Royal Navy

Whilst serving on HMS Ark Royal in 1988, I was given 7 days shore leave from Brisbane, Australia, and decided to use it travelling down the east coast to Sydney, where I would meet the ship at it's next port of call. I took the overnight train down from Brisbane and arrived at Sydney at 6am. Desperate for a bite to eat and a coffee, I went into the only open cafe opposite the station. I placed my order with the waitress, and on noticing my English accent she asked where in the UK I was from. When I said Bournemouth, she remarked that her family had emigrated from there 15 years earlier. I told her the district of Bournemouth, which was Queens Park, to which she asked "Which Road? I told her Richmond Park Avenue. Yet another match. So the first person I spoke to in Sydney.. 1 Came from the same town 2.Lived in the same road just 20 numbers apart 3. Born in the same hospital 4. Went to the same junior school as me, tho 3 years later. 5. She had dated one of my Sunday football team team mates as a teenager.