Strange to think that it was Tony Benn, then Postmaster
General, who saw to it that the pirates were eventually sunk. The BBC, with the
government’s help, saw off Radio Caroline and, somewhat belatedly, realised that
there was a young audience out there that they should probably be catering for.
50 Years of Radio 1 later, I can fairly safely conclude that
on Sunday the 15th October 1967, we cycled to Birkenhead sheds in
the morning, where I copped 2 Stanier 2-8-0s and photographed 2 Standard Class
9F 2-10-0s [Nos. 92086 and 92113].
After our respective, traditional Sunday roast dinners, we ran
down to Elleray Park on very full stomachs, picked teams and played first to
20, returned to our house in Elm Park Road, left trainers with dog dirt on in
the vestibule, ate my mum’s chocolate cake, drank lots of tea and listened to
Pick of the Pops with Alan Freeman on the fledgling Radio 1. Massachusetts by
the Bee Gees was number one.
It had been another perfect day.
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