Category Archives: Lockerbie

The other side of Lockerbie. The effect on the volunteers over 35 years.

Posted on December 21, 2023 by heavywhalley.MBE

Many will have read my previous blogs on Lockerbie it changed my life on 21st December 1988. It was a tragedy out of all comprehension and I and many others still suffer mostly in silence about the effects of seeing … Continue reading →

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Do you need help – please read . Mental HEALTH AND Lockerbie still many dark days.

Posted on December 18, 2023 by heavywhalley.MBE

I am struggling with my health and the hardest part is staying mentally strong I am so lucky being surrounded by friends who help. I want for nothing and thank you all This is going to be a difficult period … Continue reading →

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Thank you all for the support after my piece on the effects of Lockerbie. The healing process continues.

Posted on November 18, 2023 by heavywhalley.MBE

I had so many wonderful kind replies from my piece on Lockerbie. Some from those who lost loved ones on the tragedy. They came from all over and I could not get my head around the thoughts of many. None … Continue reading →

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Every picture tells a story – some thoughts of afterthoughts of a journey to Lockerbie to Syracuse University. Meeting so many wonderful people. The price paid by many.

Posted on October 21, 2023 by heavywhalley.MBE

Pan Am flight 103, also called the Lockerbie disaster when , flight of a passenger airliner operated by Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) texploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988, after a bomb was detonated. All 259 people … Continue reading →

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RAF Mountain Rescue – 80 years of saving life a personal view.

Posted on September 16, 2023 by heavywhalley.MBE

For many years RAF Mountain Rescue was the backbone of Mountain Rescue in UK. In early 1942 an RAF Station search party, whom at the time made their own ad-hoc arrangements to locate and provide medical treatment for downed aircrew, … Continue reading →

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New Drama by BBC & Netflicks on the Lockerbie Bombing and Investigation.

Posted on August 11, 2023 by heavywhalley.MBE

NEW DRAMA WILL TELL STORY OF LOCKERBIE BOMBING AND SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATIONSHOWBIZ LockerbieBy Katrine Bussey, PA Scotland A new drama series telling the story of the Lockerbie bombing is to be made almost 35 years after Pan Am flight 103 was blown out … Continue reading →

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Guilt or Gratitude missing out on big Callouts ? By Pete Kirkpatrick

Posted on March 20, 2023 by heavywhalley.MBE

GUILT OR GRATITUDE This is a interesting article that I think many of us in the Emergency Agencies who may feel they miss out on a big incident. This happens as family,holidays, sickness and many other things may stop you … Continue reading →

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Today is the Lockerbie Anniversary Disaster Tragedy. A hard day for many. Help is out there #itsgoodtotalk

Posted on December 20, 2022 by heavywhalley.MBE

It’s been a difficult year for me a lot of medical problems and very hard at times controlling the “Black Dog”is always there. Today is a huge day in my life it is the Anniversary of the Lockerbie Disaster in … Continue reading →

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Old pals reunited .

Posted on July 15, 2022 by heavywhalley.MBE

It’s great to meet folk again ! Yesterday I met 3 old pals and had a cup of tea in Forres. Tom Taylor organised it as Bill Gault was up visiting with his wife Roberta. Bill was our Boss he … Continue reading →

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1988 Piper Alpha disaster.

Posted on July 6, 2022 by heavywhalley.MBE

I remember this tragedy with sadness as I knew one of those who died. Gareth Watkins’s was in the RAF Kinloss MRT with me in the 70’s. He was a lovely man and left the RAF to work in the … Continue reading →

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