It is deathly quiet on Southport Pier as the sun beams overhead.
For six months Colin Jamieson has had the pier to himself, and he alone has enjoyed the sprawling views. The 67-year-old owns the Southport Pier Pavilion, the café, and arcade that has been marooned since Sefton Council shut down the pier in December last year.
Colin has spent his days going along the pier in his golf buggy and trying to understand why it was closed. May and June are his most profitable months but with no income, he does not know how long he can survive.
