Updated November 13th, 2014
ÓFrom the North, East, West and South, this
is Radio England News, Live and Up-to the Minute!Ó
On the 42nd anniversary of the start of
broadcasts from the mv
ÓOlga PatriciaÓ on May 3rd, 1966 at 1030 am,ÓThe Radio Rose of TexasÓ has been updated, given a new format and has moved to a new
web address
The
2006 version, published in the 40th anniversary year of Radio
England and Britain Radio will not be updated, but was reposted at this
web address November 13th, 2008 by popular demand.
The (2003-) original version of the
Radio Rose of Texas
(2006-)essay:ÓPickinÕ up ÓBoss VibrationsÓ was originally published as a
personal fanzine of Radio
England and Britain Radio. It will not be updated, but was
reposted at this
new web address
May 3rd, 2008 by popular demand.
You may look forward to occasional further updates, as much new material about Radio
England/Britain Radio and its sister
stations has been uncovered.
It has been established that the ÓOlga PatriciaÓ was definitely the FS/AKL
ship USS Deal and was the fishing
vessel ÓEarl J.Conrad Jr.Ó,
sailing until 2011, when it was scrapped.
Derek
Burroughs jr. wishes you fun reading,
and please enjoy the great heritage
of Texan Radio in Europe!
"This is ÒSRE-Swinging
Radio England. Broadcasting 4 1/2 miles off the Frinton
Essex Coast on 2-2-7 metres, 24 hours a day, in
excess of 50,000 watts of power. SRE, first and foremost
is BOSS!"(Bill Berry, SRE Station ID,
October/November, 1966)
The
former FS-263, AG-131, AKL-2 ÓUSS DealÓ has become the ÓOlga PatriciaÓ of Panama. Here she is fitted out in Biscayne Bay,
Miami, Florida, March 1966.(Picture: Burroughs archive)