Women gathered to pay tribute to the suffragettes with a very special flash mob.

Around a dozen dressed as the women's right to vote activists in floral hats and sashes in Patcham on Saturday.

It comes as support grows for a blue plaque near the Clock Tower in Brighton honouring the women's suffrage movement in the city.

Women and men from the Patcham choir Songbirds sung rousing songs inspired by the movement to a crowd outside JB's DeliBean in Old London Road, before local historian Elizabeth Dwiar gave a speech about the vibrancy of the women's suffrage movement in Brighton and Hove in the late-19th century and early-20th century.

Speaking to The Argus she said: "Suffragists [who used peaceful tactics compared to the suffragetes] marched from The Level in Brighton to Patcham as part of the Great Pilgrimage in 1913, which included Millicent Fawcett other key suffragists.

"There were certainly lots of societies promoting women's suffrage and rights to vote within Brighton, Lewes and Haywards Heath.

"Brighton had one of the biggest regional offices outside London, because it was so close to the capital and a lot of the key suffragettes we have all heard of like Emmeline Pankhurst came to stay in Brighton to recuperate."

Ms Dwair said it is important in 2018, which marks the 100th anniversary of some women and all men being given the right to vote, that a blue plaque is unveiled in memory of the women's suffrage movement in Brighton and Hove.

"If we don't do it now, we are missing a huge opportunity.

"It doesn't seem fair to me that women are underrepresented by blue plaques."

The local historian has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise £1,200 to get the blue plaque installed near the Clock Tower in Brighton.

Blue plaques are a familiar sight across the city and are a permanent sign installed in a public place to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person or event, serving as a historical marker.

Ward councillor for Patcham Carol Theobald, who sits on the Blue Plaque committee for the city, said she was whole-heartedly behind the campaign.

She said: "It is important because it would be the first time there would be blue plaque for the suffragettes in Brighton and Hove.

"Elizabeth Dwair has been marvellous in starting the fundraising and she has already brought in a great amount with the Just Giving site.

"I sing with my church so it was great fun to come along today and meeting everybody."

The campaign is planning a fundraiser at Waterstones in Brighton in June with Helen Pankhurst, women's rights activist and great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst.

This year marks 100 years since Parliament passed the 1918 Representation of the People Act, a law which allowed some women over 30 who met minimum property requirements, and all men over 21, to vote for the first time.

But it was not until 1928 that the vote was given women to all women over 21, regardless of property ownership.

To read more about the campaign search Brighton Suffragettes #Vote100 on Facebook or to donate to the fundraising page for the blue plaque visit www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/elizabeth-dwiar-1.