TRIBUTES to the victims of the Shoreham Airshow tragedy will be preserved and kept in an archive.

West Sussex County Council archivists are in the process of drying and conserving cards and other gifts left at the Shoreham Tollbridge in memory of the 11 men who died on August 22 when a vintage Hawker Hunter jet crashed into the A27.

The items will be stored in the West Sussex Record Office in Chichester for visitors to view for years to come.

Lesley Sim, the council's information services manager, said: “West Sussex Record Office is working with the Shoreham recovery group to help set up a community archive following the Shoreham air crash.

“This will include all of the cards and messages left on Shoreham Tollbridge and will be held in safe, environmentally controlled conditions, where it will be catalogued and made available in the public search room for people to see and use.

“A noticeboard has been loaned for a temporary two month period close to Shoreham Tollbridge with photographs documenting the floral displays and with information about support available for people affected by the tragedy.”

On Tuesday - exactly one month since the tragedy - people began to remove floral tributes from the bridge. And earlier that day Mark Clemmit, who presents television programme Football Focus, visited Brighton and Hove Albion to see how the club has coped since the incident.

In the wake of the crash healthcare professionals set up a Facebook page for people to get support if the tragedy affected them.

Cognitive behavioural therapy therapists Samuel Newton, of Brighton, and Fiona Cooper, of Shoreham, launched the group entitled 'Free support for anyone affected by Shoreham plane crash.'

It acts as a resource so information on free support for trauma and guidance from healthcare professionals is all available in one place.

Mr Newton, 26, who works at Dorking Healthcare in Surrey, will also be personally offering cognitive behavioural therapy to anyone in need.

He said: "There is a lot of information out there but to those not working in healthcare it may not be clear how to access it. "We wanted to gather all the information together so people can contact those with knowledge of trauma who can actually help."

He praised the county's NHS services in offering support "well beyond their normal remit and funding" and creating dedicated phone lines which are not normally set up.

An official memorial service to honour the victims is being planned at Lancing College on a date to be set. The county council is talking to the victims' families for their wishes and nothing has been finalised.