https://k8s-accounts-01.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/files/original/f4c341bdb608515472883a7beb1a4864.pdf a827e8ab77a1346e010e91d8354be862 PDF Text Text UP Standing storybook_Layout 1 04/12/2013 11:07 Page 12 A Safe Journey Home ‘James’ I was teaching in a State high school that was considered a Protestant school for Protestant boys. The school was set in a part of Belfast which was split into two main areas, controlled by different loyalist paramilitary groups (the UDA and the UVF). During the early 1980s, shortly after the hunger strikes when tensions were high, difficulties had arisen between the two paramilitary groups. This often meant that young people from one area were not welcome in the other. I had just finished my teaching duties for the day, and was clearing up some homework books, when a fifteen year old boy came to the door. I knew the boy well and he came over to the desk. “They’ve come to get me, Sir,” were his first words. “Who has come?” I asked. “The UVF, they’re waiting at the gates.” I didn’t ask why as he’d only have had to think up some story, so I told him to sit and maybe they would tire and go home. The boy lived in the UDA controlled area and to get home he would normally have taken the bus from in front of the school. 12 �UP Standing storybook_Layout 1 04/12/2013 11:07 Page 13 After a while he went off to see if his tormentors had given up, but they were patiently hanging about the bus stop. I asked if he wanted a lift home - not something the pupils would have been keen to do. Their “street credibility” would have taken a severe blow to be seen near teachers! He hesitated, so I added that I could hide him in the back seat, out of sight under a heavy waterproof coat. He must have been desperate because he agreed and we proceeded to the staff car park. By this time most of the others cars had left and he was able to jump into the back seat, unseen by anyone, teacher or pupil. With the coat over him, he was invisible, and the journey into his home territory was uneventful. The task remaining was to get him out again without his mates seeing him. In fact it proved easier than I expected. The side road near his home was empty and he escaped with his credibility intact. He didn’t come to school for a couple of days, and things seemed normal when he did return. We never talked about it again and I suppose there was no need. I didn’t feel there was any great risk to me. The guidelines at the time certainly didn’t promote taking pupils home in your own car under normal circumstances. These circumstances however were far from normal and for me it was enough to do the thing that needed to be done, and live with the outcome. 13 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Up Standing - Stories of courage from Northern Ireland (collection) Description An account of the resource A collection of 16 personal stories, published in book format and DVD, related to the Northern Ireland conflict. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Corrymeela Community in partnership with Facing History and Ourselves. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Corrymeela Community Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1 May 2013 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Document Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Northern Ireland | 1968-2013 Relation A related resource Pettis, Sean. (ed.) (2013). Up Standing: Stories of Courage from Northern Ireland. 36. Belfast: The Corrymeela Press. URL Non DC - URL of Organisation / Project http://www.storiesofcourage.net/ Subject The topic of the resource "‘UP Standing - Stories of courage from Northern Ireland’ features diverse accounts from people who stood up to violence, discrimination or prejudice in Northern Ireland. It provides a window into often untold stories of courage that individuals have shown in the context of a divided and often violent society." (Up Standing; 2013; back cover) Availability Online Non DC - Availabilty Status (deposited, delayed, external, cain) deposited Organisation ID Non DC - ID for the Organisation that relates to this entry 25 Stories Collected Non DC - Number of stories recorded as part of the project. 16 Stories Deposited Non DC - Number of stories deposited with Accounts of the Conflict. 9 Collection Permission Form Non DC - Collection permission form signed and returned. Yes (signed 13 November 2014) Delayed Access Non DC - Yes/No on request for delayed access. No Publication A book, article, monograph etc. Author Author of the publication 'James' Date Type Publication, Submission, Completion date etc. 2013; Publication Publication Title Full title of publication, as it appears on item. 'A Safe Journey Home', chapter, in, Pettis, Sean. (ed.) (2013). Up Standing: Stories of Courage from Northern Ireland. Belfast: The Corrymeela Press. Also available at: <a href="http://www.storiesofcourage.net/" target="_blank">http://www.storiesofcourage.net/</a> Publisher Location Place of publication: city / town Belfast Publisher The Corrymeela Press Publication Type Report, Book, Manual etc. Book Chapter Publication Status Published, in Press, Unpublished, etc. Published Number of Pages 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Safe Journey Home, by 'James' (story text) Description An account of the resource One of 16 personal accounts that were published in the book: 'Up Standing: Stories of courage from Northern Ireland'. (2013). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Corrymeela Community in partnership with Facing History and Ourselves. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Corrymeela Press Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2013 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF version of book chapter Language A language of the resource English Availability Online Non DC - Availabilty Status (deposited, delayed, external, cain) deposited Catalogue ID Non DC - ID for the Catalogue entry that relates to this entry 2134 Corrymeela Community Up Standing