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French Breakfast 19th November
We had a lovely 'French Breakfast' at the home of Jane and Duncan Cairns (thanks to you both!)
It was a good opportunity to meet up again and talk over our recent experiences with our visitors from Ancenis and Bad Brückenau.
We had a continuously running slide show on the TV with pictures from the recent visit which brought out lots of memories and conversation. Adrian had brought along a superb, very professional video produced by Pierre Ricordeau which gave a tremendous impression of the French visit and was greatly enjoyed by all.
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Kirkham 2011 26-29th August
What a weekend we had!
All aboard for the Twinning!
The Kirkham Twinning Association welcomed 46 visitors who arrived by coach on Friday afternoon after a long trip from Ancenis, Kirkham’s beautiful twin town on the banks of the Loire in France. Our five visitors from Bad Brückenau in Germany arrived on Saturday. We all had a lovely welcoming reception with Elaine Silverwood, the Mayor of Kirkham and the mayor-elect Peter Hardy. The Saturday was spent with the host families; some took their visitors around Kirkham and were surprised to find the Mayor serving their ice creams in Silverdell! The French children thought the new play ground was superb! Others went out to Blackpool, the Lake District, Bowland and the visitors were all impressed with what a beautiful part of the world in which we live. We had arranged a typical pub afternoon at the Conservative Club with a buffet provided by the association and the club was packed with everyone out on the bowling green trying their hand at crown green bowling in glorious sunshine. On Sunday we took a full coach load for a tour of Liverpool taking in the Mersey Explorer, which is a trip up the River Mersey on one of the famous ‘Ferries across the Mersey’ followed by visits to both the Anglican and Roman Catholic cathedrals. Our visitors were all totally impressed by the cathedrals, so were some of the Kirkham locals, which are just so amazing in their own right (the cathedrals that is, not the locals!) but so different to each other. We all had a wonderful time and we are looking forward to next year’s visit is to Ancenis.
6am on Monday morning and ready for home after a very enjoyable weekend. Bon Voyage!
All ages trying the bowling Great fun this new climbing frame! Out on the Mersey with the Liver Buildings
in the background
Allan Clarke (thanks Allan!) has produced a 'video slideshow' of the reception.
To see it full screen click on the two small arrows or the small rectangle in the lower right hand corner of the video
To see it click the link below.
http://animoto.com/play/QzM7MeIFNxudZenILAYr1g
To see Norman's 'video slideshow' of our Visit to Liverpool click the link below:
http://animoto.com/play/xhS8BbIEUGHQzlEMzofrMg
To see Allan's 'video slideshow' of Kirkham/Ingleton click the link below:
http://animoto.com/play/LqXaISYBKRGFgM0QouEzjg
To see Norman's 'video slideshow' of Kirkham and the Bowling click the link below:
http://animoto.com/play/4ug1hVDUpvET9Kwc1upitQ
The visit to Bad Brückenau took place over the weekend of the 16-18th July 2010 and we had a great time. to see a report on how we got on press the button.
Our visit to Ancenis in June 2009. Click the button to see the report
The trip to Bad Brückenau in 2008 went very well with 7 of our members attending the Stadfest. We were welcomed on the Friday with a Civic welcome. The evening was spent socialising with friends from both Bad Bruckenau and the Ancenis area. John Walmsley showned his skills at penny farthing riding, was this before or after the reception?! Saturday was the official opening of the Stadfest in the town square. A very convivial evening was spent at Joe's despite the sudden downpour. Sunday dawned fair and we had a very interesting talk about Bad Brückenau and the surrounding area. On the Sunday evening, after the band concert a large screen was erected to enable the populace to watch the Germany/Poland football match. Germany won, so it was an excellent end (for our hosts) to a very enjoyable weekend. Thanks to our friends in Bad Brückenau for their hospitality.
Denis Boué has now relinquished his role as President of the Ancenis Twinning Committee (Thanks for all your hard work Denis!) and Christian Prévot will be taking the role with Monique, his wife, as secretary. Welcome back old friends!