โHow do you get the Donkeys up the Stairs?โ is the concluding chapter of a romantic trilogy inspired by his three life changing seasons working as a Butlins Ayr Redcoat during the early 1980โs regarded by many as the latter stages of the Hi-De-Hi era.
Butlins Holiday Camps were often regarded as British Escapism at its best! For millions of holidaymakers, it evoked wonderful memories of a special world where it was โa weekโs holiday for a weekโs payโ. For those who worked there, the memories were also life changing.
A love story or a trip down memory lane? Greenock born Author, Frank McGroartyโs second novel is a combination of both, as he revisits a much loved holiday camp that once brought pleasure to thousands of holiday makers and changed his teenage life.
Don't Mention Hi-De-Hi!The 1982 Summer Season at Butlins Ayr was over. For Terry McFadden, life couldn't be any better. Those few months did not just change him as a person, but it also changed his life.
