Strange meeting

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One day in the 1970's I was in a residential street in York during a day trip from Richmond. A party of schoolchildren approached from the opposite direction. I recognised the man in charge as someone who taught with me at Fairfield Boys High School in Sydney during 1964. He was now teaching in East Anglia, and was also on an excursion. We talked briefly.
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:25:16 +0000Coincidence ID:4454

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Sun, 15/01/2012 - 10:38am

My wife and I were staying on the Chertsey Camping and Caravanning club site in London. That was on the 4th July 2011. Hearing the Australian accent of the man in the next motorhome we sruck up a conversation. They were from the Newcastle area of New South Wales, and had just completed a tour of Great Britain. When I said we had both taught in Sydney, and later on Norfolk Island, we were surprised to learn that the lady's first husband, Graham, was an islander. I had taught him woodwork/metalwork at Norfolk Island Central School in 1965-66. His sister Joy had been in my wife's class. Norfolk Island is only five miles by three, and a long way from anywhere.