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October 24, 2007
Sally
AS you’re all probably aware, I’m always moaning about our expensive and inefficient public transport system.
And the moans are usually justified, but yesterday as I travelled south on the Jubilee Line I had a big reason to be thankful.
The Tube re-united me with an old friend, a friend who I’ve not seen for nearly 20 years – Sally Peach from Pear Tree Farm, Spalding, Lincolnshire. (True).
Now Sally is quite a distinctive looking lady – very tall, lots of curly hair and big bulging round eyes.
She was a student buddy and we had shared some really fun times, but for one reason or another we had lost contact as we progressed in our lives.
When I plucked up the courage to say to her; ‘You Sally Peach’ she first stared hard at me and then let out a loud hysterical yell and gave me a bone-crushing hug as the other passengers stared in amazement.
Those missing years flashed past as I tried précis in a few minute what I had been doing since those early days and she just said ‘Oh I wished I had dyed my hair now’.
Now Sally is a mother -of -two and teaches at a school in the East End, but we exchanged phone numbers and have vowed to meet up for a drink and catch up properly on those missing years.
Quite remarkable.
Posted by sazam at October 24, 2007 4:09 PM
Comments...
Hello man with wild hair!
It was heart warming to hear your tale of meeting long lost friend on underground train. I too had a similar experience a while ago. I was in public toilet in Waterloo Station and man in cubicle sounded like he was having lots of trouble with his belly. I asked him to be quiet and show some respect and when he apologise I thought I recognise his voice - it turned out man with bowl problem was my old friend Ashwatthama. We had not seen each other for 5 year since we work together on railway in Mumbai. He now own very successful dog walking business! Nice weekend. Anup
Comment posted by: Anup Gandesha at October 26, 2007 10:33 AM