Out of the Camp
Out of the Camp Ch. 21 – International Wall of Death

We didn’t hear from Dima again for many months. Irina kept Mary abreast of his...
Out of the Camp Ch. 22 – Roger the Impresario?

Ten days later he was gone. Irina told us that he’d received a late-night phone...
Out of the Camp Ch. 23 – Jeddah

Next morning at 9am sharp a black stretch limo was sitting outside the hotel waiting...
Out of the Camp Ch. 24 – Out of the Camp

Flashback from 80s Saudi Arabia to post-war Edinburgh and my early years growing up in...
Out of the Camp Ch. 25 – The Dragon & the Coronation

My first memory of church was as a member of the Tron Church Junior Choir...
Out of the Camp Ch. 26 – The Inch Secondary Modern

One day when I was playing with Alan Baird, a friend who lived across the...
Out of the Camp Ch. 27 – Liberton and the Mines

So, then I started at Liberton Secondary and I really don’t remember anything about the...
Out of the Camp Ch. 28 – Out of the Pit

Shortly before I joined the National Coal Board, I’d parted ways with the Boys Brigade...