The disc-jockeys' photo albums, recordings and memorabilia
If you worked for an offshore radio station during the sixties, as a disc-jockey,
engineer, crew-member or land-based member of staff, we would love to hear from
you. Especially if you have some photographs, memorabilia or tapes to share! Please
contactThe Pirate Radio Hall of Fame.
A number of people have already provided some fascinating photographs and memorabilia from
their private collections:
Marion Adamson (née Cochrane) - memories and photos from her
time with Radio Caroline South.
David Allan - a couple of photos taken on Radio 390.
Don Allen - some photos from his time on Radio Caroline North donated by Norah Barnes, his former fan club
secretary, parts one, two and three and more
photos and recordings from his time on Caroline North and RNI donated by Kenny Tosh, parts one and
two.
John Aston - some documents dating from his time with Radio Caroline North.
Look Boden - photographs of his colleagues on the various stations
housed on board the mv. Laissez-Faire: part one and part two.
Maurice Brown - some photos taken on Radio Caroline South, probably by Maurice,
have been donated by Byron Richards.
Woolf Byrne - photo from 1966 taken in the Radio City studio.
Edward Cole - photographs taken on Radio 390: parts one,
two, three, four and
five.
Jack Curtiss - memorabilia from his time with Britain Radio and
photos from Jack meeting up with Britain Radio colleague Harry Putnam/Johnny Dark in 2009.
Cliff Cuttelle - photos from his time on Radio City and visiting a neighbouring fort, parts
one and two.
Colin Dale - memories, photos and press cuttings from Radio Sutch.
John Edward - two photos: one from when he was known as Johnny Flux and worked on
Radio City and another, taken for promotional purposes, after he had changed names and joined Radio London.
Steve England - photos dating from his time on Radio Caroline and Radio Atlantis
during the seventies.
George Hare - some documents dating from the wedding that took place on board
Radio Caroline North and some documents dating from Radio Caroline's failed attempt to
relaunch in 1968.
Engineer Dave Hawkins - pictures taken on board Radio London.
Ben Healy - Radio Scotland press cuttings, parts one, two and three plus
plans of Radio Scotland's vessel, the Comet.
Eric Jay - photographs taken on Radio City part one and part two.
Duncan Johnson - pictures of Radio London, a 1965 article
about Big L from The South Westerner, the University of Exeter student newspaper, and two
mystery guests.
Keith Martin - memories and memorabilia from GBLN, CNBC, Caroline, Atlanta and Radio 390, part 1,
part 2 and part 3, a 1964 Radio Caroline programme
format document, “Taking The Lid Off Radio Caroline” a 1966 series of articles by DJ Simon Dee from
Titbits magazine parts two and three, an article
about Keith from the Post-Mercury newspaper, a page of offshore memorabilia and some
rare pirate audio.
Susan Moore - some photos of her parents, Reg and Dorothy Calvert, and of Radios
Sutch and City.
Station boss Tom Pepper's pictures of Radio Invicta,
donated by his son David Featherbe.
Radio London steward Mitch Philistin - a photo of the reunion held to mark the
twenty-first anniversary of the station closedown, August 1988, and some pictures taken on board Radio London, parts
one, two, three and four.
Harry Putnam - a collection of memorabilia from an airtime salesman and broadcaster
for Radio Essex, Britain Radio and U.S radio, kindly donated by his daughter Michele Trankovich.
Radio Caroline (and Atlanta) engineer George Saunders remembers the night the mv Mi
Amigo went aground and his time on the borrowed replacement ship, the mv Cheeta II.
Big L Promotions Manager Gordon Sheppard - pictures from his time with Radio London.
Carl Thomson - photos taken on board Caroline South, page one, two,
three and four
Alan Turner - photos taken on board the mv Fredericia, the original Radio Caroline ship, parts
one, two and three.
Bryan Vaughan - a recording of his guest appearance on a Jack Spector Show
and a copy of a 1965 Australian TV programme featuring Radio Caroline South.
Willy Walker - pictures taken on board Radio London.
Jason Wolfe - pictures taken on board Radio Caroline North, parts one and
two, kindly donated by his wife Penny.
Mike Wright - his Caroline North photos parts one and two.
Hal Yorke - pictures taken just before the launch of Radio 270.
Many thanks to Marion, David, Norah, Kenny, John, Look, Maurice, Byron, Woolf, Edward, Brian,
Jack, Cliff, Colin, Robbie, Luc, John, Steve, Bob, Guy, Mark, Keith, George, Dave, Ben, Johnny, Eric, Duncan, Martin, Steve,
Hans, Teun, John, Tom, Mick, Jimmy, Keith, Susan, Colin, David, Mitch, Harry, Michele, Gordon, Roger, David, Norman, Ray,
Carl, Alan, Bryan, Willy, Penny, Mike and Hal.
