Biography Continued 3

Having survived the food poisoning and lived a very full life since then , I can tell you we had a great time on Radio Sutch. I have been reading about the new film, The Boat That Rocked, and comments made by disc-jockeys on Radios Caroline
and London that they never had any fun. They say it was all work and they had no girls on board. Are they nuts? The girls were queuing up to get on Radio Sutch (it must have been because we were so good looking, he says with a grin). Every time we came back to dry land there would be six to a dozen girls waiting on the dock. Yes it was sex, grass and rock and roll on Radio Sutch. These days though, all I want is a good steak dinner and an early night!
 
I left David and The Savages in aprox 1965. He asked me to stay on, and I heard through the grapevine that for years he wanted me to come back, but I never did. I got married but it turned out to be a compleat failure. I wont go into that sad story here. I have lived with my lovely Joan for the last 26 years and it has been the best years of my life. We have had a building/decorating contractors business, a very lucrative Hotel and we have traded in antiques for many years. Self-employed for over 50 years, I have had a very good life and its never been boring. I have bred, trained and raced greyhounds as a hobby and won some big races in my time. I have shown Smooth Collies and made up Kennel Club Champions. I was elected as the District Councillor and Parish Council Chairman for Wendover in Bucks three times, and served the people of Wendover for fifteen years. I was the President of St Johns Ambulance for Wendover for eight years. I served on the board of Stoke Mandeville Hospital for some years and I stood for Parliament for the UK Independence Party in 2001.

In the last couple of years I have appeared on television antiques programmes – ITV’s Dickinsons Real Deal seven times, Bargain Hunt on BBC three times, and Ann Robinsons Weakest Link on the BBC.
 
I miss David Sutch, Tony Dangerfield, Brian Paull, Carlo Little and Reg Calvert. They were all good friends in my youth and if there is any one out there from my days with David and the Savages, please get in touch. Let’s have a chat and perhapes a drink for old times sake.

 I think we should all remember that pirate radio did great things for this country. It made the BBC and The Establishment realise that young and old-people want the music of the moment. Long Live Rock and Roll!
  Regards fron an old buccaneer and Radio Sutch disc-jockey ,

Colin Dale