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JOSEF ARCH from Graz, Austria.
GEOFF BROWN
MAURICE BROWN came from the Manchester area and worked on Caroline
South in 67/68. DJ Andy Archer remembers him as “a very nice guy with a taste
for expensive brandy!” There are some photos, believed to have been taken by Maurice, here.
ARTHUR CARRINGTON Formerly with the BBC, he worked on board
the mv Fredericia, the Caroline North vessel.
PAUL DALE Based in Caroline House where he was Chief Radio Engineer.
His real name was Paul Volino. George Hare, the Caroline North shore liaison man, writes: “Paul was from Graz
in Austria. It was Paul who introduced Josef Arch and Manfred Sommer who were also from Graz. After Caroline Paul and I
had a business manufacturing TV aerials for mail order. That was in the early 70s. Paul sadly died suddenly in January
1998 and I lost a good friend.”
JOHN H. GILMAN Engineering supervisor, based in Caroline House.
Previously with the BBC, he was in charge of engineering on both the Caroline ships up to December 1965 and was also
responsible for the London studios. Died around 1971.
WILLIAM GLENDINNING now deceased. He designed the suitcase
transmitters used by agents during the Second World War. Fiona Glendinning writes “My grandfather worked on the Mi
Amigo and, from some of his stories, loved every minute of it. He was probably the oldest crew member they had!”
His son John, Fiona's father, was an engineer on Radio 390.
RAY GLENNISTER Engineer on Caroline South.
BARRY GOLBOURNE Engineer from Cheshire, he worked on both
Caroline ships. Died in a car accident on the M56 in Cheshire. Mike Wright says “he left the
(north) ship with most of the other UK staff on August 14th 1967 and was killed in a motor accident about a
week later. He had planned to emigrate to New Zealand.”
TREVOR GRANTHAM Worked on both Caroline ships. There is a picture
of him in Alan Turner's photo album. Trevor attended the Caroline North
Convention on the Isle Of Man in 2008.
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JERRY GROVER was a studio engineer on Caroline North from June 1964
until January 1965. He had previously worked for the BBC. After his time at sea he worked for Piccadilly Radio in Manchester
and BBC Radio Manchester. Now retired, he lives in Cheshire. For more details see the bottom of this
page.
JAN GUNNARSON A Swedish engineer on Caroline North, he had
previously worked on Radio Nord, a pirate station that had broadcast off the coast of his home country during 1961/2.
GEORGE HARRIS
BOB HART A Caroline North studio engineer, there are a couple of
pictures of him in Alan Turner's photo album.
JACK HAVEY an engineer on Radio Caroline South. Can anyone provide
more information?
FRANK KEMBLE There is a picture of him in Alan
Turner's photo album.
GEOFFREY LEE from Ealing, west London.
MILAN LEGGETT An American engineer from Dallas station KLIF who
assisted in the launch of Radio Atlanta.
PAUL LE MARE Studio engineer on Caroline North, there is a photo of
him in Alan Turner's photo album.
W.V. “JOE” NEAL A former BBC transmitter engineer, he
worked for Radio Atlanta. Died around 1975.
MARTIN NEWTON A former BBC engineer, Martin mainly worked on the
Caroline South ship although he did spend some time on the North. He transferred to Radio
London in September 1965. Following the station closure he worked in studio installation but died in 2002. There is a
tribute here.
ELEFKTERIOS PAPAS
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PHIL PERKINS Formerly of Radios Invicta and City, see
over page, Phil was also an engineer on Caroline North. Phil now lives in High Wycombe,
Buckinghamshire, from where he operates an electronics supply company, Pervisell. He also has a personal web site at www.philperkins.com.
A.D PERSON There is a picture of him in the Caroline South
transmitter hold here.
PIET POSTHUMUS Dutch (?) engineer on Caroline South.
Later of Post Electronics where he built a new studio mixing desk for Radio London.
BOB READ American engineer and occasional DJ from Kansas who worked on
Caroline North in 1966/67. Arrived at the same time as Mike Wright, see below, which led to the
two of them being known collectively as “Read and Wright”. Newsreader Nick Bailey
says of Bob: “I rather took to him as he had a love of travel and would spend his spare time studying the BEA
timetable to work out where he would fly to on his week off. A man after my own heart.”
