chance meeting
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I was living in Brisbane, Australia, in 1974 and the day was especially hot. As I paid the fees for two of my childresn to attend a judo class, I remarked to the collector that, though she, like me, was a red-head, she looked remarkably cool. She said that she had been born in Ceyn, perhaps that made a difference. It transpired that we had been born in the same small town in Ceylon, I in 1934, she in 1935, where our fathers were engineers.
When I wrote to my mother in England to tell her of the conversation, she wrote back to say that she attended that woman's christening in Hatton, Ceylon. After my parents' deaths I came across a photo of the event.
Ann
Date submitted:Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:43:55 +0000Coincidence ID:5877
