Bleep1673 Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Twin towning has been around since 1905, when Keighley twinned with Suresnes and Puteaux in France, the first modern Twinning was Keighley and Poix-du-Nord. This was used to foster close relations between towns and city;s between countries. Where you live, do you know where there twin city is? Have you ever been? I Grew up in Salford, it's twin is Clermont-Ferrand, and I have visited there. Anyone one else made the effort, either deliberately or accidentally? Hastings = Bethune (FRA) Dordrecht (NL) Oudenaarde (BEL) Schwerte (GER) Sierra Leone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire Rhino Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Swindon is twinned with Salzgitter in Germany, Ocotal in Nicaragua and Torun in Poland. Never been. However, back in 2009, we were twinned with Disney World, Florida https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/swindon-twinned-with-disney-world-1835889.html 2014 Challenged Cup Winner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Coventry has twinning with Europe. Anthem, Belgrade, Bologna, Caen, Cork, Dresden, Dunaujvaros, Galati, Graz, Kecskemet, Kiel, Lidice, Ostrava, Saint-Etienne, Sarajevo, Volvograd, Warsaw. North America Cornwall Canada, Coventry Connecticut, Coventry New York, Granby Canada, Kingstone Jamaica, Windsor Canada Asia Jinan China Australia Parkes NSW As you can see the best job in the council is in the twinning department. Some years ago I went as part of the England Lionhearts party to Belgrade. I contacted the council to let them know I was going. The person I spoke to had never heard of Belgrade. When I pointed out that the city theatre was named the "Belgrade" ( the wood for the building was donated by the citizens of Belgrade) she was amazed! Ron Banks Midlands Hurricanes and Barrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Exiled Townie Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 The toilets in St Albans have been twinned with toilets in Myanmar, Pakistan, Sierra Leone and Zambia . Sub dean of St Albans Cathedral Abi Thompson was presented with four framed certificates, which include a photograph of the overseas toilet. https://www.hertsad.co.uk/news/st-albans-cathedral-toilet-twinning-project-1-6227251 Jam Eater 1.(noun. jam eeter) A Resident of Whitehaven or Workington. Offensive. It is now a term of abuse that both towns of West Cumbria use for each other especially at Workington/Whitehaven rugby league derby matches. St Albans Centurions Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilsontown Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Dijon, Munster and Nanjing apparently. Might be a good excuse for a trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hallucinating Goose Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Hull is twinned with: Chisinau Freetown Niigata Raleigh Reykjavik Rotterdam Szczecin According to Wikipedia. I know a couple of them but was surprised it was such a long list. You can see the link with most of them cos they are ports but Chisinau and Raleigh are random. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDINTHEHIZZOUSE Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Liverpool is twinned with Beirut,down town bogota on a Friday night and the Wild West circa 1840 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clogiron Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 20 hours ago, Bleep1673 said: Twin towning has been around since 1905, when Keighley twinned with Suresnes and Puteaux in France, the first modern Twinning was Keighley and Poix-du-Nord. This was used to foster close relations between towns and city;s between countries. Where you live, do you know where there twin city is? Have you ever been? I Grew up in Salford, it's twin is Clermont-Ferrand, and I have visited there. Anyone one else made the effort, either deliberately or accidentally? Hastings = Bethune (FRA) Dordrecht (NL) Oudenaarde (BEL) Schwerte (GER) Sierra Leone There's a Sureness Road in Keighley and theres a few places around the town where I'm sure fraternising with the clientele would lead to the Poix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Ting Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Halifax is twinned with Aachen. Learn to listen without distortion and learn to look without imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M j M Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Leeds is twinned with Brno (Czech Republic), Dortmund, Durban, Hangzhou, Lille, Louisville and Siegen. Of which I only really know of Dortmund because of Dortmund Square next to the St John's Centre and the drayman statue, presented to the city by Dortmund and which used to be the place we'd meet/regroup in town before we had mobile phones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Ting Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Hebden Bridge is twinned with: St Pol sur Ternoise (France) and Warstein (Germany) Learn to listen without distortion and learn to look without imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Frightful Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 10 hours ago, The Hallucinating Goose said: Hull is twinned with: Chisinau Freetown Niigata Raleigh Reykjavik Rotterdam Szczecin According to Wikipedia. I know a couple of them but was surprised it was such a long list. You can see the link with most of them cos they are ports but Chisinau and Raleigh are random. Raleigh is probably linked because Ullman's always on his bike, Reykjavik is