Jane S

I am 76 years old and have lived in this area all my life. Last summer a young couple (25-30ish) moved in next door to me (a 100 year old farm cottage). On getting to know them we discovered that he had been brought up in the street adjoining the street I was brought up in, and most probably played in my mother's garden when he was small as she was a magnet to the local children, and she always had helpers. Opposite my mother's house lived another couple with young children, a boy and a girl, with whom I am still good friends. He was best man at my closest friend's wedding. It turned out that the boy was best friend with my new neigbour, and his wife was best friends with the daughter and was bridesmaid at her wedding last year. Later on in another conversation we were talking about various things and I happened to mention that I had lived in C___efield Grove before buying this cottage. My neighbour asked me what number, and when I said 100 his wife and his faces almost collapsed as they looked at each other incredulously as his closest friend is now living in number 100. We are still getting to know one another, and I can't wait to hear of the next coincidence. Two people I had never heard of turned out to be so close.