That's where he met his great friend Keith Jeffries, who married Pam. Keith died in 2013 and his obituary in the Trinidad Guardian can be found here.
Tales from the time:
- his nickname was 'Dai Death' after his numerous driving accidents
- they made him drive the jeep because 'he had no license to lose'
- in one crash he rolled a jeep in to a village and killed a water buffalo
- a friend who was flung in to an oil drum of water, thought it was fuel and was screaming that no-one should strike a match
- after injuring his back he was flung on to a flatbed carrying stinking fish
- he had an operation and they left some wadding in, which went septic
- in the fire drill, the darker a man's skin, the closer he was put to the fire - Dad was scathing about the racism on the rigs
A history of the oil industry up to 1962 can be found here.
