Raise a glass to Radio Caroline
To celebrate Radio Caroline's fortieth birthday in 2004, Bushy's Brewery on the Isle Of Man brewed a special ale.
Called Golden Oldie, the first batch sold out immediately. The pump clip design
will strike a chord with every beer-loving offshore radio fan:
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Another batch of the beer was brewed to coincide with the Caroline North Convention
which took place on the island in September 2008.
Congratulations to John Herdman for designing such a beautiful pump clip. At the time of the original brew he told us
that he could remember seeing empty Heineken bottles floating around Ramsey Bay, thrown overboard from the Caroline ship
back in the sixties! John was a big fan of the station. He wrote: “living in Ramsey, Caroline still has
resonances in the town. God, how 40 years have flown by. As kids we felt particularly proud of the fact that the ship was
in our bay! Our family moved to the UK in '66 but Caroline was our connection to home. I still remember being
in tears when she went off the air.”
Our thanks to the brewery boss, Martin Brunnschweiler, and to John for getting in touch.
