Postcard
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A few years ago I used to collect old postcards from second hand/vintage shops. There used to be such a shop in the old Corn Exchange in Manchester. It stocked literally thousands of postcards and I chose at random a black and white picture of an old decrepid farm house it was white washed and had a couple of horse head statues at the bottom of its drive and sign with "manor field" written on it. Fast forward 4 or 5 years later and I was visiting Southern Ireland for the first time to visit my future family in law with my soon to be wife. The directions were very flaky and I was soon driving round in circles and basically very lost. I managed to end up driving Down a single track dead end , I decided to drive to the end to find a way to turn around and at the bottom of the track was the house in the postcard. I still remember the hair on my neck standing up and no I didn't stop to ask the owners directions!.
Date submitted:Sun, 21 Oct 2012 19:17:20 +0000Coincidence ID:6602