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130th Anniversary Celebrations
As Chair of FBGP I am delighted to announce that we have a big year ahead in 2026 – when our glorious, beautiful pier is 130 years old. Imagine that wonderful day when our pier was officially opened, and the world events that have happened since then – the passing of the Victorian era, two World Wars, the creation of the world wide web, and the dreadful Covid years, and then winning the prestigious Pier of the Year Award. But here we are, with our pier still here despite everything the elements have to throw at us and delighting us and our visitors every day! We have so many plans for 2026 – festivals and other community events – starting with St David’s Day on Sunday March 1st, and importantly more fundraising to continue to aid Bangor City Council, the pier’s owners in keeping our pier safe, with the ongoing welding to the substructure needing to be followed by sandblasting and painting. The recent sad fate of Teignmouth Pier during Storm Chandra is a lesson to us all, and we need...
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Local Artist Presents Original Artwork to FBGP as part of 130th Celebrations
Local artist and friend of the pier Pete Jones presented an original painting of the pier at sunrise to FBGP Chair Avril Wayte, as the beginning of the celebrations for the pier’s 130th anniversary this year. The painting depicts the pier at sunrise and will be a prize in the FBGP Grand Summer raffle. Prints will be made of the image and will be available to purchase alongside other merchandise depicting the image at the FBGP shop on the pier from May 17th. Said Avril Wayte Chair of Friends of Bangor Garth Pier, “Local artist Pete Jones has a lifelong love of our fabulous Garth Pier and demonstrated this in the best possible way by creating an amazing artwork of a sunrise over the pier and donating it to our charity. It will enable us to raise money for pier restoration, in this our pier’s 130th year. One lucky ticket holder will win it in our Grand Raffle with tickets for sale from May 17th. Prints and merchandise will also be available to purchase from our pier shop.”