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Join us for Fireworks on 5th November

Join us for Fireworks on 5th November

Join us on the pier on November the 5th from 4pm. Come and enjoy over 20 food and drink stalls and music from 5pm finishing with a fantastic firework display at 7pm. There will be a special guest to set off the fireworks - ho ho ho! Fun for all the family! Entrance £1 for adults and free for children under 16. See you there!

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Old Penny Arcade now open!

Old Penny Arcade now open!

“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 Arcade.  The machines all work with an old-fashioned penny token, which you buy at the kiosk: £1 will buy 5 old penny tokens or £2 will buy 12 old penny tokens. Chris has renovated the machines himself which have no batteries or screens. He also hand painted all the signs and decorative panels in the kiosk.   The Old Penny Arcade on the pier is a new venture for the Traditional Fairground Company run by Chris and his wife Zelda, who are hoping to help visitors to the pier to step back into a bygone era and enjoy a pastime that was once the height of popularity on many Victorian piers in their pier penny arcade.  A blustery day on Sunday 25th August for the opening day did not dampen Chris’s spirits.  He said, “I have...