An old school house
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I live in the UK. Whilst waiting for a flight from Canada to the UK I met a man I used to teach with 25 years before. He introduced me to his wife that he had married since we last met. Later he asked me if I still lived in Leytonstone. I said I did. His wife said that she went to school in Leytonstone. Half jokingly I said "was your school Oxford House School for Girls". She looked rather surprised and said yes. I replied that that is now my house.
A few weeks later I went back to teach and a pupil in a class I hadn't taught before said to me "my elocution teacher told me that you live in her old school".
Date submitted:Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:44:40 +0000Coincidence ID:6224
