after the living quarters of the piper alpha were lifted off the seabed,
they were taken to seaforth docks in liverpool to be put through the metal shredder at sheppards scrap yard.
me and 2 of my brothers where given a job working on cutting it up.it was huge,everything was upside down(thats how they put it on the quayside)
very eiree inside,nobody would go in on their own.
we had to clear out everything that was in it and then make runs so the burners could get to bare metal.
found a few personal effects(wallets etc..)all had to be given to the police to be handed back to relatives.
hats off to you guys who work out there in the middle of nowhere,i've got the greatest respect for you.

dug a paperwieght out of the mud and the boss said i could keep it.
it's got oil in it from a billionth barrel of oil.you can see the spade marks on the top of the back of it where i hit it.