Names

In the early 1980s, my husband and I and our 4 small children had a camping holiday in Middleton-in-Teesdale, (in County Durham and visited all the local sights. On a visit to Raby Castle, we were spoken to by a lady who had heard me calling to two of my sons, Matthew and Adam - she asked the name of the third son, Stephen and told us that she had three grandsons with the same names. They also had a younger sister. Some years later, my Aunt, who lived in North Wales, decided to move up to Chester-le-Street, County Durham, to a retirement flat, to be nearer to her nephew. She knew no-one in the immediate area, but was invited for a cup of tea by the lady in the next flat. Whilst she was there, she admired a picture of the lady's grandchildren on the wall - when she was told their names, she commented that her great nephews had the same names - it turned out that her neighbour was the lady we had met in Raby Castle and we were able to meet her and share the memories when we visited.