Red Sands Radio - Part 5

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You're Aboard

Newsroom, Lounge Fort Captain/Breakfast Presenter Sleeping right

Standby Playout PC and third Transmitter

Meanwhile on land Sun Street Tourist Information Office opposite Canterbury Cathedral Gate promoting Red Sands Radio

As a nod to Laser 558 we ran a 60's Sunday Show which kept the TX excited, reinstigated as Bob's 60's Splash from 2009 to date as originally introduced in the 1980's on ILR Invicta Radio

A major triumph for Big Phil who's delighted to find the only original light bulb from the Magazine Room works

Each Tower has a double urinal & three traps the Heads have suffered over the years through vandalism

The outer doors aren't watertight, above picture taken after a torrential downpour

The Southern Gun Tower tilts slight North East so rain water collects in the right hand Head

We took remedial action to both let the water drain & managed to secure all the outer doors but they still leak

Bleached & scoured to within a gnats whisker of removing the last of it's enamel by Kevin Turner, our salubrious bath used as shower tray drains away to sea

The other bathroom not in use

Not many days like this in July 2007

On the few occasions we had sunshine it was glorious

Lower level walkway to Shivering Sands Fort just 4 miles away

Peter Chicago, Robin Banks & Bob Le-Roi

'Crew Call' Big Phil Sheppard, Peter Chicago, Rob Ashard, Tony Pine, Robin Banks & Bob Le-Roi

Tender's here

A cheery wave

That's it until next time

The Red Sands Fort Complex in July 2007

Grateful thanks to Rupert Murray, Rob Ashard & Kevin Turner for additional photographs

This feature continues in Red Sands Radio - Part 6

11/09/09 I am currently researching the Danger Man episode "Not So Jolly Roger" with which I'm sure you yourself are quite familiar. During the 2007 Red Sands Radio broadcast, presenter John Ross-Barnard did a show one Sunday afternoon, I believe it may well have been the first Sunday you were on the air, but I cannot be sure. During his show, which I listened to intently but, unfortunately, did not record, John spoke at quite some length about his time on Radio 390 and also included information about the filming of the Danger Man episode. This was, of course, filmed during the time in which John was on the Red Sands Fort. It is the material from this show that I am particularly interested in. I would be extremely grateful for any information that would assist me considerably in my research. Many Thanks, John Sales

For a brief history of all the Thames Estuary Forts see Fort Fax