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Syd Dean Band

Gallery Two

By Trevor Chepstow

Photo: Illustrative image for the 'Syd Dean Band' page

The Syd Dean band was very popular in Brighton throughout the 1940s and 1950s. Syd and his band were resident at the Regent Ballroom for many years and appeared at venues all around Brighton. Unfortunately we do not have details of the individuals and locations in these photographs. Let us know, by using the make a comment link, if you have any information about the people and locations shown in any of the images held in the Syd Dean Gallery below.

All the images shown are from the private collection of Trevor Chepstow

Editor's note: We are not able to credit the individual photographers of these images but if you believe that you own the copyright to any of the images shown, please contact us so we can credit you accordingly. We do acknowledge the work of Mr Ernie Charman who prepared some of the images shown, while collaborating with Syd Dean on a proposed book which sadly was never published.

This page was added on 26/06/2006.

Comments about this page

Those photos are small and my eyesight is not as good as it used to be, but top row 4th from left the line up is Bill Richards, Harry Bolton,Sid and Vicky Anderson. On the bottom row 2nd from left Frank Ireland, Stan Vickers,Johnny Nichols.[Editor's note: You can click on each image to open it larger in a new page].

By Glenys Noble (17/05/2008)

I remember the Syd Dean Band used to do a venue at the Top Rank Suite down West Street. They used to come on and off between the DJ. This was approx 1970/71.

By Pauline Jones (12/08/2011)