Unusual Museum Visit
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My wife, Teresa and I did a cycle tour of the Outer Hebrides last May after retiring from teaching. Whilst on the Isle of Lewis, we visited the Blackhouse Museum at Garrenin. Inside there was a calendar on display in one of the Blackhouses, showing the month of May 1955 - the exact month in which I was born! Before we left, we talked to a young man working in the museum cafe. He was a local - back from university in Glasgow for a reading week. He asked us where we were from - Knaresborough in North Yorkshire, we told him. He then said that his best friend at university was also from Knaresborough! He was astonished to find that not only did we know the person in question, but that she was formerly one my wife's tutees from the secondary school in Harrogate that we taught at. Sent in by Peter.
Date submitted:Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:31:58 +0000Coincidence ID:5672
