Sid Chaplin

Sid Chaplin
Sid Chaplin
Born	20 September 1916; 23 Bolckow Street, Shildon, County Durham
Died	11 January 1986 (aged 69); Grasmere (village), Cumbria
Occupation	novelist, essayist, screenwriter
Language	English
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Notable works	The Day of the Sardine,; The Watchers and the Watched

Sid Chaplin OBE (20 September 1916 – 11 January 1986) was an English writer whose works (novels, television screenplays, poetry and short stories) are mostly set in the north-east of England, in the 1940s and 1950s.^[1]

^ Barstow, Stan. "Chaplin, Sidney". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/60264. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[1] Barstow, Stan. "Chaplin, Sidney". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/60264. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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Sid Chaplin
Born	20 September 1916 23 Bolckow Street, Shildon, County Durham
Died	11 January 1986 (aged 69) Grasmere (village), Cumbria
Occupation	novelist, essayist, screenwriter
Language	English
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Notable works	The Day of the Sardine, The Watchers and the Watched