Cammell Laird.

[robpage]

One thing that always has bothered me John is the initial desire to nail someone's name to the blame , then that name or names always seems to be deceased , Years ago I used to think dead men argue less

[j.sabourn]

#8 At 2203 I was waiting for my bridge relief who was late in arriving, there was a loud crack and a sideways spread of flame, the crack was that loud it caused be to hunch my head,,,,, At the informal Inquiry they had a large scale model of the platform, and put me in a position with the same perspective as on the night. The image was ingrained on my mind like a flash photograph. Asked me where the explosion took place, and I pointed to. I dont think this corresponded to other peoples statements, but may be wrong. John S

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#11... Dead men tell no tales... Very true Rob. I couldnt understand some of the press reports at the time about some poor dead fitter being blamed, and this was before the Enquiry. It caused a lot of heartbreak to some poor family. Totally unneccessary scaremongering by the press. I would really like to know how many people who were involved in the whole affair shipping or rig personnel have died since under mysterious and not normal deaths, I know of one who committed suicide and another who killed himself with alcohol, there will be others I have no doubt of this. The only people who make anything from disasters are the ghouls who write about it, or advertise it, and there were quite a few still among us today.John S

[Lou Barron]

That's good news Jim about Cammell Laird having live not very far away from there .Isaw many famous ships built there and knew a lot of people who worked there and I also remember the Thetis tragedy