the regent hotel

The Regent Hotel St Leonards-on-Sea 1983

August 11, 2023 by Alan Esdaile

Lloyd Johnson… 1960s…I remember some great evenings there!…The Humperdinks played there as did The Talismen ….Alan Jensen put on the club nights at The Regent…what was the street numbers of The Regent…I often walk past trying to pin point the club basement…

Madeline Reade… Lloyd, No 13/15. Now Parklane.

Lloyd Johnson… Madeline, Thank you….….I also remember Les Martin running it back in the day…

Madeline Reade… Sadly he has now passed away. As you probably know my family owned it in the 70’s

Lloyd Johnson… Madeline, Yes! Les was like a big brother to me …. We had great times in The Pamdor…I worked there at various times…spent a lot of time upstairs in the club above the coffee bar …

Bob Searle… Played there with Easy Street

James Turner… I seem to remember working there with you.

Graham Mccallion… I remember those days!

Mick O’Dowd… Played there many times with my disco. Alan Jensen of the Disc Jockey ran regular nights with live bands and the place was packed!

Paul Coleman… Spent many a happy hour in the basement watching bands like “Unabridged Telephone Directory”, with Roy Sanderson on bass ( I worked with him). It got so packed sometimes, you almost had to apologise to the band for nearly knocking them over!

Karen Burt… Ahh Les the barman!

Nicola Barfield… What year did the photos of the monkey stop in Hastings my mum found a photo of my son who was about 18 months old with the monkey he’s now 33 anyone know???

Debbie Wyatt… So many memories

Robert Firth… I had no idea the paving on the prom was that old

Sara Lee… Was that 7-8 Eversfield place ish?

Alan Esdaile… 13 to 15 Eversfield Place, Sara.

Graham Sherrington… good lawd who was the decorator, look at that wood well 40 years ago yes. 40 years my life I was getting ready to move to Saudi Arabia.

Lea Killick… I worked there as a chamber maid

Muller – The Regent Hastings 1969.

August 9, 2023August 9, 2023 by Alan Esdaile

poster supplied by Paul Dove, photo by Paul Wiseman

Paul Dove, Jon McCallion, Alan Esdaile(manager), Steve Demetri. Paul Wiseman is taking the photo.

Alan Esdaile… Happy days of…..Hair! Business card must have been when Harry was manager.

Jan Warren.. Oh yes, my hubby (ex) Pete Watson was the regular Saturday night DJ at The Regent ……. must have been around about 1972 to 74?! – there were lots of bands, I remember “Rubber Band” (Bowie-type lead singer called Dave, haha) they released a single called “Moon Walker”!! and many other local bands played there, many of which have often been mentioned here in SMART group!! – good times!!

Paul Dove… Well done Alan good memories,, here we are 50 years on and still living the dream,, just wish a few of our old friends could see them but I expect they are still living that dream were ever they are, we are carrying on that dream, love music love life ,love SMART,xx

Harry Randall… I used to go to school with both Steve and Paul Wiseman

Jon McCallion… Good photo Paul

Tony Court-holmes… forgot about the Regent, how about Hartnells?

Regent Hotel St Leonards-on-Sea 1970’s cuttings

August 8, 2023 by Alan Esdaile

Supplied by Barry French

Judas -The Regent Hotel – 1971/72

November 21, 2022November 21, 2022 by Alan Esdaile

supplied by Paul Dove

Tony Ford, Nigel Dance and Paul Dove.

Charlie Ball… Paul Dove playing there is my cousin.I used to go to The Regent, Spyke played a lot there.

Jan Warren… I used to go there in the early 70s, my husband was the regular Saturday night

Andy Qunta… Before Factory was formed, my brother, Tony, & I played in a band called Static Emotion, with Chris Sambrook & Dave Austin. We played downstairs at the Regent every Saturday, between March-May 1970, approx. Good times! Small audiences, as I recall, but a gig’s a gig!

And at The Angel in the 70’s….

Penny Black & King Rod 1973

January 13, 2019January 13, 2019 by Alan Esdaile

supplied by Sarah Harvey

Sarah Harvey… Pop Scene from December 8th, 1973. Two more bands I am not sure have been mentioned yet…. Penny Black playing at The Yorkshire Grey and ‘King Rod’ playing at The Regent Hotel (Remember seeing a few bands play live there.

Dave Nattress… The Prisoners – Andy Leaney, (RIP), Robin Heggie, (RIP), Mick Bridgeland and myself had our first gig at the Yorkshire Grey, God knows when – about 1979 and the abiding memory is of Robin’s disgust when looking around the stage pre-gig/soundcheck to plug in some amps to find the landlord’s dog had left a really big curly-whirly cumberland sausgage there. I can see Robin’s face now!! Real rock n roll moment that one. Funny the things you remember!!

Dave Weeks… The first gig I attended at the pier I think.

Andy Qunta… Both great bands! Saw them many times, & I’m pretty sure Factory was on the same bill with them more than once!

Tony Court-holmes… forgot about king rod

The Regent Hotel – February 1973 with Spyke

December 3, 2017December 3, 2017 by Alan Esdaile

photo supplied by: https://pet842.wixsite.com/confeds-to-jinks

Spyke – Peter Millington, Twiggie (Vocals), Terry Chedzoy, Ian Williams.

Martin Richter… Ian Williams – lol

Peter Millington… Spyke converted to Jinks in 1974 shortly after Twiggie left. 40 years on. We did a few Gigs at the Regent – The seafront was alive with good music then – I miss those days at the Regent/Scalliwags, Alexandra, Witchdoctor/Cobweb, Pier, Mr Cherrys etc. etc.

Madeline Joyce Morton… Miss, Chris Sayer those were the days at the Alex x

Robert Searle… Great photo. Played at The Regent with Easy Street and remembering seeing Shaft play there with the late Dave Shaw on vocals.

Jon McCallion… Nice picture Pete.

Joe Knight… great!!!

Andy Qunta… I remember all those bands! I remember playing at the Regent with Factory too!

Pete Millington… The above picture was taken at the Regent Hotel in 1973 – The advert is for SPYKE in 1968 which was this line-up, although taken at the White Rock Theatre on 12 January 1968. The KB Annual Dance with Bob Miller and the Millermen – Great memories!