Old car coincidence

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As a child my parents used to send myself and my two siblings away for a two week summer holiday and we used to be dropped off at a London station to meet the party we were travelling with. This time we pulled up to park behind our old car, a Morris traveller, which we had sold some years previously locally in Norwich. We were not in a position to meet the current owner, but as we seldom made the trip to London (annually generally three trips - to be dropped off and then to be picked up for our holiday, and the annual Christmas visit to relatives) it was very strange to end up directly behind our old car!
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:31:05 +0000Coincidence ID:4431