Harrow Weald
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3 big Coincidences
[1] when I started work at a stable in Harrow Weald in 1963, 5 miles from my home
there was a person, male my age, name Nick . And when I went to visit my cousin in Hatchend [ 5 miles from my home ] I met her husband to be and he was the brother of the same Nick . We had met brothers coincidentally. We married IE cousins married brothers all by coincidence .
[2] also at the stables there was a girl Anne who had been at school with me age 5 . we had had no contact in between .
[3] My Brother married Rita from Ealing, 10 miles away in 1964 , she told me of her best friend Carolyn she had lost touch with . In 1993 My husbands cousin Tony from Harrow, had a girl friend called Carolyn and eventually we chatted and found out that she had been Rita's friend and now she is my best friend . The mileage between these locations don't sound a lot but in London suburbs we have a great density of population .
Date submitted:Thu, 15 Mar 2018 11:43:57 +0000Coincidence ID:9925
