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Subject: Radio Caroline From: sian, west wales Date: 28 Mar 01 - 10:44 AM According to my desk calendar for 28 March ... "On this day in 1964 the Pirate Radio Station Radio Caroline began transmitting froma ship in the North Sea." I wasn't on this side of the Atlantic at the time, but I notice friends going all misty-eyed at the thought of Radio Caroline, so perhaps some 'Catters will have a nostalgic moment ... sian |
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Subject: RE: BS: On this day - UK From: Penny S. Date: 28 Mar 01 - 03:30 PM I went to college at Clacton, and could see it off the coast - once on the coast, and I have the photo's to prove it! The North Sea can get a bit choppy. Penny |
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Subject: RE: BS: On this day - UK From: Terry K Date: 29 Mar 01 - 01:36 AM In 1966 I was in Hull when Radio Scarborough started up. It was such a ballsup that it became totally compulsive listening. I can hear the jingle now
"Whoooooo listens to radiooooh aaah, they don't write 'em like that anymore. Cheers, Terry |
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Subject: RE: BS: On this day - UK From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 29 Mar 01 - 04:30 AM I was a Radio Luxemburg brat myself! "And now Jazz from the Marquee Club in London" RtS ( and no, Steve, I don't remember 2LO: "here is Harry Roy with Tiger Rag") |
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Subject: RE: BS: On this day - UK From: John J Date: 29 Mar 01 - 07:56 AM Penny S: the ship you saw was the M.V. Mi Amigo that transmitted as Radio Caroline South, Radio Caroline (North) broadcast on 259m MW from Douglas Bay (I think) off the coast of the Isle of Man in international waters. All went well until the labour government of the day introduced the Marine Offences Bill which effectively closed down the off-shore stations. The Post Master General whose department was responsible for enforcement was later involved in some scandal. I can't remeber his name , John something or other I think. Whilst the other stations closed, the M.V. Mi Amigo moved 'up north' and began transmitting as Radio Caroline (not 'North'!). The transmitter originally had a power of 10kw, but I believe the newer station ran 40kw which ensured far better coverage. Happy days! John |
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Subject: RE: BS: On this day - UK From: Snuffy Date: 29 Mar 01 - 08:11 AM The original Caroline moved from the east coast to become Caroline North, and was replaced by a new ship for the London area. I remember I first picked up Caroline while she was rounding Cornwall, and listened as it moved up the North Sea towards the Isle of Man. In its early days they didn't seem to have that many records, and the playlist was nearly always the same - if they're playing "Fun, Fun, Fun" by the beach Boys it must be 16.55 PS it was John Stonehouse - he left his clothes on a beach and disappeared. Some business scam. He was found in Florida some years later. Wassail! V |
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Subject: RE: BS: On this day - UK From: bill\sables Date: 29 Mar 01 - 08:22 AM Snuffy, if Caroline rounded Cornwall headed for the Isle of Man and was in the North Sea I am not surprised it closed down. With a skipper who didn't know the North sea from the Irish sea she shouldn't have been allowed to leave port |
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Subject: RE: BS: On this day - UK From: Allan C. Date: 29 Mar 01 - 08:45 AM Here is a link to some interesting information about Radio Caroline, etc.. The photos seem to take forever to load, though. So you may want to click through them. There is also a hotlink to a wonderful picture of one of the host ships. It also takes a while to load but it has a fabulous ripple effect in the water. |
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Subject: RE: BS: On this day - UK From: Liz the Squeak Date: 29 Mar 01 - 11:24 AM We were in a Caroline blank spot. All we could get was Luxembourg..... heady days under the blankets with a torch and the little shit brown pocket transistor radio.... Ah, memories..... LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: On this day - UK From: Snuffy Date: 29 Mar 01 - 03:26 PM I meant Irish Sea, of course, Bill. See the current thread on Disobedient Fingers! Wassail! V |
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Subject: RE: BS: On this day - UK From: Lanfranc Date: 29 Mar 01 - 05:06 PM I was living in Brightlingsea, Essex at the time and working in Woodbridge, Suffolk. The Mi Amigo was often serviced from Brightlingsea, and the DJs used to stay at a hotel called Jacobs Hall in the town, which was run by the parents of a fellow cadet in Brightlingsea Sailing Club. Needless to say, autographs were obtained - I must still have them somewhere. Chris Moore, Simon Dee, Tony Blackburn, even Ronan O'Rahily himself signed my little black book, if I remember right! I was 17 or 18 at the time, so the sycophancy can perhaps be forgiven. I even have a hazy memory of a cricket game against the crew and DJs on a sandbank between the ship and the shore. One track that they used to play has just returned to my mind - "Surfer Girl" by the Four Seasons. Not the Beach Boys song of the same name, which was a little anodyne by comparison. This was a young love/disaster song, "angry seas took my love from me" - never heard it since - must do a search. Ain't memory strange? Thanks for the nostalgia. PS At about that time I used to play at the Folk Club at St Osyth's College, Clacton and at other Folk Clubs in the area. Wonder if I met Penny S there? "But she's probably married now, kids and all, and grown into a grown-up female stranger" Possible double post here - apologies if it happens! |
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Subject: RE: BS: On this day - UK From: Penny S. Date: 29 Mar 01 - 05:20 PM You may well have met me at St Osyth's - where I was known to sing at times. I can't remember if I actually played my guitar in public though. Apart from on top of a pillar box in the town one rag week. Penny |
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Subject: RE: BS: On this day - UK From: Lanfranc Date: 29 Mar 01 - 05:25 PM OK, Penny S, what was your maiden surname? The long arm of coincidence stretches out (only to be brushed away?).
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Subject: RE: BS: On this day - UK From: Penny S. Date: 29 Mar 01 - 05:34 PM Gdog Gdo, still is. |
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Subject: RE: BS: On this day - UK From: Penny S. Date: 29 Mar 01 - 05:37 PM Mm, I've got this program that doesn't like me sending out my name...... And I think Joe Offer gave advice about it as well. There's a lot of people out there who didn't go to Toosie Folk Club (and another one who did whose PM'd), so I'll go under cover. |
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Subject: RE: BS: On this day - UK From: Lanfranc Date: 29 Mar 01 - 05:38 PM Hmmmm - must nip over to Bletchley and borrow an Enigma, simple substitution didn't decode that last post! |
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Subject: RE: BS: On this day - UK From: Penny S. Date: 29 Mar 01 - 06:03 PM McAfee Guard Dog firewall software, substitutes gdog...for any monitored information, unless overridden! Penny |
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Subject: RE: BS: On this day - UK From: Penny S. Date: 29 Mar 01 - 06:08 PM And there was no coincidence. |
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Subject: RE: BS: On this day - UK From: Noreen Date: 30 Mar 01 - 10:31 AM Liz- I was just going to say virtually the same as you posted! FAB 208... I even sent off for, and wore, the t-shirt. Kid Jensen was my hero... The little radio (Benkson) with an ear-phone, was my pride and joy! Noreen |
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Subject: RE: BS: On this day - UK From: sian, west wales Date: 30 Mar 01 - 03:01 PM See, non-UK 'Catters? There's a whole world which we know not of. I'm almost sorry that we had such easy access to stuff in N. Am. around the same time! Sian |