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The Pier Hotel at the end of the 19th century:

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75 Pier Hotel 2 Canning Street 2 Hamilton Street 2

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Pier Hotel through the window

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Think it was The Canning Hotel 1857 - extension added later

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RECENTLY INFORMED THAT WHEN THEY BUILT THE TAX OFFICE OVER THE PIER THEY FILLED IN THE CELLAR TO PUT THOSE PILES THROUGH.SOME WISEOWL FORGOT YOU WOULD NEED ONE TO PUT THE ALE IN!

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RECENTLY INFORMED THAT WHEN THEY BUILT THE TAX OFFICE OVER THE PIER THEY FILLED IN THE CELLAR TO PUT THOSE PILES THROUGH.SOME WISEOWL FORGOT YOU WOULD NEED ONE TO PUT THE ALE IN!
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Used to drink in the pier hotel don't understand why a lovely building like this is still laying empty been empty for years now !

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Just been looking at the Woodside thread and was wondering when the top part was added
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The single storey end had the additional floors added to it when then building was refurbed for the tax, in the 1980s .

Often had a pint with my late Dad in their (whitbreads Mild?) in the early 80s - but the single storey bit was not used then - just the main building..


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