The chorister coincidence

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While in RAF, I was posted to Berlin, RAF Gatow. My wife and I moved to a married quarter on base and in the first days of our tour we discovered that the wife of our neighbour had gone to the same school as me, give or take a year or so. This was quite coincidental. But, a few weeks later my parents arrived to visit and as my mother went into the garden, over the fence, our neighbour's wife piped up with "I know that voice..." and strangely, it turned out that she and my mother had been members of the same church choir, over 18 years previously. Our neighbour had not connected the names before that moment, but both ladies and the rest of us were quite stunned by the occasion.
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Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:55:57 +0000Coincidence ID:4153