Pauntley Place - you've been here before.
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In 1970 I visited a house (Pauntley Place) in Gloucestershire where a school friend lived. Three years later at University my girlfriend (later to become my wife) and I, became friends with a another student. When visiting him and his girlfriend in Gloucestershire we were surprised to find that her parents had bought my old schoolfriend's house Pauntley Place. In 1980 my wife and I attended our student friend and fiancees' wedding with a reception held in a marquee on the front lawn. We have calculated that my wife was just over one month pregnant with our first daughter. Last year, and four years after we bought Pauntley Place, my daughter was married in Pauntley and we had the reception in a marquee on the same front lawn that she had attended, (albeit in uteru), all those years ago. We surprised her with this story at the wedding. Richard Sullivan
Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:50:24 +0000Coincidence ID:3880
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