Family Birthdays

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My name is Pamela. I have four children - Adrian, Angela, Simon and Charlotte. Polly, Adrian's wife and my daughter Charlotte gave birth to a daughter and son, respectively, within half an hour of each other on the same day,22 September. This also hapens to be Adrian's birthday. Also, Adrian's son Joe and Charlotte's daughter Ruby share a birthday, 28 January - six years apart. My son's wife, Elizabeth, has a daughter, Kate, from a previous marriage and she shares my birthday, 16th July. (Quite a few years apart!).
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Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:31:12 +0000Coincidence ID:4314

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Anonymous (not verified)

Sat, 14/01/2012 - 9:48pm

In September 1941 Picture Post did an article on my family. With my father away in the Air Force it was about how my mother was coping bringing up 6 children. It included quite a few photos. I am now in my 83rd year and two weeks ago one of these photos appeared in our local paper of my brother and me as part of a local Artist's collage. You can imagine how surprised and delighted the artist is to learn that the subject he chose from all the photos available on English Heritage web site is now an elderly lady living about 10 miles from him. He is going to present me with a framed copy of this picture this week and the local paper will follow up thr coincidence.