In honour of the 167 who died in the Occidental (Oxy) Piper Alpha oil platform disaster in the North Sea, 6th – 7th July 1988, British, American, French and others. The writer had worked on an adjacent platform, Claymore. 1 ‘How long ya thinkin’ of keepin’ yer hands In yer pockets, pal?’ That would be…
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