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  • #2
    yiddo59
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058350215/may-the-forts-be-with-you

    Few pics of the forts from October 2015 that I took during a trip on the paddle steamer Waverley.

    Shivering Sands Fort with Red Sands in the distance

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    Red Sands Fort

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    Distance shot of Knock John

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    More here https://flic.kr/s/aHskvcZVqY



  • #3
    Losty Dublin
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    I enquired recently into going out on one of the boat trips to the Radio Caroline ship, Ross Revenue. Tempting but it meant a 2 day trip over because a red eye flight in and out isn't as appealing as it used to be 😀



  • #4
    Ger Roe
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122113570#Comment_122113570

    Very nice pics, and from The Waverley too… sounds like a great trip all round.



  • #5
    yiddo59
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    BBC Radio 4 Open Country had a programme during the week about the Shivering Sands Forts. It's available to listen to or download from https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001znl8

    Martha Kearney visits Whitstable to discover the fascinating and
    mysterious story behind Guy Maunsell’s sea forts at Shivering Sands.
    Built in the second world war as air defences, these towers can still be
    seen from the shoreline, although they are now in a state of disrepair.

    Once home to up to 265 soldiers, these huge metal boxes
    on stilts later became the base for a broadcasting revolution. In the
    1960s, pirate stations such as Radio City, Invicta and the short-lived
    Radio Sutch (run by the musician and parliamentary candidate Screaming
    Lord Sutch), broadcast from the sea forts to huge audiences who wanted
    to hear the latest pop and rock records.

    Tom Edwards and Bob Leroi are two of the
    DJs with fond memories of their time aboard the sea forts at Shivering
    Sands, but there is also a darker history. David Featherbe’s father was
    lost at sea after visiting the Red Sands fort and foul play was
    suspected. These mysteries and the forts imposing physical architecture
    fascinate historian Flo McEwan and many artists such as Stephen Turner
    and Sue Carfrae.

    Today the forts lie empty and are slowly
    being lost to the sea, but they remain a source of inspiration to
    artists and photographers, as Martha discovers.



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