against all odds seeing the same photo we looked at on TV

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Dear Coincidences, Some years ago my daughter and I were sorting old photos and we came across one taken in the early 60's of a group of people who worked in the laboratory in Paddington General Hospital. My late wife Avril was there. Also there was another technician named Ian Wilson who later left to become an actor who is known now as Richard Wilson(Victor Meldrew). Later that day,by coincidence,on the TV we saw a chat show where Cilla Black was talking to Richard. During the interview she showed the same picture we had been looking at earlier. We had not planned to watch the program.
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:48:15 +0000Coincidence ID:5240

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Anonymous (not verified)

Tue, 17/01/2012 - 9:34am

I recorded his programme "On Hold" and had just put it on to watch today when my eyes fell on this post about him here.