Name & address co-incidence
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When I was growing up I lived at 26 Derby Road, Poulton le Fylde which is near Blackpool. Our family name is "Aird". We were amazed to find that a Dr Aird (a physician and no relation as far as we knew) had his surgery at 26 Derby Road, Blackpool about 4 miles away! Even more coincidental, Dr Aird had a son called Robert which is my name and their family home was in Poulton le Fylde, in Beech Drive; our house in Derby Rd was a corner house on Beech Avenue, at least a mile and a half from them.
Date submitted:Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:42:27 +0000Coincidence ID:6788
