birthday coincidence

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Having purchased a small hotel in Morecambe in 1990 we needed to employ staff. The first recruit, for a post waiting on table, was a young lady who came with her mother for interview. She was just right for the job and it was offered to her. When taking personal details, it turned out that she had the same birthdate as myself, 1st April ! Later a second interview was carried out for an older person to assist with housekeeping duties and to help in the kitchen. This lady had the same birthdate as my wife, 23rd July ! They both worked with us as a family unit until we sold the hotel in 2000.
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:15:12 +0000Coincidence ID:4671

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Sun, 15/01/2012 - 3:34pm

Working away from home as a young man at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, in 1953, a Cornish workmate pal and myself went up to London with two young ladies who were going to see Billy Graham.
This was not our scene so we split up, they to Billy Graham and we to Soho. In some street in Soho I recognised a chap that I knew from High School in Plymouth. It transpired that he was at a Shell Company school learning to be a Merchant Officer. Much to our amazement our companions also knew each other, both coming from the tiny town of Tywardreath on the south coast of Cornwall.
Further, they had both squired the same young lady at home.