Up to then I was one of about 27 of us on an email round robin, or whatever it is called, that he ran. Many of us will be familiar names to those on this forum and to recording the story of offshore radio in general. For a few years this went really well. Quite lot of things were discovered and to my thinking were well and truly settled, or at least came to the most likely possibility.
But all is not lost. I turned some of my work, impossible without the help of the others, into articles for Offshore Echos, with possibly more to come.
I'm well aware that some believe that this is well in the past, and not all important anymore, and there is no denying that, but if you are to have a history on something, anything (shades of Todd Rungren) then it might as well be as accurate as possible.
Well, the expected fury has been unleashed as was the intent. He never fails to entertain.
Your observation around a tinge of jealousy may have some credence, as people generally would recognise Peter Moore as station manager of the world famous Radio Caroline, whereas Mervyn Hagger would be recognised as..........(fill in the blanks!).
It's a great shame as some really valuable research has obviously been undertaken, but the positivity of it is bogged down in the quagmire of his anger.
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