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Serendipity

was around 1984/5 when I was 14 years old when we (mum, dad and my sister) took a trip from Norwich to Coventry to visit friends we had met some 10 years previously. I enjoyed these visits because it was the chance to catch up with Steve, who I looked up to. He was around three years older than me and I always thought he was cool! Arriving in Coventry, we were greeted and welcomed into the house. I was eager to see what Steve was up to, but unfortunately he was out with his mates. After a short time he

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