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Ik heb het
boek 'STAY TUNED: I could say something
brilliant at any moment' van Ray Clark
gelezen en heb nog wat foto's opgezocht
waarvan ik in het boek voorkom. Ik heb
foto's van de boottocht die we in juni
1979 naar de Mi Amigo hebben gemaakt.
Ik weet
zeker dat je die graag wilt zien! De
foto toont Peter Chicago en Ad Roberts
aan dek, net nadat Peter is gewekt in
zijn hut onder het achterdek.
Toen we met
onze boot bij de Mi Amigo waren, was
Mack Jacobs op de radio met zijn
programma 'Baken 16' en liet hij het
thuisfront in Gouda weten dat ik om de
Mi Amigo voer. Helaas heb ik er geen
opname van.
I finished
readin Ray Clark's book 'STAY TUNED: I
could say something brilliant at any
moment' and looked up some more photos
of which I appear in the book. I have a
photos of the boat trip we made to the
Mi Amigo in June 1979.
I'm sure
you'd love to see it! The photo shows
Peter Chicago and Ad Roberts on deck,
just after Peter is awakened in his
cabin below the aft deck.
When we were
at the Mi Amigo with our boat, Mack
Jacobs was on the radio with his program
'Baken 16' and he informed the home
front in Gouda that I was sailing around
the Mi Amigo. Unfortunately I don't have
a recording of it.
'By summer
it was time to take another voyage out
to sea. Together with my Dutch chum Hans
and a couple of others, we hired a boat
from Brightlingsea to visit the Mi
Amigo. On calm seas, and after a smooth
three hour journey, the battered and
rusting radio ship appeared on the
distant horizon. On such a clear day,
the huge radio mast could be seen from
miles away. As our boat pulled alongside
the radio ship a couple of the crew came
out to say hello. “Is Peter up yet,
we’ve come to visit him”, said Hans. And
as he came out onto the deck, Peter
immediately invited us on board. It
seemed that my yearning to get onto the
ship was about to be fulfilled. “Er, I‘d
rather you didn’t”, said our skipper. He
was happy to stay alongside to enable us
to chat to the crew members and take
photographs, but he didn’t want us to go
onboard from his boat. He feared that he
could be prosecuted for taking us out to
the ship, although providing we didn’t
take part in the broadcasts or deliver
any supplies then no crime had been
committed. It was a memorable day, but
it could have been so much better'
I also have
a film of that day, but it needs to be
digitally made.
Photo Hans
van Dijk.
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 Peter Chicago en Ad Roberts in het gangboord van de MV. Mi Amigo in juni 1979. ©Foto Hans van Dijk1979/2023 |
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STAY
TUNED – I could say something
brilliant at any moment!
Mijn
goede radio vriend Ray Clark heeft
een boek geschreven over zijn leven
en radio carriere, een aantal keren
kom ik in zijn verhalen voor, dit is
wel een leuke gebeurtenis en ik
dacht opeens de foto's staan in een
mapje op de computer. Dus hierbij de
foto's!
My good
radio friend Ray Clark has written a
book about his life and radio career,
I appear in his stories a number of
times, this is a nice event and I
suddenly thought the photos are in a
folder on the computer. So here are
the pictures!
"On
yet another holiday to Holland I
went to Hilversum, a place that once
appeared on every wireless dial and
the Dutch radio capital. My visit
was to the studios of Hilversum 3,
the national pop radio station. My
friend Hans and I were invited in as
the country’s pop chart, The
Nederlandse 40, was being broadcast.
Songs in that chart included, ‘Shine
Silently,’ by Nils Lofgren, ‘The
Devil Went Down To Georgia,’ by The
Charlie Daniels Band, and ‘Money’ by
the Flying Lizards. The regular
presenter of the national chart was
former offshore DJ Lex Harding, the
guy I’d listened to years earlier on
Radio Veronica. It was the first
time I’d ever been into a real radio
studio whilst it was on air. It was
fascinating to watch the show in
progress and my dream of getting
involved was rekindled yet again."
Het boek
is hier te koop:
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