What if everything you thought you knew was awash with distortions, semi-truths, or full on lies?  Your perception of your own memories are surely reality as far as you can see or remember.

Did Ronan O'Rahilly take time out in 1962 to see Mrs J Kennedy in London? Her young daughter had captured his imagination playing in the White House, so much so, that he planned to name a radio station after her.

Is that true or is that false? Do you know the timeline? How can you find out? Was Radio Caroline named after the very young Caroline Kennedy?

The ghosts in the machine have been playing with your perception for a very long time. Did you buy into any of the wars since you were born? Did you see them as just, necessary, or vital for the defense of freedom loving people? Perception is reality after all isn't it? Or have you joined the 'Woke' generation where feelings are more important than facts?

Well if you just don't care, or think so what! that's is after all your own business. On the other hand,  it's not to late to wake up and realize that perception is not actually reality.

The year Ronan O'Rahilly arrived in London. It seems a long long time ago when you see these video clips.

OK I admit it, I am a walking hate crime. I love normality. I crave for free speech without condition. I want to debate opposing views. I want to support the fight for recognition if I agree, or have the right to voice my opinion if I disagree. I want to question all science that personally seems wrong to me. I love humanity and despise those who seek to divide. I want to hold those to account without fear of repercussions, simply because we disagree. Therefore I cannot live in Scotland. The resistance to totalitarian evil begins with comedy, it's got to be better than war. 

I didn't let a few angry comments from two IP addresses through last week, I get it you don't like Mervyn, he is a bigger fraud than Ronan as you see it, although having seen the late grate Ronan's tactics of money extraction in person I think you haven't got a clue. Never the less keep those rose tinted glasses going and perish the thought, don't start living in the here and now.

So Radio Caroline (the licensed version which by it's very nature has nothing to do with the late Irishman, or even the real founders and owners) has just incinerated oops I mean celebrated it's sixtieth anniversary.  For me the most poignant words to describe it all come from Ian Anderson & I quote: Several times a day at SIBC I phone various local agencies as news sources and sometimes they ask what is happening elsewhere locally. This morning a contact in the maritime sector, who is in his 30s, asked me if there was anything else of interest and I said, oh, Radio Caroline is 60. He replied what is Radio Caroline? I said a radio station that was on several ships over the years and he replied that he had never heard of radio stations on ships. And to think that 6 people from Shetland/who lived in Shetland/are buried in Shetland served on board the Mi Amigo and at least 11 had direct connections with offshore radio. Well we made our mark!

Meanwhile back to 2024 where the sleepwalk into your grand children's dystopian future continues. Better keep looking backwards folks, after all offshore radio changed the world!

As the generation that celebrated the arrival of offshore radio to parts of the UK slowly but steadily dwindle in number, we can look forward to the 60th anniversary being celebrated by Anoraks and possibly even the mainstream media if it's a slow news day.

Perhaps this will be the last hurrah for the aging, grumbling and never satisfied anoraks who sleepily continue to hope for the glory days to return (they did some years ago) or at least they can hold some sort of rose tinted memory festival as the sun sets forever over offshore radio.

Whatever, as time goes by it all becomes less and less relevant as does offshore radio and the presenters of that era. If that period of time deserves anything regarding the offshore stations, then it's an accurate and credible historical record of what really happened and why and when.

The last thing needed is another home made, print on demand, non researched rehash of a fictional story told over and over (Goebbels style), that represents little fact and a whole load of sentimental clap trap.

Maybe we will get the real facts, or some of them, so those interested in real history can feel comfortable that future generations can get the whole sixties offshore radio chapter in context, including why the government of that time went against massive public opinion and took action to stop them.

It's taken me a long long time to finally understand the whys and why not's and although I still disagree with the governments action, at least I have the context. So lets see what unfolds and whether the truth will out! Or do you wish to remain on your own personal fantasy island. Final clue: It wasn't the young Irishman who made it all happen.

It's almost sixty years since a few people began dining out on their heroic antics three miles of the coast of Frinton. Now's another chance to extract some money off of the gullible with this fabulous rehash of old stories and your chance to make a 3D model, that no doubt will take pride of place in your shed!!!

And all the anoraks go on about is the massive injustice of not having enough kilowatts or who was best, Laser or Caroline? (it was Big L by a million miles).

Free radio in the UK and in North West Europe was never about freedom! Some of the presenters became believers that they were indeed freedom fighters. They were never that. At best they gave a couple of fingers up to the authorities, after that they left their respective radio stations and tried to get a job in radio if they were good enough. Many were not and did not.

If Free Radio had been about Free Speech, and the right to adopt the same constitutional rights as those held by the citizens of the USA, then all offshore stations in the region mentioned above would have quickly disappeared. 

Free speech however has crept across the Atlantic and is about to be suppressed in the UK by the most Globalist totalitarian government and opposition ever, who pretend they have your best interests in mind whilst silencing your thoughts let alone comments online.  

Thankfully we can be confident that the greatest offshore free radio fighter Radio Caroline has got your backs! Whats that? Sorry what I meant to say is that they are just old men whistling in the wind and pretending that everything is fine. Last person out turns of the light.

Meanwhile in free speech land we have these terrible & traitorous goings on....

A few bookmarked videos to add to your collection, next month we present train spotting for beginners.