Terry Bate was born in England and educated at Christ's Hospital, Horsham, Sussex. After
leaving the RAF, he moved to Canada, where he worked in television and radio for many years. He returned to the
UK in the mid-sixties, and took a senior managerial position with Radio Caroline for the two years leading up
to the Marine Offences Act. He was largely responsible for making the radio station profitable.
He has very kindly sent us this great photo of himself with Caroline founder Ronan O'Rahilly, on the left. He describes
it as: “Myself and Ronan on the regular weekend visit - this time to the South boat”. He tells us that
the date written on the back is April 1966 but a number of correspondents (including Paul de Haan, Paul Graham, Ian
Anderson, John Cronnolley, John Sales, Ray Clark and others) have written to suggest the picture was actually taken a few years later.
They think that both Caroline ships, the Fredericia and the Mi Amigo, can be seen in the background - not just the
South ship - which means it must have been taken after the two vessels had been towed to Holland in 1968. Paul
de Haan has even identified what he thinks is the location. He writes: “This photo was taken in the Houthaven
in Amsterdam”.
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