Honeymoon walk
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On the first day (Sunday) of our honeymoon in London in 1976 my husband decided he wanted to show me the route of the Tideway Head of the River Race from Mortlake to Putney, which is the reverse course of the Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race and he decided we should walk the nearest route. My husband rowed the Tideway Race several times and wanted to see some of the riverside features. At about 2.00 pm, just as we passed the Bull's Head pub in Barnes, who should emerge from the pub but a man who had been our Ballroom Dancing teacher a few months earlier at home in Sheffield. We'd joined my parents Dancing Classes to learn to dance in preparation for my husband's role as his company's Social Club Chairman as he would be expected to lead the first dance with the MD's wife at the annual Dinner Dance (and I had to dance with the MD). We did not know that the teacher had any connections with London, and he was just on a weekend away visiting friends. Ten minutes earlier or later in our walk and we wouldn't have bumped into him.
Date submitted:Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:34:30 +0000Coincidence ID:5721
