Ever had anyone turn up on the doorstep?!

[Gone]

When I was a lot younger I was going to Manchester from Southampton and going to stay overnight, My then girlfriend asked if she could come as she had an aunt, uncle and 4 year old neice living there she'd never met. She phoned her aunt and it was arranged that we would stay with her for the night. Off we went. Got there a few hours later and knocked on the door, the little girl answered and let us in, so, several cups of tea and slices of cake later my girlfriend turned to me and said we'd better go as it was late, Strange I thought but we left. When we got a little distance from the house she told me it wasn't her aunt, we'd been at the wrong house. They were very nice people though but no Idea who we were 

[Treetotal]

  ...That's hilarious...I bet that was a talking point for some time!
Carol

[Mike in Cumbria]

Brilliant

[Yasmina4]

Very hosiptable Did you find the right aunt?  Sandra

[LizzieW]

I've never had anyone turn up ,but I had to go to Occupational Health and the receptionist asked my address.She said oh,that's where my Grandmother used to live.
                                       Barb

I worked in a surgery about 6 miles from where I used to live and one day a patient went to see the nurse.  When she asked for her address, the nurse said "Oh we've got someone who works in the surgery who used to live in that house".

[PK-KTK]

not personally having lived only ever in the house my father built or in a flat younger than me.
But my mother and I did this to two different people just over a week ago, turned up on the doorstep and told them some of the history of the two places. (Would have been a third as well except they weren't home)
Both were appreciative of the info, but we didn't ask to go inside.

[coelmar]

     I turned up at an address, knocked, the door opened and I was greeted with "Hello?  You're a H...... aren't you?".     My well-rehearsed speech went completely out of my mind!     I had never met my cousin or his wife, and was so surprised that she should recognise one of the family.     We have become good friends as well as relatives.

     On another occasion we were in a very small village in Suffolk looking for the house where my wife's grandmother was born.     We stopped the only person we had seen for about an hour and asked if she knew of a Blacksmith's Cottage.     Yes, she lived there!     We were invited to the old cottage, now much extended, and shown the original downstairs rooms - originally it was a two-down two-up place for parents and 9 children.

     My son collected his car after servicing and after settling up the receptionist asked "How is your Dad keeping?"     Turned out he was my cousin who recognised the surname and had taken a gamble.

     Take the plunge, knock, it may well be a goldmine!

Coelmar

[gazania]

Some years ago now, we were planning a trip to Ireland from Australia.  My gggrandmother had left a small town & sailed alone at 17 to Brisbane in the early 1850s, married the son of a convict and they successfully raised 10 children in the bush.  I admired her so much I wanted to stay in the small town.  Found a B&B nearby and phoned the landlady.  After we made the bookings, she asked me why I wanted to come to this un-touristy place.  When I told her my ancestor's name, she said a chap with the same surname lived up the road and his family had been there for generations.  We were given a great welcome and spent many hours being shown around.  We kept up the connection for some years.  Gazania

[Guyana]

Nothing quite as dramatic as some.
About 16 years ago we were on a camp site in Warwickshire and got into conversation with a couple from NZ. They were looking for a nearby village where the lady's grandfather had been the mvillage schoolmaster, before her father had emigrated.  I had at one time been the village Bobby there, and was able to give them some information. We were moving on from the site just then, so I never did find out how they got on.