Out of the Camp

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

Roger Cairns
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?

Roger Cairns
Ten days later he was gone. Irina told us that he’d received a late-night phone...

Out of the Camp Ch. 23 – Jeddah

Roger Cairns
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

Roger Cairns
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

Roger Cairns
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

Roger Cairns
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

Old time image of an industrial area with some houses
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

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

Out of the Camp Ch. 29 – Grants & Mason Webb

When I worked at Grants Furniture Store, we were based in the service department on...

Out of the Camp Ch. 30 – Fish, Chips & The Infirmary

London weekly advertisement board with some quote
All this bouncing around was unsettling enough except that all the while I was trying...