Entertainment - Pirate Radio - Paddy Roy Bates - Rochford, Essex
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4053 x 4096 px | 34.3 x 34.7 cm | 13.5 x 13.7 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
30 November 1966Photographer:
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Paddy Roy Bates, owner of the Radio Essex pirate station, with his wife Joan, daughter Pennie and the station's staff. They are examining a marine map of the area they broadcast from, Knock John Fort off Foulness Island. Mr Bates is appearing at the magistrates court to answer a GPO summons for transmitting illegally.