heathrow - bahrain outward bound 1977

How much longer? I enquire anxiously of my brother-in-law. We've been on the road for three hours and still in West London. Traffic on the North Circular is horrendous. He looks at me and can sense his anxiety too. This is pre-M25 and QE 2 crossing era. 1977.


We’re en route to Heathrow. Leaving for a better life, there’s a recession and the Middle East is where everyone in engineering is flocking to. A massive building program is underway. Bill is heading up the Salmaniya Hospital building services project. The idea is to stash plenty of cash away and buy a house back in UK.