I hope the hive mind can help with finding a book for me. Many moons ago, back in the late 80s I think it was. I'm very sure I heard this story on Danish radio. Set in Sweden a child with divorced parents had to travel between them by flying back and forth from northern and southern Sweden. Back then you could "hand over" a child to the airport and flight staff for them to accompany the children to the destination. In the story the staff had help someone urgently and parked the child (main character) at a check in desk. This was where everything went wrong for the parents and staff but the adventure started. As the child took a handful of the tags that the children got to show where they were going. And they would swap these tags around so it say LAX, LHR, JFK etc. as they got put onto different flights around the world.

Am I dreaming or is this really a book?

Thanks!

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@woollypigs can't identify the book, but can confirm about airport handovers. I was once held, age 11 at Al Manama by armed police. Not the adventure you might hope for 😅
@toychicken now that's a story ;)

@woollypigs yeah it was a doozy!

I was visiting my mum in Bahrain, and my grandmother had given me some Christmas presents to take. Already wrapped.

The guards stopped me, because one present was a video cassette, and they needed to check there was no pornography on it.

It was in fact, Paul McCartney's frog chorus. Me and three armed guards watched it in a little ante-room. At the end of the song. They ejected the tape, and handed it over... 1/2

@woollypigs What none of us knew was that there was another music video. A psychedelic Wings/Linda McCartney number, which included a relatively innocent bit of animated nudity. If they'd seen that... I suspect I would have been imprisoned!

2/2

@woollypigs of course, I've been telling this story for years, and it only just occurred to me to find the video... Here it is!

https://youtu.be/q7iD4s8vFCE?si=1nzOAyTWlSClz6AC

Linda McCartney - The Oriental Nightfish (1978) - UK VHS

YouTube
@toychicken love that I ask about a book and I get a great story and funky music video to watch ;)