UNEXPECTED RENDEZVOUS
As of the 23rd May 2022 this website is archived and will receive no further updates.
understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.
Many of the animations were produced using Flash and will no longer work.
1.0 I was born in 1950 and went to the Verdin Grammar School at Winsford, Cheshire. Kids left school at the end of U5th year or at the end of U6th. I stayed on, others didn't, including Hilary Torlop who joined the Civil Service at 16 ( 1967) and went to work in London. In spring 1969 I attended a selection board for the RAF at Biggin Hill which entailed train travel Winsford -Crewe -Euston- undeground to Victoria-Westerham. I was strap hanging on the underground to Victoria when I felt someone tug at my trouser leg. It was Hilary, last seen in '67, she was sitting on the seat next to me......
2.0 In August 2008 my wife and I went to London for my birthday weekend staying at a hotel in Kensington. We arrived Friday and were leaving on Sunday. The weekend was bright and sunny and London even more crowded than usual. On the Saturday we walked to and around the V&A and from there to Harrods. My wife works for B&Q in Nottingham. We crossed a busy pedestrian crossing to get to Harrods and as we got to the Harrods side we literally bumped into John and his wife, one of Chris's colleagues from her store. They, unbeknown to us, had travelled to London from Leicester for a 'treat' weekend........ I can verify both stories. Kind Regards, Bob Knight
Date submitted:Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:39:40 +0000Coincidence ID:6999
