When Helen Heath was clearing out the home of her late father, Roy Howe, she came across some photographs relating to offshore radio. She very kindly sent them to The Pirate Radio Hall of
Fame. They were in two sets.
The first - the Radio Northsea International set - was issued by the Free Radio Association in 1970 and can be found here.
The other set mainly consisted of photos of the two Radio Caroline ships in Zaandam harbour, where they lay rusting after being towed in by the Wijsmuller company in 1968. We think these were published by
the Free Radio Association too. There is also one photo of Radio London's former ship, mv Galaxy, in harbour in Hamburg, Germany, and a couple of the mv Olga Patricia (also known as the Laissez-Faire) which was the home of Britain
Radio, Radio England, Radio Dolfijn, Radio 227 and Radio 355.
A few of the photos have not aged well. In a couple of cases we have had to magnify and crop them to disguise the effects of water damage. With grateful thanks to Helen.
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