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Kirkham Twinning Association

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So who are we?

The Kirkham Twinning Association was started over 34 years ago. The original link was between the Rotary Clubs of Ancenis and Kirkham set up by a local gentleman, Gordon Himsworth. Gordon met his wife Jackie whilst at Manchester University, married her and moved to Ancenis. After the Rotary link was broken the two towns made a more formal link in 1973 again through the efforts of Gordon. Ancenis was twinned (1980) with Bad Brückenau in northern Germany.

So there you have it! Not only a twinning but a tripling!

We usually have at least one visit a year usually over a long weekend, arranged in rotation, unless there is something special on in one of the towns. Whilst we don't tend to all travel together we do all meet up in the town and our hosts put on some sort of entertainment, we've had barbeques, concerts, firework displays, celebrations of local events. We, of course, reciprocate with our French and German visitors being welcomed to Kirkham.

In fact everything to make for a very enjoyable time!

All our activities are, of course, self-funded and we do not get any financial support from the local council.

Our last visit was in July 2010 when we had a wonderful visit to Bad Brückenau. See the report by hitting the button below

To see the report on our visit to Ancenis in June 2009. Click the button below.