Tom Lodge was one of the very first offshore disc-jockeys in the UK. He joined Radio Caroline
in 1964. He took part in the epic round-Britain broadcast made from the original Caroline ship, the mv.Fredericia;
he was on board the mv.Mi Amigo when she lost her anchor and was washed up on the beach; and he was one of the
station's most popular broadcasters, presenting the Breakfast Show on both ships. He was there while history was
being made and he has very kindly offered to share some of his memories with us.
He originally wrote his story for The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame in 2002.
We published fourteen chapters of what later became a book entitled The Radio Caroline Story - from the inside.
This was later re-published in a second, revised, edition. Now there is a third enlarged version called The Ship
That Rocked The World. It is double the size of the original book and contains a lot more about Tom's encounters
with the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who, Eric Clapton, Herman's Hermits and his time on the two Caroline ships.
And, yet again, Tom has very kindly allowed us to publish some extracts from it.
The book is available from The Radio Caroline Society,
Amazon and good book
shops.
PART ONE: Foreword by Stevie Van Zandt and a promotional video.PART THREE: Extract from chapter one - My Home On Caroline.PART FOUR: Extract from chapter two - From Damp to Hip.PART FIVE: Extract from chapter four - The Rolling Stones.PART SIX: Extract from chapter seven - Meeting The Who.PART SEVEN: Another extract from chapter seven - Carnaby Street.
Many thanks to Tom for allowing us to print these extracts from his book. Don't forget to
check out his photographs too.
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