Over the Easter weekend that year, four-year-old Archie Miles became separated from his promenading family and managed to unwittingly stow away on .

This set off a police hunt and he was only reunited with his parents after a night in the workhouse at Brighton and a telegram to his grandparents in Mayfield.

[2] In March 1913, on Easter Monday, the pier was damaged in a storm, with only the southern end remaining, completely cut off from land.

The pier is owned by Worthing Borough Council (formerly Worthing Corporation).The Pavilion Theatre and Denton Cafe is situated at the northern, land end of the pier; at the middle is the 1935 amusement arcade, which from 1956 - 2006 carried a distinctive 'New Amusements' sign that was featured on the cover of the album To See the Lights (1996) by Britpop band Gene.

[7][8] On 24 February 2016, it was announced that the Birdman will be cancelled for that year and that the Worthing Town Centre Initiative (WTCI) were unsure whether it would return in 2017.