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Can anyone tell me when Red Rose Radio did a show at the Three Sisters Race Curcuit near Wigan?. I think it was their re-launch event. All I know is that it was held in either 1989 or very early 1990. I'm pretty sure it was no later than Feb 1990 as I have a home video recording from late Feb where there is a Red Rose Radio sticker stuck on the window of one of my dads cars, and these were the same stickers they were giving out at the Three Sisters in souvenier bags. Photos I took of the day it appears to have been in the early spring or winter months as trees nearby were bare, and the ground was very wet and damp and muddy, the sky was overcast. Odd they would have such an event on in Jan or Feb, so it maybe from 1989. A few TV personalities where there like Bill Roache, Michael LeVeil who played Kevin Webster, Martin Platt, a former Emmerdale actor and John Craven. If anyone knows the year and date this was I would be very grateful as it's been bugging me for years. I've asked people on a Wigan forum and they don't seem to remember it.

Does anyone know when Red Rose Radio (or Red Rose Rock FM) had that event which was held at the Three Sisters Race Circuit near Wigan?. I think it was sometime in 1989 or very early 1990 (no later than mid Feb 90). A few well know TV personalities where there for the (I'm assuming) launch or re-launch of the station, including Corrie's Bill Roache, Michael LeVel, Martin Platt, an Emmerdale actor, and presenter John Craven. I know it wasn't during the summer months, likely either Feb, March or April, or Oct, Nov or Dec. If anyone knows the date of this I would love to know. I think Red Rose also did a show at Haigh Country Park on the August Bank Holiday in 1991.

Simpler times 😁

Brings back happy memories

5 years on and the hole is still there

Very poignant video, the same happened to our local ILR station, gone altogether locally and in name (Beacon Radio) the 70s and the 80s were the 'golden years' for ILR.

All sunlight and wooly jumpers!

I DID NOT JUST SEE ME GRANDAD

10 years ago - and up it pops like a good 'un. Love the North East and the bit inbetween Newcastle and Berwick is simple the best. But eh!, keep it quiet...

i am now on a quest to see if thats the harbour chippy that the train passed at 7.38 into vid.....Peggy still about, shes worked there since the dawn of time. cheers folks for the memories from a well travelled kid who arrived there about 78 and left in my teens but still pops back

LOVED THIS RADIO STATION THROUGH THE EIGHTIES

wished I had been there, next year I will.

get a new camera mate

It's interesting to see what goes on behind the scenes at Red Rose at that time 29 years ago.

I take it Mike and Martin Henfield are brothers

Really fascinating! Being only 17 myself, but having lived in Amble for 12 of those years, I have never seen Amble the way it appears in these photos (though I have noted much change even in the time I’ve been around!). Thank you for the video, Rod :)

A wonderful look back at how things were. How it has changed.

Lancashire's best ever local commercial radio station, unrivalled, unbeaten, peerless and better than anything else currently broadcasting and on the air. The day it split into Red Rose Rock FM 97.4 and Red Rose Gold 999 AM was a sad day for commercial radio in Lancashire and the start of the rot set in. The 1990 Broadcasting Act was the worst thing to come out of the Tory Government, and the loss of regulation and break-up of the Independent Broadcasting Authority to separate bodies and eventually Ofcom has also been the biggest ever disaster for commercial broadcasting the UK has ever seen. If I was of charge of Red Rose Radio, I would have kept it independent, and refused to sell it to anybody, nobody would lose their job (I feel sorry for the hundreds of redundancies and job cuts through the years) and I would keep all the good things that people liked i.e. the Sue Manning jingles, the local ads, stereo classics, country music, Asian programme The Mix, Non Stop Top 20, Red Rose Top 40, the local politics programme, the late night phone in, the Red Rose Radio Roadshow, Red Rose Reports, Red Rose Sport, and all the other good things people liked, and I'd also put Red Rose Radio on cable TV systems all over Lancashire in stereo via the FM programme service to subscribers on cable all over Lancashire. The studios would keep the tried and trusted technology that the presenters loved so well i.e. the cart machines, the reel to reel tape recorders, the turntables, the mixing desks etc. A sad loss indeed. And even sadder as the very last vestiges of Red Rose Radio's heritage was switched off forever, the ancient 301 metres (999 kHz) MW transmitter at Longton Marsh, Longton near Preston Lancashire by Bauer's evil GHR (Greatest Hits Radio) service and I bet 97.4 FM will come up next for the chop at some point if and when DAB+ and online listening is decided as the future of radio listening. RIP Red Rose Radio you'll never rise again.

