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I once asked my mum and dad how they met each other.

This unfortunatly caused them to have a row. Mum said they met on a train. Dad insisted it was on the station. They where both in the army at the time, and where being posted to the same place, although I didnt bother asking where as they where too busy 'disscussing' my 1st question. Its now too late to ask as they are no longer with us, but it makes me laugh when I remember how they went off at each other. It was very funny.

funny you should ask.... I have just ordered a book called the story of pilchers coaches. My dad was a coach driver for them and before that he delivered their coal. My mum worked in british homestores and went on a coach outing to the seaside with her work colleagues and my dad was the coach driver.My mum worked with my dads aunt so she introduced them. I think the book is mostly photos of their old coaches but my dad was always impersonating the proprietor so perhaps there is a picture of him cos I dont think I actually met him.

My Mum and Dad used to pass each other on the staris at work :-)))))))

Mine met in the Irish center in Liverpool. My mum went there with her sister as she was meeting her intended and he brought his room mate my dad.

Mine met at work My Mums Aunt was on the switchboard & so listened in if they ever spoke to each other on the phone!!

Across a crowded dance room,,,,,,,,,dad gave her the glad eye and he wore a uniform so maybe thats what did it,,,,))

My dad was lodging with my nans best friend when he was stationed as the army recruitments officer in our area, he was originally from Plymouth. Mum used to go to visit Aunit Thelma with my nan and met my dad. He asked my mum out but she refused even though she liked him. They remained friends and the following year which was a leap year my mum proposed to him and and they married 6 weeks later. After dads death mum never remarried as she said she would never love anyone as much as she did my dad she said he was her hero. Jax xx

That's lovely Jax *dabs eyes and blows hooter* lol

My Mum was a telephonist in the War Office during WW2. My Dad was a lonely Canadian soldier in London. They were both on night duty and Dad was manning the phones at Canadian HQ and rang the War Office for someone to talk to and Mum answered. They often rang each other for a chat and eventually agreed to meet. Mum lived in Southfields in south west London and agreed to meet him by the station. There used to be a Police box (as in Dr Who's Tardis) just down from the station opposite the Plaza cinema, and Dad decided to wait by it. Mum walked up Wimbledon Park Road and past this handsome soldier, but thought it wasn't Dad as he was supposed to wait by the station entrance. She waited and waited until one of her neighbours came into the station and said, in conversation, that she'd just been asked the time by a Canadian soldier. Mum rushed past her and straight into Dad's arms! He had given up waiting and was about to catch a train back to London when, as he said, ''this mad English girl came flying round the corner and ran straight into my arms''. And there began a love story that lasted 45 years until my Dad died. Sue xx

My dad was in the army at the time and engaged to my mums best mate. She introduced them. Years later,that same person introduced me to my first husband. Shortly after that, my mum married my stepfather who lived next door to her. They were introduced by the woman who was to become my dads second wife. Confused? lol

lol * hands Jeanette a tissue Mum told me the day they got married that when dad turned to look at her he bent forward and whispered in her ear 'its ok love ive got some grub in and ya fags' She also told me she would ask him if he loved her and he would reply well i bonk ya dont I lolol Romantic eh pmsl

Dad was in the army stationed at Tidworth Hants he went to Andover for a drink with his mates and bumped into my mum on his way to catch the bus back to barracks. That was 1932 and they were together (apart from ww2) until his death in 1980

Dad was friends with Mums brother so he introduced them. They dated for 2 months, then Dad stood her up one night. Dad was so scared of my Nan he didn't contact my Mum to apologise. Three weeks later, Dad was in the pub when Mum walked in arm in arm with Dads best friend. The plan to make Dad jealous worked, as Dad punched his best friend in the face, breaking his nose. Mum & Dad married 2 weeks later.

My Mum and Dad lived opposite each other and met when they were 16............ they were very happy till they both died at 85 and 87 years of age a couple of years ago Bless Them Linda

Mum was born in Wales but as a teenager was sent to work at a Lady's house in Slough. On her day off one day she met someone she thought she knew from the Welsh village...She was mistaken but struck up a friendship anyway with Ethel, who worked in a nearby house. When Ethel's brother visited her after recently coming home from being in India with the Army, Ethel introduced him to her friend...Mum. Ethel and Mum remained friends( later sisters-in-law ) for over 70 years until Ethel died aged 97. Gwyn

How Did Your Parents Meet I DONT KNOW I WASNT THERE

My dad was bus driver in Hertfordshire/essex & my mum got a job as a clippie.

(Embarrassed cough), well daddy was married to someone else at the time, but took rather a liking to my mum, 7 yrs his junior. They met in secret for a year then she fell pregnant with me, so that sort of gave the game away...my mum went to a mother and baby home (although he had actually sorted her out with a flat), then rented a little flat with me. She married when I was 5. I first found out that I had a different father apart from my stepfather, when I was 13. I met him finally when I was 23.

My parents lived next door to each other and were in the same class at school as children and even though their familys moved to different parts of Bitterne in Southampton they kept in touch and married in a double wedding with dads sister and her husband in 1946. Jenny