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Hove people: 12 best characters of 2011

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By GeorgeHA at 16:50 on 31/12/11

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 We've seen some great characters through the year... here are some of them, beginning with patriotic busker at the Osborne Villas Street party, plus his friend 'Dirty Little Devil'
We've seen some great characters through the year... here are some of them, beginning with patriotic busker at the Osborne Villas Street party, plus his friend 'Dirty Little Devil'
  • We've seen some great characters through the year... here are some of them, beginning with patriotic busker at the Osborne Villas Street party, plus his friend 'Dirty Little Devil'
  • The extraordinary Elvis lookalike who held up Post Offices along the South Coast
  • A very effective way to attract custom at the Seed Swap at Hive Town Hall
  • At the local election hustings, Olga Latham, supportive mother of one of the Conservative candidates
  • Two well-dressed onlokkers at the Brighton Pride parade
  • An effigy of Nick Clegg after it had been partially burned at the Student Protest against the Govt's education plans
  • The joy of gardening – an allotment holder enjoys being one with nature
  • Marguerite Patten, doyenne of British cookery, judges the best sponge cake at St Ann's Wells Garden Spring Festival
  • Summer solstice at the Spiritualist Church in Boundary Passage. Its President is Deborah Knowles
  • Grania Dean, empress of Mrs Canuticacq's Emporium in Stirling Street – a shop as unusual as its name
  • Jackie, Ironwoman – she irons in a shop window in Palmeira
  • ...and one of our Santas all ready to dash along the Hove Prom
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  • Profile image for ModestHelen

    Yeah...whatever happened to Nick Clegg? One minute he was the most hated man on the street, and the next...nothing. That photo of his half-burnt effigy reminded me of how much I miss him – to kick.

    By ModestHelen at 21:31 on 01/01/12

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