[{"node":{"title":"Lingard070","Collections":"Chapter 8","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard070","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Checkpoint, Belfast","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard070","Publisher":"Linen Hall Library","Relation":"Linen Hall Library","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Lingard070_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff66\n\nin a/minute.\u201d When it did, he put down the bonnet lid of the bonnet.\n\n\"I hope no one siphons off me petrol,\u201d said Uncle Albert.\n\n\"I don't think you need worry too much about that.\"\n\n\"Or takes off me tyres. They're up to all sorts of thingstricks these days.\"\n\nThe trys tyres were so smooth they were on the verge of being\ndangerous, but Kevin did not point that out to his uncle. He wondered\nthat the police w did not pick him up more often for being in\npossesssion of an unroadworthy m vehichle, but then the police had\nplenty of other things to concern themselves withworry about.\n\n\"Looks like we'll have to walk,\" said Kevin.\n\nSadie walked between them, her arms linked through theirs. The\nsky had cleared and the moon rode high above them lighting their\nway. It was a fine night for a walk, Uncle Albert observed; he had\nwalked home often enough before. And no doubt it would not be the\nlast time, Kevin added. Uncle Albert broke into song, and Kevin and\nSadie joined in.\n\nAfter they had gone a mile or two they saw the lights ahead of\na parked truck.\n\n\"Looks like an army check point,\" said Kevin.\n\nWhen they drew near they saw two soldiers standing in front of the\ntruck, rifles held loosely in their hands. The walkers stopped in\nfront of them.\n\n\"Where are you going?\" asked one of the soldiers.\n\n\"Belfast,\" said Uncle Albert. \"Me car broke down a bit back there\n","Type":"Text"}}]