Same name sharing

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Many years ago on a day out in Cambridge I went with friends into a church. On leaving I said I wanted to sign the visitors book. One of my friends was looking at the visitors book and said 'But you've already signed it'. When I looked someone else named Sally Hughes had signed immediately before I was going to sign! We were amazed when the 'other' Sally Hughes come over to us, having heard her name mentioned and she was still in the church. Hughes was my then maiden name, she was a Hughes by marriage. Until that point neither of us had ever met anyone with the same name. Very strange - but true.
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:22:15 +0000Coincidence ID:5159