KEY SOURCES

ARCHIVES East Anglian Film Archive eafa.org.uk Based in Norwich, EAFA has digitised most of its film collection and made it available online. Watch a delightful 20-minute tourist promotion film of Southend On Sea shot in 1964 and narrated by Johnny Morris ( www. eafa.org.uk/catalogue/7641).

British Newspaper Archive britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk Search the British Newspaper Archive for news items and advertisements about pleasure piers or on Findmypast ( findmypast.co.uk), both of these are subscription sites.

Britain On Film player.bfi.org.uk/ britain- on-film Britain On Film is an impressive online archive of amateur and professional film held by the BFI ( British Film Institute).

WEBSITES The National Piers Society piers.org.uk The most comprehensive online resource for everything pier-related, from their engaging history to news items and current volunteering opportunities if you would like to get involved in protecting pier heritage through individual preservation societies.

Arthur Lloyd arthurlloyd.co.uk/ Brighton/ MusicHall AtThePalacePierBrighton.htm This website collects and shares theatre and music hall history, and has an useful page on Brighton’s Palace Pier theatre.

BOOKS

British Seaside Piers by Anthony Wills and Tim Phillips ( English Heritage, 2014) Published by English Heritage to celebrate the bicentenary of the opening of the first public pier in 1814, at Ryde, Isle of Wight, the book contains a wealth of information, history and illustrations plus a complete gazetteer of British piers.