Close House, Giggleswick, North Yorkshire.

When I was working on my wife's maternal family tree, I discovered her great, great, great grandparents living at Close House in the latter half of the 18th century. I was surprised because, for years, I have had a postcard written by my great aunt to her aunt and uncle, addressed to the same Close House, and dated 1909. One evening, a few years ago, my wife and I were enjoying a meal with some friends who live near Giggleswick and I told them of this coincidence. They were surprised and the husband asked his wife, 'Doesn't Mr. D. live at Close House?' His wife said, 'Yes.' And , strangely, Mr and Mrs D. were sitting at the next table! At the time when my wife and I first met, we were both at colleges in London, my parents home was in Essex and my wife's parents lived in Walsall, Staffs. Bryan.