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My husband works for an electricty company repairing faults and can be despatched to anywhere over 3 counties. The other morning he attended a call-out and noticed the girl at the particular house he was visiting wore the same school uniform as our son. (It is a large town with at least 8 Secondary schools.) He joked that she might know our son. Bearing in mind there are 1100 pupils at the school, the girl laughed and confirmed that she sits next to our son in their Maths class!
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Date submitted:Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:47:51 +0000Coincidence ID:5322