The passing of about a dozen muses from a photographer's who's who exhibition in 2010 marks the importance of charting the lives of notable folk.

Liz Mott's portraits of prominent characters in Deal made the basis of her book and exhibition called The Real Deal in 2010.

Today, the photographer holds an invitation only private view ahead of a three week long exhibition and book aptly titled Another Real Deal.

The new display showcases 84 portraits of the town's most well known, including publicans, shop owners and artistes.

But it also looks retrospectively at those who appeared in Ms Mott's previous project including those who have since died.

Among them are Lady Fleur Boyce, Frank Fishlock, picket organiser and sacked miner Charlie Sheavills, Lady Jill Garrod, Nicole Loftus Potter, Christian Ball and former mayor and Labour turned Liberal Democrat councillor.

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There are also some who have left town or whose roles have changed over the eight years

These include Carry Callister of Carried Away, now living in Cornwall, textile artist Eileen Thompsett moved to Lewes and Peter Cocks now lives in Folkestone but still returns for the Private Widdle events.

Major John Perkins retired last year as chairman of the Deal Memorial Bandstand Trust and is now living abroad, Ralph Cade and Robin Green no longer run Greencades gift shop nor does Mr Cade run The Dining Club any more, Carole Austen no longer has the gift shop One to One, and former Mercury editor Graham Smith has retired.

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Points of note for the 2019 archive include: Emma Ford at Tamarisk is writing her first novel.

Katherine and Paolo Miretti celebrated 10 years of Miretti’s coffee shop being in business at the end of 2018.

Les Coe was awarded a medal for over 60 years service as a lifeboatman while Peter St Ange was appointed to Walmer Parish Council at the end of last year.

Pete Fishlock and George Chittenden set up their business The History Project in 2018.