Chance encounter.
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I am a 66-year-old Geordie, living in Canada. Last year, on a one-week visit
back to Newcastle, I was shopping in Fenwick’s and fancied a coffee.
Fenwick’s café was very busy so I went to the café in Marks and
Spencer’s instead. There I bumped into a school friend who now lives in
Wokingham and who was also visiting Newcastle for a few days. She’d been about
to go straight back to her hotel but made a spur of the moment decision to
have a coffee before she went. Hence our meeting.
We couldn’t believe it. I thought she was in Berkshire and she thought I
was in Canada.
Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:34:11 +0000Coincidence ID:4535
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