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Dave
Foster's 50th Birthday Bash
Dave Foster has been a presenter with
Radio Caroline since the 1980's when he was on board the
Ross Revenge on the North sea. The station has become a
big part of his life so he invited his many Radio
Caroline friends to his 50th birthday party in Dartford
on Saturday 6th March. Many Caroline personalities from
the present and past were there including Steve Conway
who was guest on Dave's regular show on Radio Caroline
on Sunday afternoon. Pictured is Dave Foster with
presenter Marc Griffiths and his partner and the other
picture shows Rocking John with a group of Caroline
staff. It is well known that Dave's favourite group are
the Beatles so it was to be expected that a Beatles
tribute band would be playing during the evening and a
very good job they made of the Beatles songs that they
sang.
They say that you can't keep a good man
down and that was certainly the case when Rocking John
Cron arrived at the Ross Revenge on Sunday morning. He
is a keen member of the Ross Revenge restoration crew
but has been away from the ship for a long time as he
had to have a major operation followed by lots of physio
and rest. He came down south to go to Dave Fosters 50th
birthday party and on his way home decided to come on
board the Ross to see what the crew have been up to
since his last visit. We managed to stop him from
picking up a paintbrush but he was thrilled to be back
on board his favourite ship.
Next Radio Caroline Southampton Support
Group meeting
The next
Radio Caroline Southampton Support group meeting will be held on
St Patrick's day, Wednesday March 17th at the usual venue, the
Royal Victoria Social club in Netley near Southampton. SO31 5DG.
Johnny Lewis is our special guest and and
Albert and Georgina Hood are also coming down to tell us
some of their stories. Alan Beech will be giving everyone an
update of the work on board Radio Caroline's ship, The Ross
Revenge. Admission £5 includes a buffet. Everyone is welcome to
come along and share their news and memories of Radio Caroline.
We meet four times a year at this venue and all money raised
goes towards the restoration of Radio Caroline's ship, the Ross
Revenge.
For driving directions click
HERE
French HD video of Radio Caroline
and the Ross Revenge restoration
Featuring the restoration
crew, also Peter Moore, Cliff Osbourne and Roland (Penny) Beaney
The restoration of the Dutch news studio
is well underway as can be seen in the movie. This studio
has been used for storage for a long time but when the work
is finished it should be looking more like it was when the
Dutch were broadcasting from the ship back in the 1980s.
To see a video of this please click
HERE
Radio Caroline saw in 2010 broadcasting live from
the radio ship Ross Revenge, they were also broadcasting
on 531 kHz AM to South Essex and North Kent!
The New Year's Eve party programming started at 8pm with
music and tracks from the Caroline Presenter's favourite
albums of 2009. Also a Martin Farrow of Sydney Australia
visited the Ross Revenge and was taken on a tour by members
of the crew.
Sylvan Mason On YouTube with photos
and her single
Radio
Caroline Southampton Support Group
The Radio Caroline Southampton Support group
met on Wednesday 9th December at the usual venue, the Royal
Victoria Social club in Netley near Southampton. This time
Sylvan Mason was our guest and she told us how she went
out to the Mi Amigo in 1965 to promote her record "We Don't
belong" and became a "stowaway" when the weather turned
rough and the tender left without her. She has a website
at http://www.sylvanmason.com
Alan Beech gave us an update of the work on board Radio
Caroline's ship, The Ross Revenge and after the buffet was
served we all enjoyed a good chat about our favourite station
Radio Caroline.
Thank you to all of you that have supported
our meetings this year. Sylvan Mason our latest guest sent
me an e-mail to say that she enjoyed herself so much she
is planning to come to see us again perhaps for our next
meeting which has been booked for St Patrick's day, March
17th. I also have several people who have indicated
that they would like to come down to talk to us and I will
let you know when I have confirmation. With your support
I will continue to organise the meetings.
Thanks to Rockin John we now have some names to put to faces
on this picture.
The photo was taken in 1985 of Caroline/Monique and Laser
DJs
Back row (left
to right): Peter "World Service" Phillips, don't
know, Dave Andrews, don't know, Walter Simons, Mike Barrington,
Tommy Rivers, Jonelle, Charlie Wolf, Andy "Cosmic" Johnson,
Johnny "The Lad" Lewis
Front row: Erin Kelly, Fergie
MacNeil, don't know, Ad Roberts
John Patrick and myself took a group of visitors on another
tour around the Ross Revenge on Saturday 17th October. The
visitors seemed to enjoy the tour and can be seen waving
from the side of the ship after the tour was completed.
The tour took them to most parts of the ship and they brought
along their lunches to eat in the mess room. Lawrence Scordellis
was on hand to make them a cup of tea.
All tours are now full, so sorry if you have missed out
this time around.
For the engineers out there click
HERE (Select August and go to page bottom) are a few
pictures taken down in the depths of the engine room. For
more pictures of the ship go to the
Ross Revenge website.
Latest from Rockin
John Cronnelly
As
you can see with the photo of Crispin with Jake
the Peg and his extra leg (complete with The Bad
Dog!), the prosthesis is quite large. But we are
getting on with it - including falling down at Tesco's!
So there's myself and Bill, the next door neighbour,
going to Tesco for some milk. We were walking across
the small zebra crossing after a driver had stopped
for us. As we reached the other side, I decided
to thank the driver by raising one of my walking
sticks - forgetting that I had to use said stick
to put on the floor to help me to walk. The floor
came towards me at an alarming rate! Bill then tried
to pull me up sideways and said afterwards that
I was a dead weight! Have you tried pulling someone
up sideways off the floor!!! Four women and Bill
eventually got me to my feet and off we went again.
Thanks to Rockin John for the picture and the article
Radio Caroline on your i-Pod
or MP3 Player
Nearly all Radio Caroline shows are downloadable from the
Azanorak2 website. This will enable you to listen to Radio Caroline
on your i-Pod or MP3 player. Just go to the Azanorak website
and download the show you want. This will be in a Zip format.
Click "Azanorak MP3 Recordings Archive" link above. When
you extract the MP3 and you are asked for a password enquire
at the
Radio Caroline Yahoo Mailinglist
The Ross Revenge
ghost
What would you do if you met a ghost? I've never
seen one but others seem to meet them quite regularly.
I've spent a lot of time on board the Ross and heard
stories that make what little I have left of my
hair stand on end. I recently asked a couple of
my ship mates to tell me of their encounters with
the ships ghost. Lee Shuttlewood and Peter Woods
told me of several encounters with Harry (the ships
ghost) over the past few years. Stories of footsteps
coming up stairs and noises in the engine room when
there was no one there. Shadows being cast into
the mess room, towels moving as if by the draft
of someone passing by them. Someone stomping around
on the back deck when there was no one there. Finger
taps on shoulders, dogs barking. Fangs a lot to
both Lee and Peter for their stories of ghostly
happenings on board the Ross Revenge.
Next Radio Caroline Southampton Support
Group meeting
