcase the importance of the Strait and the need to protect it. The campaign aims to raise awareness of how businesses and the...
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The Whistlestop on the Pier café has a new home in the orange kiosk on the pier. And proprietors William (Scottie) and Judy Love could not be happier. Said William, “We are now smack bang in the middle of the pier. Some of our regular customers are really pleased that...
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On May 19th 2024 we celebrated the pier’s 128th birthday with the Bangor Pier Festival, and what a day we had! Celebrations started at 9am with a wide selection of food and drink stalls ranging from bacon baps to Caribbean food and from smoothies to cocktails! There...
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FBGP volunteer Fiona was delighted that her first shift back recently at the Entrance Kiosk on the pier was not only on a sunny day but that she met an inspiring group of cyclists raising money for heart transplants. The Electric Cranks Cycling Club stopped off at the...
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More than 40 volunteers, including many from the Friends of Bangor Garth Pier, joined the Mayor of Bangor’s Paint the Pier weekend at the end of April. Blessed with dry weather and armed with paint and brushes the volunteers painted the gates, the railings, the green...
