A. C. R.

The first was on a visit to Scotland. My Wife and I were living in Solihull, but travelled to Fort William from Newcastle upon Tyne. We went to a pub to get food and got chatting to the only other people there. It turned out they were also on holiday, and were the parents of a friend of mine who was doing the same course at Birmingham Poly. The second was whilst working in Social Services on Birmingham I regularly had to contact the Housing Department in Bush House in the city centre. We had an internal phone system so you only had to dial a short number to get through. I dialled this number and said who I was, and before I could say anything else the person said, “Oh you will be wanting to speak to Jackie”. I was then put on to a Jackie R, who it turns out is a second Cousin. She worked in Bloxwich Steels, nowhere near the city centre. What are the chances of getting a crossed line and finding a relative you didn’t know you had?!!