A lot has happened since Rose Granville recorded a love song about the break-up of her marriage in the late Forties.

She bred dogs for screen siren Jayne Mansfield, opened a hairdressing shop, and appeared in TV shows such as The Bill and Only Fools And Horses.

But it is her song Out On A Limb which could see her enjoy a resurgence of a musical career which began more than 50 years ago.

For the 78ins vinyl on which the song was recorded has resurfaced after being tucked away for decades at Rose's home in Wivelsfield Road, Saltdean.

The emotional love song describes having to face life without the person she had loved for 14 years, and was performed with her brother Jack on guitar and musician Denny Heed on piano.

It is the only song Rose, now aged 84, has ever written and she is not even sure which year she recorded it at the Piccadilly Studios in London.

But now Out On A Limb is getting some airtime after being unearthed by Rose's daughter Sharon.

She said: "When I heard it again after all these years, I realised what an incredible song it was and thought we should see if we could put the music on a CD."

Record producer Phillip Jackson at Dunnet Wright Music in Portslade immediately recognised its potential and arranged for CDs to be produced.

BBC Southern Counties Radio played it and listeners rang in to ask to hear it again. Songwriters have expressed interest in remixing it.

After splitting up from her second husband, Rose worked hard to bring up her two children. She opened a hairdressing shop in Watford and bred red setter dogs.

One became a TV star and was featured in the national papers after giving birth to 12 puppies.

When Rose read Jayne Mansfield loved red setters, she wrote to her agent offering her a puppy.

She was amazed to receive a call from Mickey Hargitay, Jayne's then husband, saying they would love one.

She took the puppy to a hotel in Park Lane, London, and in a blaze of publicity handed it to Jayne.

Keen to get more qualifications, Rose trained as a teacher, moved to Brighton and worked at Whitehawk First School.

At 40 she returned to showbusiness, appearing in several concerts and various TV shows.

Rose is pleased the song has been recognised after so long. She said: "I just put all my emotions into it and recorded it with my brother. I am so pleased it is on a CD and bringing back memories."