NEWLY discovered historic pictures of The Rolling Stones taken by Argus photographers will be unveiled in an exhibition being run again due to popular demand.

The event on Friday and Saturday will once again be at The Grand hotel on Brighton seafront.

It will give more people an opportunity to see or buy images from a collection of around 250 unseen images on display, including the never-before-seen photographs of The Rolling Stones.

The archive has been lovingly curated by Andy Garth and his team at Brighton and Hove Stuff as well as archivists at The Keep in Moulsecoomb.

Andy said: “The Grand have been great in helping us put these launch events together and it will be great to see members of public pouring in.

“The event really is back by public demand as at the last one, lots of people came to the hotel after the one-day event expecting to see the exhibition. I think the number of people who came along on the day was a big highlight for me.

“We must have had around 500 visitors last time and it will be great to see more turn up this week.

“The BBC have even asked us to make a short documentary about the archive to be shown later this year, which shows the high level of interest in our local history.

“By holding part of this launch on a Saturday we are encouraging more people to experience a slice of the action.”

The full collection, partially revealed at the first event in April, contains more than 30,000 images which are soon to be made available on our website.

The Argus Photo Archive contains thousands of unique photographs taken since 1929, with this week’s event focusing on images in the last half of the 20th century.

Among the new collection are a number of limited edition photographs of The Rolling Stones when they played at the Apple Club in Brighton in 1971. Andy said: “We have some photographs of this gig but also of the band members backstage which make for great pictures, considering we are confident they have never been seen.

“Lots of big acts used to play at the venue so the images really are a fascinating part of local history.

“I look forward to this weekend.”

The launch event will once again be held to raise money for local children’s charity Rockinghorse and The Argus Appeal.

Historical items relating to The Argus over its 137 years of publishing will be on show and visitors can log on to computers to look through the archive database.

The free event takes place from 1pm to 8pm on Friday and from 10am to 6pm on Saturday.