Many of of the offshore stations operated their own listeners' clubs. The first was
The Caroline Club. This page contains correspondence and memorabilia sent out to club
members, some contributed by Clive Kay and some from the Hall of Fame's own archive.
Clive Kay's membership card. New members received some DJ photos and
this booklet about the station:
When Clive joined in 1964 he also received this letter, below. Click on the fragment to see the whole thing:
Does anyone remember going to the Caroline Coffee Bar in Felixstowe, as
mentioned in the letter? Also enclosed was this press release about the merger with Radio
Atlanta. Click to see it in full:
Following the upgrade of the Caroline South ship and the fitting of
the new fifty kilowatt transmitter in 1966, this letter was sent out to members. It was not
strictly accurate. Despite what it said, the North ship had not had a new transmitter. Click to
see the whole thing:
That letter was followed shortly afterwards by another one. It was
time to pay another ten shillings (50p) to renew the subscription. Click to see it
in full:
And this is the letter that accompanied the Caroline Club identity
bracelet (not engraved with name and club membership number after all. Someone must have
worked out how much it was going to cost!). Click on the fragment to see it all:
You can see a Radio City Club membership card here. Were you
in Radio Scotland's 242 Clan? The Radio London Club? The 270 Set? Have you
still got any items of interest? Or any more Caroline Club memorabilia we can add to this
page? If so, please
get
in touch.
