Offshore drilling for oil and gas began off the coast near Great Yarmouth in the 1960s. The industry is still an important employer in the town today.
Living conditions on board platforms
Photographs of accommodation c.1970s
Gas Platforms
Photographs of different platforms
North Sea Platform
Shell/Esso-49/24K
Christmas on the Rigs
Photographs of workers spending Christman on the rigs
Comradeship amongst Offshore Workers
Audio clip of an interview with an Offshore Worker Donald Harrison
Difficult situations working Offshore
Audio clip of an interview with Offshore Worker Michael Thompson describing a storm
Helicopters and the Offshore Industry
Photographs of a helicopter working at a platform circa 1970's
Life Offshore - Being Away from Friends and Family
Audio clip of interviews with offshore workers Tom Andrews and Mike Butcher
The Petroleum Wives Club
Audio clip of an interview with Alma Byatt
The Oil and Gas Industry
Fire-fighting on the rigs
Offshore Workers
Photograph of John Bishop and co-workers