The End Of The Music Halls Oldest Joke ! (1930)

Wigan, Lancashire. Full titles read: “THE END OF THE MUSIC HALLS OLDEST JOKE ! - Wigan Pier - there really was a Pier ! and it’s 50 years old !!! demolished.“ Various shots of workmen on the river banks demolishing the pier with various winches and lowering the parts onto a waiting barge. Good L/S of ’WIGAN PIER FILLING STATION’. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.