Waiting for a Ferry

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My husband and daughter (we live in the suburbs bordering Kent and London), were going to France for a couple of days. Whilst waiting in the queue of cars waiting to drive onto the ferry at portsmouth, my husband was looking into the car next to him in disbelief. His cousin (who lives in Lancashire), was in the car alonsgside my husband with his wife and 2 children. They ended up getting the ferry together and having fun in France until my husbands cousin, continued his journey to Belgium.
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:30:10 +0000Coincidence ID:4485

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Sun, 15/01/2012 - 11:37am

On 19th July 1944, my grandad was on his way to work at The Pearl walking with friends, he turned back to buy a newspaper and got caught up in a bomb explosion caused by a V-1 flying bomb and he was killed. The 19th July also happened to be his birthday, so he was killed on his birthday. Exactly 50 years later to the day, on the 19th July 1994, I gave birth to my first child, Amy. I had no idea about the connection with my grandad until many years later.