Talk:Southend Pier

message: Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver was conceived on Southend Pier in August 1974. removed by Chowells: Trivia - this sounds very much like a hoax, if someone can provide a verifiable source feel free to add it back 
Fair enough to delete this piece of nonsense but I would be intrigued to know what would count as a "verifiable source" in this case! Flapdragon 23:06, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Lol. Good point. No idea. It really does sound extremely unlikely to me. AFAIK there is no hotel on SOuthend Pier. So how would he be conceived there? How would his parents know for sure that it defeinitely occurred there? Why and who would have publicised it? Why can't it be verified on the web (using google), the source of all rumours? I'd be very hesitant about adding it back, to be honest. chowells 23:32, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]

message: I'm not convinced that this article really needs the rail route diagram, but if it is to be there, should the station names not be reversed, with the (northern) shore station at the top? Regards, Lynbarn 14:40, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I second both points.Jimjamjak (talk) 13:27, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the diagram should be removed as it conveys no information that can not be described by the text of the article, and does look rather like a joke. JRawle (Talk) 22:48, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I just took WP:BOLD and removed it today. Si Trew (talk) 15:42, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  rail route diagram 

message: Is the information about Ernest Turner's accidental death in any way notable? I'm not denying that to local historian this may be of interest, but to a reader of Wikipedia, I think that this may just be trivia. I haven't looked, but I imagine that there have been several deaths on the pier since 1931 - I don't think that a list of all of these would be any more interesting, unless they resulted in some change to the pier structure etc. It seems that in the case of poor Mr Turner, no changes were made to the railway or the pier - I suggest removal of this item.Jimjamjak (talk) 22:59, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It may be notable as the first and only death on a pier railway - certainly on this pier railway. I would therefore suggest that it stays. Regards, Lynbarn (talk) 18:14, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks Lynbarn. By was it "the first and only death on a pier railway". I'd suggest referencing that, and then it may be notable. I'm not currently satisfied that the information on Turner's death meets Wikipedia's criteria for notability. Please provide evidence that it does meet these criteria.Jimjamjak (talk) 10:52, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ernest Turner 

message: I'm not sure of the actual date of re-opening but by August 2010 the pier head station had been rebuilt and put back into operation as an island platform with a track on either side though, like the passing loop, the points are padlocked and only the western track and one train were operational. 83.104.249.240 (talk) 00:42, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The new station opened lastSeptember -I've updated the article to that effect. regards, Lynbarn (talk) 16:54, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pier head station reopened 

message: I have heard from a couple of sources that during WW2, a V2 rocket struck the shore-end pier pavilion, went straight through, and embedded in the mud under the pier without exploding. Does anybody know if and when this actually occurred? There was also mention of damage to one of the railway stations, and that some rolling stock was destroyed. This may have been a separate incident, but either or both - if true - are probably notable enough to include in the article. 
Regards, Lynbarn (talk) 20:55, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  V2 Missile attack on pier 

message: I note that the length given in the lede differs from that in the infobox by about 20m - which is correct?  Geopersona (talk) 20:36, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably the infobox as the other will be a rounding error. And a further figure (2100m) in the text (plus extension of 99m) gives a third different length. Geopersona (talk) 20:41, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Length of pier