| Collection | GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections |
| Level | File |
| Ref No | MS 3803/2/1 |
| Title | Christmas and New Year, 1984 |
| Date | 1984 |
| Extent | 9 digital items |
| Creator Name | Cameron; Iain, Head of Maintenance at St. Fergus Gas Terminal |
| Description | Comprises nine colour items:
Image 1: Christmas 1984 meal menu from Sodexho, with offshore-related board game, 'Riggers and Roustabouts' on the reverse.
Image 2: Photograph of Dick Brown (left) and Norman Nelson dressed as kitchen staff performing their 'Day in the Life of Sodexho Staff' comedy sketch as part of the festive entertainment. Stewards and stewardesses were employed by Sodexho.
Image 3: Dick Brown performing another sketch, with 'Father Christmas' dressed in orange waterproofs.
Image 4: Two kitchen staff preparing the Christmas Day meal, laying out the Strawberry Romanoff desserts in the galley.
Image 5: Four men singing 'Nellie the Elephant', all wearing grey card elephant ears and trunks as part of the festive entertainment.
Image 6: Photograph of the Offshore Installation Manager Rogers cooking bacon and eggs in the galley.
Image 7: Photographs of the crew eating the Christmas Day meal in the canteen.
Image 8: Part of the festive buffet, including fresh fish, cake and sculptured food and ice (a swan and a mermaid).
Image 9: Runner-up winner of the Christmas raffle displaying his prize donated by Total; a framed colour photograph of MCP-01. |
| Accruals | None anticipated. |
| Access Status | Restricted |
| Access Conditions | Digital material requires computer to view. |