Felixstowe Museum to re-open with Radio Caroline Exhibition

DATELINE  March 2024

Felixstowe Museum (View Point Rd, Felixstowe IP11 3TW) reopens for the 2024 season at 11am on Thursday 28th March, but at 12 noon there will be an 'official' opening by Radio Caroline presenter and author, Ray Clark, (pictured)  on the exact 60th anniversary of the launch of the station from the MV Caroline (Fredericia), anchored off Felixstowe.

Ray will be joined in the opening by Felixstowe Mayor, Seamus Bennett. Ray will be staying for a couple of hours, meeting and greeting, and signing copies of his books, which hopefully will include his newly updated 'Radio Caroline - The True Story of the Boat That Rocked', before he leaves to give his talk about Caroline at the Electric Palace Theatre in Harwich at 5pm. (Now sold out!)

Also hoping to come along are fellow current Caroline presenters Stephen Foz Foster, Mark Dezzani, Terry Hughes, Barry James, Steve Dack and Alec Lamb along with Dave Cragie and The Moggy Van Radio Collection vintage radio collection, which will be outside, along with Felixstowe and Offshore Radio selling some Radio Caroline merchandise, sales of which help to raise funds for the historic radio ship, MV Ross Revenge - Home of  Radio Caroline.

The Museum have invited 'Felixstowe & Offshore Radio' to expand their existing 1980's themed display, to now include a look back to when the ship arrived in 1964, with mostly local archive photos, material and memorabilia.

We are also hoping to gather at the Radio Caroline commemorative stone at Wolsey Gardens Felixstowe IP11 2AF, meeting just before 6pm on Wednesday 27th March (60 years to the day from when the Fredericia anchored) before going to raise a glass nearby, probably at the Boardwalk Cafe on the Pier.

For more information visit :-

 Felixstowe & Offshore Radio on Facebook

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