Archive for July, 2010

The Grand Bier For The Grand Pier

29.07.10

Weston-super-Mare’s Grand Pier is to have its very own real ale. The beer, which has been christened The Grand Bier, is available on draught and also in bottles.

Regency Purchasing Group, a procurement business for food, drink, utilities and equipment, has been responsible for commissioning the beer. The beer is being brewed by the Bristol Beer ….

Donkey To Be Raffled For RNLI

21.07.10

One of Weston-super-Mare’s decorated donkeys will be raffled off for the RNLI later this year. Horatio, one of the 40 donkeys, has set up home in the town’s museum in Burlington Street.

Horatio was painted by local artist Renee Kilburn and he was sponsored by local businessman Nelson Penfold.

The donkey will stay at the Museum until ….

Recycling Weston’s Grand Pier

19.07.10

Decking salvaged from Weston’s Grand Pier after the fire in July 2008 has been recycled into furniture.

Over 100 benches, 80 full size tables, 320 seats and seating on the new land trains have all been made from the salvaged wood.

The remainder of the wood from the Pier went to Somerset Wood Recycling, a not-for-profit social ….

Spider To Install Grand Pier Lighting System

16.07.10

A specialist piece of machinery will be arriving on Weston-super-Mare’s Grand Pier this week (Monday 21st June), to install the three and a half kilometres of feature lighting on the new Pavilion building and covered walkway.

The narrow-entrance access work platform, or Spider as it is known in the trade, can fit through very narrow spaces ….

Karting School For Pier

16.07.10

The owners of Weston’s Grand Pier will set up a junior karting school on the newly installed 300 metre long Go Kart track, when the attraction opens this summer.

Children aged eight to fifteen will be taken through beginner, intermediate and advanced driver training. Lessons can be booked on either  Saturday and Sunday mornings from 9am ….

Grand Pier To Get Tourist Signs On M5 Motorway

13.07.10

Weston-super-Mare’s Grand Pier has been granted permission, by the Highways Agency, to have brown tourism signs erected on the M5 to advertise the attraction.

Permission from the Highways Agency comes after intervention from Weston MP and Minister for Tourism and Heritage John Penrose.

An initial approach to the Highways Agency by the Pier owners Kerry and Michelle ….

Decorated Donkey Are Ready To Take To The Streets Of Weston

12.07.10

Forty decorated donkeys are ready to the streets of Weston-super-Mare. The donkeys, which are made from fibreglass and resin, are being sponsored by local businesses and will brighten up the town during the summer months.

Weston Grand Pier events co-ordinator Fiona Hooper sourced the donkeys from as far away as the Philippines and has been responsible ….

Testing Time For The New Rides On Weston’s Grand Pier

09.07.10

With the opening of Weston’s Grand Pier only weeks away, the owners Kerry and Michelle Michael have begun testing out the rides.

The first two rides to be ready for testing are the Side Winder and the F1 simulators. Both of these were bought at a trade show in Florida.

The Michaels’ travelled the world seeking out ….