TRIBUTES to the war dead of a seaside town have been recorded for posterity in a book.

Eric Howden, who has been involved in the Redcar Cenotaph Restoration Fund and has already restored the town's war memorial, has written the book.

All profits raised will go to the Redcar Royal British Legion, which is creating a garden of remembrance.

Mr Howden and a number of other people in the town have worked on a variety of schemes during the past few years to remember the area's war dead.

The restoration group added the names of seven forgotten heroes who died in 20th Century wars to the town's cenotaph and commemorated the role of the Home Guard for the part it played in the recovery of 15 bodies from the ruins of the Zetland Club in Redcar in 1941.

Mr Howden has written the book which covers the years from 1945 to the present day. He said: "I'd love this book to be read in years to come by our children and their children with the knowledge that we did indeed 'remember them'. I'd found books on Redcar but there was very little related to anything after the end of the Second World War."

Mr Howden will be signing copies of the book, produced with grant aid from both Redcar and Cleveland College and the council, at the history stall at west Redcar Single Regeneration Budget's Celebration Day, in Redcar High Street on Saturday, September 7.

Copies of the book, priced £3, are available from libraries and Tourist Information Centres.