House occupation

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Some 30 years ago we moved to a house that was off the beaten track near Gunnislake in Cornwall. About six months after we move in I was collecting some Fish and Chips In Tavistock and while in the fish Shop I heard a bang and the sound of breaking glass. I went outside to see that the car in front of mine had reversed and the ladder he was carrying on the roof had broken the rear window of my car. We exchanged details and it transpired that the driver had lived at my house some years earlier! My sister-in-law moved to Reigate and after a while she met her next door neighbours. At dinner party, one evening, she found out that they had also lived in our house many years earlier!
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Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:21:09 +0000Coincidence ID:3818