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TWO FRIENDS AND FORMER TEACHING COLLEAGUES FROM BRITTANY WHO LOST TOUCH AFTER WORLD WAR II HAVE FOUND EACH OTHER IN THE SAME CARE HOME, 74 YEARS AFTER THEY LAST SPOKE. Pierre and Joseph,
both 95 years old, are both residents of the same care home in Plérin, near Saint-Brieuc (Côtes-d’Armor, Brittany). Pierre arrived first, and was pleasantly surprised to see his old friend
move in, explains LOCAL NEWSPAPER _OUEST-FRANCE_. Pierre said: “When you arrived on Thursday, I heard your name and I saw you come in. You haven’t changed, Joseph! Your face looks exactly
the same.” > "T'as pas changé !" 74 ans après, deux copains se retrouvent par > hasard à la maison de retraitehttps://t.co/vShGz8AKlo > pic.twitter.com/xhPCpSOwfY
> — L'édition du soir par Ouest-France (@leditiondusoir) March 26, > 2018 The two men first met in the 1940s, when they were both student teachers at a school in Saint-Brieuc,
having trained at the same agricultural school in Rennes. During World War II, both men witnessed the bombing of a nearby airfield in 1944, and the school principal advised all students and
teachers to go home. Joseph walked back to Pontivy (Morbihan), while Pierre rode his bike back to Paimpol (Côtes-d'Armor). After the war, the duo’s careers immediately took them in
separate directions, and they both took jobs in local _collèges_ in Brittany, without keeping in touch. According to the pair, they did cross each other in the street in the 1960s while
walking with bikes - and with each recognising the other - but did not manage to speak. Now living in the same home, they have REPORTEDLY been sharing memories and making up for over seven
decades of lost time.