Chance meeting
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I was working and living in Basel, Switzerland and had become friendly with a Scottish girl, Margo, who had recently moved to the area. We met up at a party, with our husbands, when Margo and my Scottish husband Bill, started talking. They did the usual, asking what part of Scotland they came from and it was "I come from near Glasgow" and, "Oh, I was brought up in Kirkintilloch" and then, "Really? I come from Lenzie"."Well, I also come from Lenzie but I didn't say, as most people haven't heard of it". "What street?" "Gallowhill Avenue". "What! We lived there too! What number?" " I can't remember the number but the Hendersons lived on one side". Bill looked poleaxed and the said "And you lived in next door to us, in the other half of our semi!" He didn't remember Margo (she was only 4 at the time, so off his radar) but he did remember their family dog and her brother, Billy.
Date submitted:Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:41:31 +0000Coincidence ID:5493
