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The French Connection Wrington Twinning Association
Bonjour Wrington! Celebrating 10 Years Of Twinning Flying the Flag!……. On 10 Oct 2010 Echo Irving for Wrington Parish Council and J.P. Galonnier for Villeneuve-Lès-Béziers (VLB) signed the formal Charter of Twinning, which is on display in the Memorial Hall. So ten years later, on Saturday l0 Oct 2020 a group of Wringtonians and Villeneuvois joined on Zoom to raise a glass in celebration. The French drank mid- day champagne and a few of us raised an 11am glass of wine - no names mentioned! Jill Rawlings, the Chair of Wrington Parish Council said, “Congratulations for 10 years of successful twinning, and I toast everyone for the next ten years of entente cordiale – with a cup of tea!” Fabrice Solans , the Mayor of VLB, together with Jérôme Fabre and Céline Dubois who are numbers two and three in the heirarchy , are strongly supportive of the twinning relationship. They won a hotly contested mayoral election in decisive fashion and as part of their election campaign came to visit Wrington! They are keen to deepen the relationship and broaden participation and involvement - and we agree. In-between sips of champagne they proposed cultural and sporting exchanges for children and seasonal work exchanges for young people. COVID seems to have receded so we hope for some “adult” exchanges, perhaps involving food and wine, culminating in a group visit of Villeneuvois in the future There was a tangible vibrancy and sense of fun from our friends in France and this bodes well for the future of our twinning. If you would like to know more about any of this please contact us
Bonjour Wrington! Celebrating 10 Years Of Twinning Flying the Flag!……. On 10 Oct 2010 Echo Irving for Wrington Parish Council and J.P. Galonnier for Villeneuve-Lès-Béziers (VLB) signed the formal Charter of Twinning, which is on display in the Memorial Hall. So ten years later, on Saturday l0 Oct 2020 a group of Wringtonians and Villeneuvois joined on Zoom to raise a glass in celebration. The French drank mid- day champagne and a few of us raised an 11am glass of wine - no names mentioned! Jill Rawlings, the Chair of Wrington Parish Council said, “Congratulations for 10 years of successful twinning, and I toast everyone for the next ten years of entente cordiale – with a cup of tea!” Fabrice Solans , the Mayor of VLB, together with Jérôme Fabre and Céline Dubois who are numbers two and three in the heirarchy , are strongly supportive of the twinning relationship. They won a hotly contested mayoral election in decisive fashion and as part of their election campaign came to visit Wrington! They are keen to deepen the relationship and broaden participation and involvement - and we agree. In-between sips of champagne they proposed cultural and sporting exchanges for children and seasonal work exchanges for young people. COVID seems to have receded so we hope for some “adult” exchanges, perhaps involving food and wine, culminating in a group visit of Villeneuvois in the future There was a tangible vibrancy and sense of fun from our friends in France and this bodes well for the future of our twinning. If you would like to know more about any of this please contact *************************************************************************************
The French Connection Wrington Twinning Association (WTA) July 2024