Me too mate born and bread north east

They own the station but the government owns the news slots for their propaganda.

Aunty is the BEST WE EAT CHICKEN TOGETHER

MY AUNTY IS HERE AND SHE IS THE BEST

thanks for this Rod- awesome the KING of radio!! any more shows available?

can you reupload in something a lot better than 240p

Whilst it had been the death of a thousand cuts the day Rock FM / Red Rose left the church was the day Red Rose really died as a station.

Who’s here after Brad 😂

Lovely video. Music is wondeful! What's the tune? Gosh it takes me back to a happier time! Many thanks in advance☺️.

left to early

I used to listen to this show during my teens. I loved Mickey from Walker and Marlene and Tommy. I really wonder what became of them, I don't suppose Marlene is still alive now. I always hoped Mike would get back on the air but I don't think we'd get away with a show like his phone-in these days. I'd love for these characters, those still with us to be found and record a catch up of how they're doing. A lost era, RIP Mike.

I grew up with this station. So sad they had to move. May it continue

Great place knew most of the fishermen arthur Willie Frank Armstrong John Connell Alan strangeways ebb Left in Sean The handysides. Now in nz but miss the regular trips to the friendliest port

Rob, maybe you can help me out here, I always wondered who is 'Stud Muffin'... as in 'Stud Muffin is taking the calls'. 😂

Listening to Mike when I went to bed was a staple of mine during my early to mid teens, literally couldn't wait for the show every night! I especially used to enjoy his exchanges with Raymond 'how-how-how' from Blyth (anyone remember him? he used to call in every single night). RIP Mike, true Icon of the North East.

Now it’s all ruined bc holiday makers I live here

beautiful that video thanks

Had some laughs listening to Mike back in the day. Thanks for the upload

This is great. The camaraderie and love for the station all these years later is clear. The clips are well put together, capturing some of the essence of what made Red Rose such a force to be reckoned with. I am reminded of the line in 'Some Kind of Nothingness' by the Manic Street Preachers, ' still and lonely like an old school photograph', when I see old pictures frozen in time. The memories they stir are sometimes bitter sweet. But Red Rose was a truly vibrant station fizzing with life and gave happiness to a lot of people in Lancashire and beyond. I could be mistaken but there seems to be no sign of Simon Tate, Allan Beswick and Sally Moon. A good choice of suitably poignant music to accompany the stills.

Great memories listening to the show before bed, even though many callers were more northern, he had plenty of listeners many miles south of Middlesbrough. Were all his sacking publicity stunts lol

Wow I remember listening when I was s kid, brings back memories, Do you have anymore recordings?

Weirdly, I remember Mikes one of comedy series in the early days of Ch4 called At Last,,,.An ironic dig at how Mike would get banned from everything he did, (including his radio show). He sang about tortoises & the daily mail & deliberately fluffing his lines orson welles style in a beer advert so he could get free bevvy all day. RIP mike.

Never knew he'd died until I saw him in spender and googled him ! Remember this lotty and little lord ned off ekkythump

Queen street still looks active but the rest looks like a ghost town

Sad to see it looking so empty and quiet but glad that people are being sensible and staying indoors.Take care everybody xx

Miss him. Legend.

What year did this show finish?

According to John Myers’ book, Rock FM was given its name as the station was initially going to be based in Blackpool. However the agreement for the studio premises subsequently fell through and the station remained based in Preston. Sad to see that the only local output left on Rock FM soon will be a 3hr drivetime show broadcasting 5 days a week, with all other output networked from Manchester.

Great vid Rod. PERFECT music choice! Please could you upload a full, real time, trip? The actual journey across the water to and from the island is the best bit for a lot of people - very tranquil and people who love 'real time' videos will love it. Please include the views towards the coast from the sea as not many people get to see what that's like. CHEERS!

The show of shows, irreplaceable, got me through some bad times and made an indelible impression on my personality. RIP Mike. Some of our calls to Mike on my channel in the 'lost tapes' playlist. Any more of these vids?

Simply irreplaceable. I bet listener numbers have never been the same.

The 1990 Broadcasting Act marked the end of Independent Local Radio and Independent Television and was the worst piece of legislation to come from a "we know best" Tory Government.