The great-grandsons of the man who built the first travelling Spiegeltent are continuing his legacy in Brighton and Hove.

Johnny and Tom Klessens, from the Flemish town of Rijkevorsel in Belgium, are the fourth generation of one family whose lives have revolved around the fantastical structures.

Their great-grandfather Willem Klessens was a carpenter who ran a cafe.

He wanted to buy an organ and eventually found one inside an old Spiegeltent, and could only buy the organ if he bought the tent too.

They have now put up a Spiegeltent at Old Steine Lawns in Brighton as part of the Festival Fringe.

Johnny Klessens, 25, said: "He kept it in a hangar in the back yard.

"After a few years, a lot of people were coming to the annual fair in the town and people started saying Why don't you put up the tent?

"So he did, and made more money from it than he had ever made as a carpenter.

"After that he had the idea of building a new Spiegeltent for dancing that could travel from fair to fair.

"He was the very first person to make these structures as they are today. It grew and grew from there."

The Klessens now own a string of Spiegeltents some originals from the Thirties and Forties, and some reproductions.

Mr Klessens said: "My whole life has revolved around Spiegeltents. I can't imagine doing anything else."