A RETIRED schoolteacher has published a book of photographs which capture key developments in Brighton’s history.

Christopher Horlock, who was born in Brighton in 1953 and brought up and educated in the city, has released his new book full of historical photographs called Brighton From Old Photographs.

His interest in local history peaked in 1968 when he was still a teenager and subsequently grew over the years.

Mr Horlock built up a collection of photographs, maps, prints and ephemera which was influenced by the publication of James Gray’s book Victorian and Edwardian Brighton From Old Photographs, published in 1972.

Since then he has written extensively about the city he loves, with this being his eighth book published.

He is also a regular columnist for Sussex Life magazine and enjoys travelling all over the county giving talks on the many interesting aspects of Brighton’s history and development from the small fishing town it once was.

This book shows the main streets, key buildings and amenities of the city plus its piers, seaside attractions and other iconic features.

Most of the photographs used in his new book were collected personally but some are sourced from local historians and postcard collectors.

These include Robert Jeeves, Peter Booth, Tony McKendrick Warden and Philippe Garner, who many will know for his exhibition of old photographs of Brighton on display at Brighton Museum in 2002.