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In Remembrance of 1988 Disaster

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'Emma'

'Emma' Report 6 Jul 2013 17:30

Thank you for that OFiTG. I put up a post at the beginning
Of the week as here on our local news we have looked back
on this disaster every night. As you say rigs can be replaced
Lives cannot.

Emma

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 6 Jul 2013 13:35

GoldenGirl1 Thank You for posting those lovely words - earlier today I posted this on Stephen2009 thread - 6 Jul 2013 06:02

Those who lost their lives in the Piper Alpha Disaster will always be in our thoughts as will their families. The life of anyone working on an oil rig is not an easy one, and neither is the lives of their families.

Today my thoughts and prayers go out to the families who lost their loved ones in that tragic incident where 167 lives were cut short, oil rigs can be replaced - lives cannot.

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 6 Jul 2013 12:31

Thank you to all who have looked in
and read this thread.

Emma

JustJohn

JustJohn Report 6 Jul 2013 10:09

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmM7A0KiTNU

Researching:
Amelie my granddaughter's ancestry. My ban until 1 Jan 2021

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 6 Jul 2013 10:06

They went away at the end of June;
they said 'goodbye I'll see you soon'
We never knew on that day our lives would change in such a way.
The devastation was beyond belief bordering on insanity it became our grief
and we all asked why, why, why did so many men have to die?
Our hearts were broken it was so sad, so many children without their dad.
And of course the survivors, oh what a shame how can their lives ever be the same.
The next four months what can I say we waited on news day after day.
When I think back now what we would have gave,
to recover our loved ones from their watery grave.
Memorials, funerals, day after day one hundred and sixty seven families
devastated the same way.
We supported each other we were all very brave,
keeping our dignity as we stood at each grave.
Twenty five years have come and gone and yes we know life must go on.
Our children have grown with kids of their own,
but thoughts turn to the disaster at times when alone.
All we can hope for is safety offshore so that devastation
won't arrive at another family's door.
The loss of their lives should not be in vain-
a disaster like that should not happen again.
July the sixth, nineteen eighty eight no one should ever forget that date.

Marlene
Wife of John Martin

RIP