17th November 2022 • The HERALD • Page 27 v INDEPENDENT, LOCAL AND PROUD v Free Estimates • Fully Insured • Quality Service Tel: 023 8194 0878 • Mobile: 07710 464093 Email: mark@markparsonsdecorating.co.uk Web: www.markparsonsdecorating.co.uk Interior & Exterior Painting & Decorating Services FOR QUALITY AND SERVICE • DOMESTIC AND COMMERCIAL WORKS • DISABLED FACILITIES 235 Hampton Lane, Blackfield SO45 1XA Telephone: (023) 8084 9999 Fax: (023) 8084 9999 • Mobile: 07836 525286 Established 1955 Send your local news to The Editor, The Herald, 2 High Street, Hythe SO45 6AH News from Hythe Pier Heritage Association Third Carriage Restoration Hythe Pier Heritage Association is at present in conjunction with volunteers from the Hythe Shed at the Pier engaged in the early stages of a complete restoration of a third Hythe Pier Railway carriage. e seating and doors have been removed and taken away from the Hythe Ferry workshop to be cleaned and prepared for restoring. e bodywork is also being disassembled. As much of the original timber framing as possible will be retained but it has been found that the carriage is perhaps in greater need for new woodwork than the previous two. Saturday 15th July now con rmed. e event will once again take place on the Promenade. Carriage 2 in partial disassembly (Photo: Alan Titheridge) Dismantling the old platform (Photo: Alan Titheridge) Rock the Pier 2022 (Mary King) Carriage 2 (Asset 1327) is the rst of the two driving carriages that arrived at Hythe in 1923, one year a er the opening of the railway on the pier in July 1922. e controls and electrics that have been removed will be thoroughly cleaned, checked and certi ed before reinstallation a er the driver’s cabin has been rebuilt. is is the carriage that carried King George VI along the pier during a visit in May 1944. Relaying of Track at Shore Station Phase 1 of the relaying of the railway track, including the sidings and points at the shore end of the pier is underway. e work entails realigning the technically complex points that allow the train access to the workshop area, replacing the rotten wooden planking and track support structure, supplementing one of the original iron beams with a new beam to ensure against potential beam collapse and the rebuilding of the platform to match the new level of the track. A more sustainable approach to the timber is being taken with the selection of Douglas Fir for the parts that do not require signi cant structural strength, which amounts to the majority of the wood, whilst the remainder will be of Ekki, an African hardwood that is extremely strong and long-lasting. New rails will be laid, the rst 43 metres during this rst phase. Rock the Pier 2023 e hugely popular ‘Rock the Pier’ music festival will return again in 2023 with
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