Town hall bosses have been accused of "misguided political correctness" after removing a historic photograph of a blacked-up Minstrel group from a public information board.

Eastbourne Borough Council said it took down the picture of Uncle Ben’s Eastbourne Minstrels after receiving a number of complaints.

But theatre historians have condemned the decision as trying to "re-write history".

Professor John Pick - an expert of the town's theatrical history - said: "Eastbourne should be proud of its rich theatrical history and should not, from some misguided notion of political correctness, attempt to rewrite it.