George Flowers, former manager of the saucy Raymond Revue Bar in London's Soho, has died aged 92.

For more than 20 years he was the right-hand man for king of striptease Paul Raymond, commuting from his home in The Avenue, Shoreham, to London's West End.

George died on Sunday, September 25, at Worthing Hospital after a fall at his home the day before.

At his funeral at St Nicolas Church, Shoreham, yesterday, tributes were paid to the man who was a respected member of the community.

He was a member of the Sussex Yacht Club and a member of the local Conservative club.

George was in charge of 60 staff at the revue, including some of the most glamorous girls in showbusiness.

He ensured the revue bar ran smoothly and professionally. He was also former manager of the famous Windmill Theatre in the West End.

He would come back home at weekends to his wife, Dinkie, a former ice skater to whom he was married for 48 years, saying: "Oh, it is nice to see a woman with some clothes on."

George had the theatre in his blood. His father was a set designer and his mother an opera singer.

At the age of 16 he got a job with the touring theatrical company JD Robertson, working with big names in music hall including Marie Lloyd and Dan Leno.

He went on to work with some of the top names in showbusiness including Shirley Bassey, Tommy Steele and Tommy Trinder.

George served with the Army during the Second World War in the Italian campaign and helped organise entertainment for the troops.

With theatres closing following the advent of television, George started to work on ice-skating shows where he met Dinkie, who was performing solo in one of the shows.

They lived in Hove before moving to Shoreham. She still runs the Dinkie Flowers Stage School in Shoreham.

George helped out at the theatre school in his retirement, designing and painting sets for productions.

Dinkie said of her husband: "I was never jealous at the thought of George spending so much time in the company of gorgeous girls.

"He would obviously flirt and joke with them. He lived a really varied and exciting life. He retained his sense of humour to the end, despite being ill, which he never really complained about. He just loved the theatre."

The couple have a daughter, Sarah, a dancer who performed on cruise ships around the world, and four grandchildren, Harry, Jack, Tom and Poppy.