obvious as there's an Iceland store at the top of my street and as for one of the others, it could be Rotterdam (or anywhere). Hull FC....The Sons of God... (Well, we are about to be crucified on Good Friday) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrumonside ref Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Bolton has a proud suicide pact with Paderborn (Germany) and Le Mans (France)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep1673 Posted October 1, 2019 Author Share Posted October 1, 2019 17 hours ago, JDINTHEHIZZOUSE said: Liverpool is twinned with Beirut,down town bogota on a Friday night and the Wild West circa 1840 Liverpool with Birmingham, Alabama, Panama City, Panama Surabaya, Indonesia according to WIKI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Click Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 https://lewisham.gov.uk/mayorandcouncil/aboutthecouncil/internationallinks/twin-towns Lewisham is twinned with: Antony, France - Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Germany & Matagalpa, Nicaragua so we have a bit of a mix! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilsontown Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 17 hours ago, Mister Ting said: Halifax is twinned with Aachen. This I didn't know - I've been to Aachen a few times as the company I work for has an office there and that's where my boss is based, weirdly enough. It's a good town with an impressive historic centre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Drake Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Bradford is twinned with the German city of Hamm. I've never been there. We have a road in the city centre named Hamm Strasse though, and I've driven up and down it a lot! I found an interesting old article online from the Telegraph & Argus that has a bit more background info, plus details of twinning arrangements involving Shipley and other nearby areas. https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/9540739.have-we-lost-touch-with-twin-towns/ . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hallucinating Goose Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 4 hours ago, Click said: https://lewisham.gov.uk/mayorandcouncil/aboutthecouncil/internationallinks/twin-towns Lewisham is twinned with: Antony, France - Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Germany & Matagalpa, Nicaragua so we have a bit of a mix! I lived in Charlottenburg at one time! For people that don't know, it's a district of Berlin, sandwiched between Berlin mitte (centre) and Spandau. Loved it, really relaxed atmosphere, great place to just have a wander through the streets. Main highlights are Schloss Charlottenburg, a huge palace and the Berlin Olympic stadium. Couple of lesser known sights that are interesting are teufelsburg which is an old American listening station from the Cold War, abandoned now, grafitti artists have covered it in pictures, up in top of a hill you get some unbelievable views of Berlin. And the funkturm which is the lesser known communications tower in Berlin. People known the fernsehturm built by the Soviets but further out of the centre is the radio transmitter built in the 20s. You could argue the funkturm is the better one cos you get great views of the fernsehturm from it. Lots of forests and hill in that area of the city, great for walking. I go back to Berlin every couple of years and never get bored of it, amazing place. Get yourself to Berlin now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ullman Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 13 hours ago, Old Frightful said: Raleigh is probably linked because Ullman's always on his bike, Reykjavik is obvious as there's an Iceland store at the top of my street and as for one of the others, it could be Rotterdam (or anywhere). I think it goes back to an Operation Raleigh ship stopping off at Hull a few years back. But I like your explanation better. "I'm from a fishing family. Trawlermen are like pirates with biscuits." - Lucy Beaumont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henage Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Wasn't the ship an old Hull Trawler ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Eel Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Dull (Scotland), Boring (USA) and Bland (Australia) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Congleton, Cheshire was or is twinned with Oosterhout, NL and Trappes. F The people from Oosterhout used to come over regularly and I well remember quite a few of them staggering up West Road in the early hours consumed with the demon drink. It's all died out now, I think, though. The village in which I now live on the Lincs coast is twinned with some crematorium somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Evans Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Rovrum is twinned with St Quentin, Aisne France. I can't think of anything more absurd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ullman Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 11 hours ago, henage said: Wasn't the ship an old Hull Trawler ? Well remembered, mate. According to the Hull History Centre website, the old stern trawler Swanella was donated by the City of Hull and renamed Sir Walter Raleigh. http://catalogue.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/files/c-tlor.pdf "I'm from a fishing family. Trawlermen are like pirates with biscuits." - Lucy Beaumont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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