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Pirate Radio: Britain’s AM rebels of the ’60s

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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The Thouter and the DJS

We got between 500 and a thousand sam letters every week, mostly girls who were listened to the pirate ships. The north ship where nick bailey was transferred, got so much mail that the local post office had specific staff assigned to manage it. Getting te the fin mail was full of was very flatcering. And there is only one thing i can say about the d js. They are absolutely mad. There was quite a bit of curiosity about the men behind the mikes, and they were all men.

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