So don't go there then. I get pissed off with some of the posh gardens that charge entry. Some of those are shitehouse too, just a load of old plants..
.....and they're not at the seaside!
Chalk Pits museum, Open Air museum, Pevensey Castle, the Pavilion, various fancy gardens, and big houses, Drusillas, NT properties - all tourist attractions, all charge an entry fee. Is the Aquarium still there? Free, is it?
So why should the Palace Pier suddenly be a freebie? What's the...
FFS, what's the beef with paying a quid? Most visitors probably just do go for a stroll, without spending anything further. When I was a kid, we used to go on the pier, but didn't spend anything but the entrance fee - Mum and Dad might have given me some (old) pennies (and not very many!) to...
£1 sounds alright. It used to cost money back when I were a lad (6d probably) - wouldn't have any bother forking out a Thatcher (thick, brassy and thinks it's a sovereign) for a breezy perambulation up one side of the pier and down t'other!