Alan Milewczyk <...> said:
.. that Planet Productions (broadcasting as Radio Caroline) and Project
Atlanta (broadcasting as Radio Atlanta) merged their operations. It was a
Thursday that year and the following day, Friday 3rd July, the MV Fredericia
started off on her journey to her eventual mooring in Ramsey Bay, Isle of
Man, starting a glorious period of offshore radio for those of us ooop
north!

By this time 44 years ago, the ship had passed the Isle of Wight with Tom
Lodge broadcasting theTop 40 chart in the afternoon – it was anorak quality
audibility up here in Manchester but exciting nonetheless.

Happy days!

Alan

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Alan Milewczyk aka The Pole with Soul
Soul pix on the net at www.soulman1949.com

Indeed, and as a holidaying nine year old I asked my Uncle, who was in the Royal Observer Corps (which still existed in 1964) what that funny looking ship was, to which I recall the reply as if it were yesterday "I thinks that's one of those pirate radio ships we have been hearing about"

Ted