HS
First coincidence........my maiden name was Leslie.....spooky or what......alas I am not a John.......though I have often wondered how life would be if I were of an alternative sex.
Bizzare coincidence has accompanied me throughout life.........I have been on an airplane returning from France, and a friend I had not seen for 5 years was on the same flight......I have been in a restaurant in London where the waitress that served me was Australian and had served me several years earlier in a restaurant I paid several visits to whilst holidaying in Port Douglas, Australia.......most recently I was sat in St Marks square one evening in October (my birthday present from my husband); as we sat sipping expensive drinks watching the string quartets I happened to overhear the people on the next table's discussion. They were made up of two middle aged couples and one said to the other 'Yes but its not Goadby'.....my ears pricked (I am coming to the point), so I listened some more, again the word 'Goadby' was mentioned. Goadby is a tiny village in Leicestershire of about 60 houses max, but it also the village where I was born and raised. I turned to this group and said 'Excuse me but I couldnt help but here you mention Goadby is that Goadby in Leics'......to which they replied 'Yes'. They had travelled to Venice on the Orient Express.......I had flown with my husband from East Midlands.......and of the 1000's of people milling around Venice we ended up sat next to 4 people who came from my home village.
There are more......but its enough to keep you going for now
Fi