African connection

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I worked for a few years in a small village in Nottinghamshire. A new secretary came to work for us and we got talking. She had grown up in Africa but had family in the UK. It transpired that her mother in law was in a nursing home 150 miles away in the North East, which was across the road from my girlfriend's brother's pub.
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Date submitted:Fri, 11 Dec 2015 11:24:51 +0000Coincidence ID:8335