Back in 1992 I bought my second home in Stourbridge and started ripping off the wallpaper.

In one of the bedrooms there was a message written by previous occupants, the children had scribbled a message and signed it, they had an unusual surname of “Spellman”.

I’d only once previously heard this surname and I mentioned it to my mum as her childhood neighbours in Harrogate had that same name.

She contacted her old school friend and neighbour and she confirmed that it was her brother ( who my mum also knew ) and his family who’d lived in my house some years earlier.

160 miles apart were these homes.

In my present house, I invited an old school girl friend around last year, when she arrived with her husband he informed my he’d owned my house with his first wife 30 years ago.

I love this stuff! 😏