DON RICHARDSON An American, living on Guernsey, he was an engineer
on Caroline South. He continued to work there after the Marine Offences Act while his wife, Nan, ran the Amsterdam office.
They later emigrated to Australia, then to Honolulu, Hawaii. Don died about 1995. Nan then returned to the Channel Islands,
settling on Jersey, where she died in 2001. (Thanks to Kate Nicholls and Hans Knot for the information.)
JOHN ROBERTS Worked on both Caroline ships and was one of the engineers
who accompanied the Mi Amigo to Holland to be refitted after the 1966 grounding. He also worked for Radio
London and Radio England/Britain Radio. He now lives in Australia. In 2007 he
wrote to radio historian Svenn Martinsen: “I am retired at age 77 in Tolga on the Atherton Tablelands. For ten
years I ran a small FM station with MOR format, transmitters in Mareeba and Atherton. With the low power and the strict
laws here it meant not much in the way of money so as age progressed I had to offload somehow. I sold to Vision FM a USA
based religious broadcaster.”
“TOPMASTER” SALLON an engineer on Radio Caroline South.
Can anyone provide more information?
GEORGE SAUNDERS Worked on the mv Mi Amigo for both Radio Atlanta
and Caroline South, as well as the temporary home on mv Cheeta II. Was on board the Mi Amigo when she was washed ashore.
See his memories of that night here. Now retired he has kindly contributed to this page. There is
a photo of George at Radio Caroline's 45th birthday party here.
TERRY SAUNDERS studio engineer on Radio Atlanta and Caroline
South.
FRANK SELLEN Engineer on Caroline South.
OVE SJØSTRØM Chief Engineer on Caroline North during
1964/5, he had previously worked on the Swedish offshore station, Radio Nord.
MANFRED SOMMER An Austrian engineer, he worked on board Radio Caroline
North from 1965 until the closedown. There are photos of him here and
here.
PATRICK STARLING Worked on Caroline South where he was frequently
referred to on air by his nickname “The Child Scientist”, Patrick later worked for Radio
England/Britain Radio although he returned to Caroline briefly in 1967. There are some pictures of him in
Colin Nicol's photo album. Patrick attended the Radio Academy's Celebration
Of Offshore Radio in 2007.
SHERIDON STREET Worked on both Radio Caroline ships as an engineer
and also presented a few shows (as “Keith Street”) due to a staff
shortage. You can see some great photos from his time with Caroline on his
web site and he has also written
an account of his
offshore career. He now lives in Thailand.
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A.N. THOMAS Engineering consultant to Radio Atlanta, he had previously
worked for the BBC. George Hare tells us he was known as “Ant” or “Auntie” because of his initials.
Now deceased, he lived to a ripe old age (94?).
CARL THOMSON Worked on both Caroline ships during the sixties and
was on board the Mi Amigo the night she was washed up on Frinton beach. Carl has provided some wonderful photos from his
time at sea. Some are scattered throughout The Pirate Radio Hall Of Fame, others collected
in this photo album. Carl attended the Radio Academy's Celebration Of
Offshore Radio. Some of the information on this page has been taken from an article he wrote for Monitor
magazine in 1984.
DAVID ‘NOD’ TURNER From the Isle of Man, he was a studio
engineer on Caroline North. His son Juan Turner now owns Energy FM, a commercial station on the island.
? ULLERMEIER or ULLAMAYER
A Hungarian engineer, can anyone provide his first name or correct spelling of his surname?
TONY VISSCHER Chief generator engineer on Radio Atlanta and Caroline South.
TED WALTERS Joined the mv Mi Amigo while she was being fitted out
at Greenore. He left Radio Caroline South in 1966 to join Radio England/Britain Radio.
Now deceased.
RODNEY WARRENER from Manchester, he was an engineer on Caroline North.
MIKE WRIGHT An Irish engineer on Radio Caroline North from 1966
until the station closed down in March 1968. See his fantastic photo album. He now works for RTE,
the Irish state broadcaster.
As well as the above names some Caroline DJs featured elsewhere in The Pirate Radio Hall Of Fame
such as Paul Noble, Alan Turner and
Bryan Vaughan began their offshore careers working on the technical team before moving
to the other side of the microphone.
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