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A few years ago my wife and I made a visit to Yorkshire from Cornwall. Whilst we were up there we had the notion to try and find our nephew whom we hadn't seen for 25yrs but knew that he lived in Wakefield but we had no address or phone number. When we arrived in Wakefield we pulled into a retail park to see if we could find a public telephone with a directory, but had no success.On returning to our car, I had to step aside to allow a white Volvo estate to reverse out of the space next to ours. As the driver turned his head to see, I recognized it was our nephew whom we hadn't seen for 25yrs.I slapped my hand on the roof of his car and he stopped and got out. He was amazed to see us both standing there, as we were to see him. We then followed him to his home where we had a marvelous day catching up. Tony Perry
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:37:40 +0000Coincidence ID:5085