12th
to 14th September 2001,
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Radio London's mv Galaxy was originally the minesweeper USS Density. Incredibly, the crew never knew of their ship's second life fighting another battle against the British establishment. John Platt discovered this in 1999 while researching the history of the Density on the Internet.
Naturally, the crew wanted to hear all about Radio London, so we were fortunate
enough to be able to go to Dallas to help tell the story, along with Big L originals
Tom Danaher and Ben Toney.
The tragic events of Sept 11th somewhat overshadowed the event, and several of the guests were unable to attend. However, as can be seen from the pictures, there was no stopping us from sharing this unique, historic event that will for ever become a part of offshore radio history!
Click on a picture to see a much bigger version.
LaVerne
and Marie Bailey (left pic) started organising Density Shipmates' Reunions
back in 1965. It's strange to think that while the crew were holding
their first event in the US, unbeknown to them the ship was sending
out 50kW of Beatles and Stones to an unsuspecting British public! |
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You
take one of me and I'll take one of you!
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Alberta
Smalldon and Charlie Stock
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Bill
Brandstetter, LaVerne, Marie, Alberta and Russ Anglebrandt
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"We
made it, it's fantastic to be here, and we've got the T-shirt to prove
it!"
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An
emotional moment as the Density's banner takes pride of place in Suite
915
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A
superb, rare picture given to us by LaVerne*
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Charlie
and LaVerne reminisce
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All pictures © Chris Payne 2001 except * which is used by kind permission of LaVerne Bailey