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Title: Oil Rig, Bacup Road, Cliviger - RAC1974.021
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Title
Oil Rig, Bacup Road, Cliviger - RAC1974.021
Description
Ged Collins has provided the following information: I worked on the oil rig as an 18 year old for three months in holidays from college.. VERY dangerous INDEED but extremely well paid.. The rig itself was KCA rig no 76. There was one other student besides me , he was studying engineering at Sheffield I think. All the rest of the staff were Canadian or American. We worked 12 hour shifts seven days a week third week off or double pay.
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Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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RAC1974.021.jpg
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“Oil Rig, Bacup Road, Cliviger - RAC1974.021,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed October 2, 2026, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/39604.
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