Out of the Camp

Out of the Camp Ch. 11 – Go North Young Man

Roger Cairns
It didn’t seem possible that almost three years could have passed since our wedding and...

Out of the Camp Ch. 12 – Peterhead

Roger Cairns
Tommy Chalmers was the local scrap metal dealer in Peterhead and I met him through...

Out of the Camp Ch. 13 – Scrapyard Mentor

Roger Cairns
Tommy, my landlord, told me one day that it was good that I was starting...

Out of the Camp Ch. 14 – The Seahawk

Roger Cairns
I didn’t mention earlier that the lady complaining about muddy boots on her carpet was...

Out of the Camp Ch. 15 – Ekofisk

Roger Cairns
We received a couple of calls from Tape Recorder Spares in London asking when we...

Out of the Camp Ch. 16 – Reinvention

Roger Cairns
The bank weren’t too impressed with our filching the £3,500 profit from the Macduff house...

Out of the Camp Ch. 17 – Worlds & Oysters!

Roger Cairns
With all this stuff swirling around in my head after so many years it’s sometimes...

Out of the Camp Ch. 18 – Exponential Growth

Roger Cairns
Then there was the time that we were hired by Construcciones Maritimas Mexicanas (CMM) to...

Out of the Camp Ch. 19 – Soviets in London

Roger Cairns
The first couple of years back in London were largely Soviet influenced and drew us...

Out of the Camp Ch. 20 – The Defection

Roger Cairns
With the waiting came the not knowing, not knowing the outcome of all of this...