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An old oub with vehicles out the front and Pier Hotel signage on the roof.

pier hotel

An elderly man sits at his desk looking at the camera.

"You'd only be down there about half an hour and your troubles would disappear,"
Mr Carter said.

A black and white photograph of a town from a high vantage point, including the Pier Hotel and a shop on the right.

"You could have cigarettes and money sitting on the bar, go for a dance, come back, and your beer and all your money and smokes were still there,"
he said.

A woman wearing a blue collard shirt smiles at the camera

"It looks like … that's going to attract people but I think the loss of history is what is upsetting the community,"
she said.

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