After Marion picked herself up off the floor, she told me that she had actually lived in Greet and she was very keen to identify that particular house. Thus began a series of emails back and forth and some input from my cousin in Bristol and Marion's friend in the area. We narrowed the field until Marion realised that my cousin's house was only a short walk from her former home, and she knew it well.
Marion sent me this photo of herself standing under the signpost to Greet, taken in the 1970s.
This photo shows my cousin (in black), my daughter Sara (in red) and myself standing near the same signpost in front of the house in 1993. (Marion was probably drinking a cup of tea only a short distance away when this photo was taken.)
So, the one posting began an interaction between Germany, Wales, England and Australia. Distance means nothing in blogland, as friends find those little tidbits of history that draw us together.
Priceless! What a small world we live in. It sounds like you have had a fun time putting all this together, and with great results.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, have you noticed the little handicap symbol by the word verification? I just tried it, listen to what they say and type it, pretty cool!
Dear Alice.....
ReplyDeleteHow lovely to read your posting and I’m still smiling about this. What fun we’ve had tracking down the ‘House in Greet’. It is indeed a small world.
As I said in my email to you yesterday, seeing the photographs you mailed through to me, was like taking a trip back home, everything I saw was so familiar! Just fancy, despite the twenty odd years between each occasion we have both stood on that same road junction and how absolutely lovely, that our pathways through life have met up again.
My fondest Love - Marion
isn't our blog neighborhood amazing! We are closer to each other than we realize sometimes.
ReplyDeleteAmazing indeed! *smiles* So glad you have found each other through my friend Sigruns blog! Yes it's a small world! :D
ReplyDeleteBtw Alice thank you for your comment and for letting me know how cold it can be in Australia, I haven't had a clue!
How exciting to think you and Marion stood in the same place in a tiny corner of the world, and now, years later, you've 'met' in blogland. This is a great example of how blogging brings us all together. It sounds like you had great fun researching and discovering together :) Wonderful post! Thanks for sharing the story Alice.
ReplyDeleteWow, Alice, great! The world is small, I know, because today I've got a gift from Wales! And a postcard from a place, we have been in October 2004!
ReplyDeleteAnd when I go to Wales the next time, I drink a tea with Marion! (If she would like!)
Sigrun
That's incredible. What an amazingly small world we live in.
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Well how fantastic is that!!! I am sure if someone suggested a "major" tourist place eg. the Eiffel Tower...it would be amazing how many photos there would be. But yours is special.....as it is somewhere so "small" but lovely.
ReplyDeleteI just had a "it's a small (blog)world experience myself this week. They talk about "six degrees of separation" - I think that's been halved!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great story, Alice!
That is so cool! It really is a small world.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing enough to find someone years later who lived in the same street , but to have photos under the same lampost is quite incredible.That must give your friendship with Marion an extra bonding Alice.
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