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IN 1973 AND 1974 HANS - JOACHIM BACKHUS MADE SEVERAL TRIPS TO SCHEVENINGEN AND THE OFFSHORE RADIO SHIPS.
THIS BEAUTIFUL BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO WAS TAKEN IN 1957 BY HANS GERECHT, THE FATHER OF HANS-JOACHIM. IT'S THE SCHEVENINGEN JETTY, NO SIGN OF RADIO VERONICA FOR ANOTHER 3 YEARS.
IN APRIL 1973 THE RADIO VERONICA VESSEL NORDERNEY ENDED UP ON THE SCHEVENINGEN BEACH. ON APRIL 18 SHE WAS TOWED BACK TO INTERNATIONAL WATERS.
HEADING TOWARDS OPEN SEA AND FREEDOM AGAIN.
RADIO VERONICA, AUGUST 1974.
THE FINAL WEEKS OUT AT SEA ON 538 MTRS MW.
HUNDREDS OF OFFSHORE RADIO FANS VISITED THE RADIO SHIPS DURING THEIR LAST WEEKS AT SEA.
THE TWO RADIO VERONICA VESSELS WERE A FAMILIAR SIGHT SOME 4 MILES OFF SCHEVENINGEN FOR A TOTAL OF 14 YEARS.
RADIO VERONICA'S NEIGHBOUR RADIO NORTH SEA INTERNATIONAL FROM THE MV MEBO 2. THIS MULTICOLOURED BEAUTY WAS OUT THERE BETWEEN 1970 AND AUGUST 1974.
MEBO 2, ROCK ON, ROCK ON AS THE JINGLE SAYS. ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO !
ONE THING DIDN'T CHANGE, THE SPECTACULAR SUNSET IN SCHEVENINGEN.
all photo's except sunset photo copyright Hans- Joachim Backhus. respect copyright.
sunset photo on sale as postcard in Scheveningen.