butterfly Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Manx National Heritage (MNH) is seeking the public's help for a new exhibition, planned for this summer at the House of Manannan 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of the demise of Radio Caroline North, the offshore radio station which operated out of Ramsey Bay between 1964 and 1968 and an exhibition, ‘Pirates of the Irish Sea’, will celebrate the phenomenon at the House of Manannan later this summer http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART56105.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraG Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Manx National Heritage (MNH) is seeking the public's help for a new exhibition, planned for this summer at the House of Manannan 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of the demise of Radio Caroline North, the offshore radio station which operated out of Ramsey Bay between 1964 and 1968 and an exhibition, ‘Pirates of the Irish Sea’, will celebrate the phenomenon at the House of Manannan later this summer http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART56105.html If Andy Wint is still on the Island, he is the man with quite a Radio Caroline collection of memorabilia, including a scaled model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 So..was it a legal radio station then? I mean MNH would be sending out the wrong message, would they not? if they were making features of criminal acts. I have always wondered why pirates conjure such romantic images with people, they were not very nice people you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 I have always wondered why pirates conjure such romantic images with people, they were not very nice people you know. Oh yes they arrrrggggggghhhhhhh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 There will be a few ladies up there in Ramsey, probably collecting their pensions now, who could tell a tale or two of when the disc jockeys (as they was called in those days) used to came ashore for a bit of R and R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 So..was it a legal radio station then? It's most noticeable crime was to instigate the beginning of Radio 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Saw this on Youtube the other day. Radio Caroline at Ramsey and the big furore. Plus a couple of others here and here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KERED Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Andy Wint DOES still live on the Island - on Peel Road, Douglas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 So..was it a legal radio station then? depends on whose laws apply - just as the import/export business pre 1765 was perfectly licit under Manx law though the Brits had some grounds for complaint - it appears the supply+support of Radio Caroline did not infringe any Manx laws until Westminster decreed otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 nod turner from nods for rods was something to do with that i belive?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KERED Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Yes - Nod (Juan's Dad) worked on Caroline North. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 he can probably be found under energy fm at his communications company offices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeddan Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 So..was it a legal radio station then? depends on whose laws apply - just as the import/export business pre 1765 was perfectly licit under Manx law though the Brits had some grounds for complaint - it appears the supply+support of Radio Caroline did not infringe any Manx laws until Westminster decreed otherwise. Frances - I see Wikipedia (for what it's worth) states this: The British government responded to the presence of Caroline and the other offshore stations in 1967 by passing the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act which made it an offence to advertise or supply an offshore radio station from the UK. However a rearguard action was attempted by the Manx parliament Tynwald to exclude the North Ship from the legislation with an appeal to the European Court on the legality of the act being applied to the Isle of Man. Is that so? An appeal by Tynwald to the European Court to challenge Westminster sounds very peculiar. I haven't come across or been able to find anything on this, but if something like that happened it's an interesting story. Can you shed any light on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 I think it was covered in Derek Winterbottom's book on Manx Radio - my own copy is however not at hand so I can't check Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Can't MNH just bully people into surrendering their memories of Caroline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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