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Redcar Pier was built in 1873, it suffered numerous mishaps with ship collisions, fires, deliberate breaching in WW2 , damage by a mine explosion and storm damage before finally being demolished in 1981.
The remains of the foundations can still be seen on the beach.
Update 22/07/09 – The location of the pier has just been marked with a new heritage plaque.
Hi there I have photos of redcar pier inside taken by after flooding and the server damage to the sea wall, it must be early 50s and taken when I worked there. Just thought you might like to know don dodsworth
Hi .I now live in Worcestershire but remember the pier well, I am a Middlesbrough lass and proud of it. But wow what fun we had at the Pier dances during the late 50s early sixties somewhere on the web is a picture of me winning a Miss Sweater girl competion.I remember the ballroom dance classes bit like the Blackpool tower dances but on a smaller scale.I also remember the fishermen coming in on little boats and my dad buying fresh crabs. So sad when the pier went. and even if it were still standing in it’s original form one could never re enact the magic that was dancing with the wind howling and the waves smashing the struts holding up the pier.I never ever witnessed a fight or any signs of trouble .Yes they were the good old days.
Patricia Lancaster