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Alice Soundtech Series A Broadcast Mixer
Stripped to its chassis, thoroughly cleaned with parts replaced as required Tested and functioning with exception of built in signal generator and remote starts Sensibly priced for a rare piece, sold as seen and strictly buyer collects : Alice Soundtech Series A Broadcast Mixer |
After a broadcast from a Thames Clipper eager to find out more about the old Hulk. Exploring the Thames Path, since she lay in a secure area permission was sought to access the to view her at close quarters. A subsequent broadcast was made alongside the ship and research began into her history : Royal Iris |
Radio Sutch & City - Part 20
For 'fun' Harm Koeders has been producing fine colour images from old monochrome photographs taken during the heady 1960's period of Offshore Radio
His series of pictures covers a variety of the stations that broadcast around the British Coast
But by far and away the most prolific number of images are those of the old Radio Sutch and Radio City that operated from the former Maunsell WWII Army Forts on Shivering Sands
With Harm's permission, we have already inserted a number of his images into the body of our website
However, we felt it worth producing a dedicated page in our series of features on the stories behind Radio Sutch and City. We hope you enjoy : Radio Sutch & City - Part 20
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The Big Armstrong 1 Ton Gun, the history in text, video clips and photographs and the gun firing at one of Malta's many coastal Forts : Fort Rinella |
The 'Bob's 60's Splash' programme is produced, presented and broadcast from our Thames Estuary Studios. Heard on a growing number of UK stations a large part of Europe and further afield
Whitstable 'Steam Packet' : Public house photographs and history
Throughout the year the former Pilot Vessel 'X-Pilot' leaves her mooring on the River Medway Estuary at Queenborough, Sheerness and makes for the Second World War structures on sand banks off the Kent coast
The tips take in the sights of the Queenborough Harbour, the 19th Century Grain Gun Tower, Sheerness Docks, Garrison Point Fort, the wreck of the SS 'Richard Montgomery' close to the site of the Nore Fort. Then onwards to the Knock John Channel and the Knock John Naval Fort
Returning is via the Knob Channel to Shivering Sands Army Fort, the Vattenfall Wind Farm on Kentish Flats, the Red Sands Towers before setting back to port
Often conducted these tours give an insight to how it was to live and work on the Towers during both WWII, and the Offshore 'Pirate' Radio period of the mid 1960's : Grand Forts Tour
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In the centre of the Mediteraniant Sea was imperative the allies protect Malta's strategic location. The British began constructing a secret underground complex under the upper Barrakka Gardens on the North East side of Grand Habour, Valletta in 1940 : Lascaris War Rooms The following pages have been updated : BBMS - Part 2 : New Audio : Fort Fax : Photographs : Sutch & City Pics : 7 : 10 & 19 : Photographs : Red Sands Themes : Photographs & detail : Red Relics : Extra detail |
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Red Sands Radio Productions, United Kingdom