Brittany Coincidence 1and 2 of 4

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At a small family campsite at Beg-Meil,Brittany,in 1987 there was mutual recognition between myself and a young woman who was in the same aisle of tents. She was a supply teacher to the school where I'd recently become deputy head. I bought a tape of a S.American group I saw playing pan pipe music in the town nearest our Beg-Meil campsite.The day before term started I was listening to the tape in school when another teacher said,"That's Micamac,isn't it?" I said "How did you know the group's name?" She said,"I saw them in the same town and I saw you there.I called out to you,but you must have been out of earshot."
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:44:02 +0000Coincidence ID:5065

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Anonymous (not verified)

Mon, 16/01/2012 - 11:48am

Another teacher hearing this said,"We were staying in the next village,Fouesnant."None of us had discussed our holiday plans beforehand.

Anonymous (not verified)

Mon, 16/01/2012 - 11:57am

Andy,the guy from the family on the pitch next to ours,said they were from near Macclesfield,but had lived in Zimbabwe for years.I asked if he had any friends there still and he replied his best friend Gerry T did.I asked if Gerry had relatives in England.He said he'd visited Gerry at his mother's home in Green Lane,Formby.I told him my father had bought Mrs.Tonks's house and I had lived in it from 1968 to 1976.