Births, Deaths and Ex-pats!
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My poor Mother lost two husbands to heart attacks on the 6th May, 26 years apart. It is also the birthday of one of my nieces. Furthermore, my Father said that he was hoping for a blue eyed blonde little girl for his birthday and I was born (with blue eyes and blonde hair!) the day before his, on the 1st February which is also my nephew's birthday, my best friend's birthday and her husband's (who also has a surname derived from my own and comes from my birth town). My Mother used to live in Bahrain and was a neighbour to Noel Gordon's aunty and when she was shopping in the (old) tiny branch of Boots in Ross-on-Wye, she bumped into her (many years after she'd left Bahrain). My best friend from Grammar School was heavily into travelling during her 20's and ended up working in Hong Kong. She was hanging out with some ex-pats and they were discussing their home towns. When She mentioned Ross-on-Wye, another girl asked if she knew me- she just happened to have been my best friend from Primary school who'd moved back to London before starting Secondary school...........
Date submitted:Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:03:21 +0000Coincidence ID:5766
