While the Act of Remembrance at Hazlehead Park this evening is the key event marking the anniversary of the disaster there are other opportunities for those who want to reflect and pay their respects.
The Oil Chapel at the Kirk of St Nicholas Uniting in Aberdeen will be open today between 12 noon and 4pm where people can view the original Book of Remembrance or light a candle.
Rev Gordon Craig will conduct Daily Prayers in the Kirk, starting at 1pm and lasting around 15 minutes.
Tomorrow, Ferryhill Parish Church will keep its Church Sanctuary open from 10am to 4pm, providing a peaceful space in which to remember those who lost their lives.
The church also has the memorial chapel, home of the Piper Alpha stained-glass window. The designer of the window, Jennifer-Jane Bayliss, will be in the church from 11am to 12 noon and 2pm to 4pm.
It is also home to the Lord Provost’s Book of Remembrance, and visitors will be able to read the names of loved ones, survivors’ names and official letters of condolence from all over the world.
A short film with some memories from survivors of the disaster will also be available and there will be an opportunity to light a small candle in remembrance.
Elsewhere, at the Aberdeen Maritime Museum, there will be an opportunity to see the Piper Alpha Memorial banner, commissioned by the Victorian Trade and Labour Council in Australia, and gifted to the City of Aberdeen.
Made by textile artist Julie Montgarret, the banner commemorates those who lost their lives in the Piper Alpha Disaster 30 years ago.
The banner usually hangs in the museum’s education suite but it will be taken down off the wall to allow visitors to see both sides of this very special tribute.
It will be on view today and tomorrow from 10am-5pm and on Sunday from 12noon-3pm.
