Brighton West Pier in its final days in 2003 with starlings flying in to roost at sunset

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"Picture by Roger Bamber 26 February 2003 Brightons Grade 1 listed West Pier on the day Brighton and Hove City Council Planning Commitee met to decide on planning permission for buildings on the shore to fund its renovation Shortly afterwards an arsonist set the pier on fire and all hope of restoration was lost Picture shows the collapsing Concert Hall with some of the 50,000 starlings that roost there when they migrate to the UK."

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Size: 3609px × 2352px
Location: Brighton East Sussex England UK Great Britain
Photo credit: © Roger Bamber / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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