SHE is one of Hove’s great female figures from the last century.

Born into a prosperous Lancashire family in 1909, Dame Jean Rivett-Drake moved to Sussex in the late 30s.

She went on to become a brigadier in the Army and held the position of director of the Women’s Royal Army Corps between 1961 and 1964.

Later in life she was appointed the first female mayor of Hove, a position she held from 1977 to 1978.

Christopher Goodwin MBE, the choir master of the Baptist Church in Holland Road in Hove, is pictured with her here.

She died in 1999.

Craig Douglas, a singer from Newport, Isle of Wight is pictured here strolling along Worthing Pier.

He appeared here in 1967, and later performed at the Worthing Pavilion Theatre in 2012.

Born Terence Perkins, he was most popular in the late 50s and early 60s, and was voted best new singer in 1959 by the NME.

Craig is known as one of the original creators of high-school pop.

A Mrs Barbara Worth is pictured here running a lonely hearts bureau in Brighton in 1969.

It is worlds away from today’s electronic dating craze.

Footballer Mel Hopkins joined Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club in 1964.

He is most famous for being a Wales player and for his 12-year stint at Tottenham Hotspur from 1952 to 1964.

He played 58 matches and scored two goals for the Brighton and Hove Albion, helping them to win the then Division Two championship in 1965.

Mel is pictured here presenting a cheque to lucky winner Catherine Nolan for a pools win.

He retired from football in 1970 and died in 2010, after receiving a merit award from the Football Association of Wales.