Chance connection

In May this year I bought a camera and decided to take a beginners photography course a Morley College. There were 9 people in the class, including me, 4 of whom had bought similar Nikon cameras, so th tutor suggested we sit together. In general conversation I found that 1 man, also retired, shared 2 entirely unrelated coincidental things with me. The first was that he had worked in a building, which is now part of the Cinema Museum - a very small independent outfit in Kennington, which I had recently heard about and visited. A few weeks later when we were asked to share some examples of our photographic work Graham posted some pictures of his allotment. Knowing he lived, like me in south London I asked where the allotment was. It turned out that his plot was on the same allotments as my (recently deceased) sister in law Gillian and her daughter Poppy, had the plot next to his. More than that he and his wife had known Gillian and my brother Nicky (her ex-husband) more than 25 years ago through a mutual friends Fred & Pam, who I also know. It's almost certain that Graham & his wife were at one of the many parties my brother and Gillian had at that time and which I also attended. Having lost touch with Gillian and Nicky after their divorce, Graham had been delighted to find Gillian and Poppy had plots at the same allotments as his - the only reason he hadn't been at Gillian's funeral last year was because he was away on holiday.