A hitchhiking coincidence

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My sister was living in Perth, W.A. and wanted her sewing machine from our parents home in the Cotswolds. She heard of a girl in London who would be> returning to W.A. shortly and suggested she should have a weekend in the> Cotswolds and in exchange bring out the sewing machine: there was no response. However, a few weeks later my parents set off in the car for a day at the seaside and on the way stopped to pick up two hitchhiking girls - one of whom was the girl who had been asked to bring out the sewing machine> (but who had been short of time and had not responded). My parents arranged to meet the girls at the end of the day, took them home for a meal, a night's rest and a trip round the Cotswold - and then set them on their way next day, together with sewing machine, to their ship for the return to W.A. This occurred over 45 years ago when mobiles were unheard of! Cim T
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Date submitted:Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:35:53 +0000Coincidence ID:5331