The Pier Disappears

The 82-year-old Pier Hotel on Wakefield Quay, which has helped quench the thirsts of countless thousands and provided them with accommodation, closed its doors for the last time last month. The old hotel is to be torn down to provide parking space for the new Tasman Tavern a few yards along the road. But the old hotel "went out" with a bang. From 5 to 6 the main bars and subsidiary bars were chock-a-block and licensee, Joe I' Anson, and his wife, Glad, were given a rousing farewell. They had run the hotel since 1951.

The old hotel – Wakefield Quay will hardly be the same without her

Joe I' Anson (right) receives the best wishes from an old patron

And the best of British luck to you too, mates

Mrs Glad I' Anson is surrounded by well-wishers as the clock moves around to 6

Paddy Smith (a patron for 20 years) and "Chappie" Kellor, who has stayed at the hotel when he came to Nelson during the last 50 years, have a last one together.

Mrs I' Anson with Melva Smith (housemaid at the hotel for 3½ years) and Mrs I' Anson's daughter, Julie King-Turner.

A last drink, also, for the chieftain

That clock, we think, is definitely suspect

Tucked away in a corner having a quiet one, we found Hilda Galland, Joyce Wilcox, Bill and Eileen Newsome and Edna Chadwick

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The Nelson Photo News

No 84 : October 14, 1967

The Pier Disappears