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All Verwood & TLC Newsletter can be viewed here.
For the March 2010 newsletter then select here.

For the program of the May 2010 visit then select here.

 

 

 

 

In 2010 Verwood Celebrates 25 years of twinning with Champtoceaux in France. 
Our friends from Champtoceaux arrived and have now departed after having as wonderful time. The picture below shows all the visitors and guests in the sensory garden of The Hub where they were welcomed by the Mayor of Verwood. They brought over 70 people this year who stayed with their friends in and around Verwood and Three Legged Cross. 
 Why not join the Verwood Twinning Association.
 Contact Terry Bright on +44 (0)1202 822959 
or email:

 

 

Current News Snippets
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To celebrate the 25th Anniversay of our Twinning with France our friends from Champtoceaux and its Canton have been invited to visit us on the 13th to the 16th May 2010. 
- details later when they are finalised.
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Liederbach are being invited to visit us in either 2011 or 2012 more inforamation when we have it.

German Telephone box - This gift from our friends in Liederbach which has been at the rear of the Town Hall for many years is shortly to be resited at the Verwood HUB.
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Don't forget our next regular monthly meeting at 07:30 p.m. on Wednesday the 13th of January 2010 in the Methodist Church Hall.
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The 29th AGM will take place in the Verwood Memorial Hall at 07:30 p.m. on Thursday the 28th of October 2010.

If you are intersted in playing Boules then these take place on the Boules Pitch on Verwood Recreation Ground at 06:00 p.m. most Thursdays during the summer months
Do come along if interested.   - Contact : 01202 822959

Durango, Colorado USA - The Verwood Twinning Association has been approached by a group from Durango about the possibility of twinning. This is very early contact stages and it may not happen as a lot of discussion still needs to be carried out. At the moment this is in abeyance but may continue at a later date.
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If you would like to to be involved in any of the above or future exchanges
  then why not join the Verwood Twinning Association.

Contact Terry Bright on +44 (0)1202 822959 or email:
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Leiderbach twins with the polish town of
"Pietrowice Wielkie"


On Sunday the 15th of June 2008 a small group of 8 people representing Verwood attended the Twinning Ceremony for 100 Poles from Pietowice Wielkie with Liederbach in he Liederbachhalle.
 It was also attended by representatives from "Villebon sur Yvette / France" & "Saldus / Latvia". 

 

New finger post on Ferrett Green.


On Monday the 19th of May the "The Twinning Association" presented a new finger post to Verwood town council. The sign situated near the new "Spa" shop shows the distance and direction of Verwood's Twin Towns of Chmptoceaux (246 miles) and Liederbach (485 miles).
 It was presented by Mr Terry Bright, the chairman of the Verwood and 3LX Twinning Association (centre) to The Town Council represented by Verwood's incoming Mayor Cllr. Lucy Clark (left) and its outgoing mayor Cllr. Alec Nicholls (right). 

 

On Tuesday the 5th of May 2008 members of the Verwood Twinning Association returned from a successful visit to our friends in our 
twin town of Champtoceaux on the Loire Valley in France. 

Verwood Twinning Association is open to Young and Old and is able to facilitate twinning visits between other groups and our French and German friends. 
Contact Terry Bright on +44 (0)1202 822959 or email:

 

 

Select here for the report the Civic celebrations

and the FLAGFEST celebrations in October 2007.

 

On Friday the 19th of October at "The HUB", Verwood and 3LX was presented with the European Flag of Honour by the
Hon. Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of Europe Kerstin Eckman. The picture shows the dignitaries present at the event.

 

Select here for the report on the visit in May 2007 
of our friends from Champtoceaux!

 

 

Note the new web address for this Twinning Website is now "twinning.verwood.org".

 

 

Summary
 

The Association organises various social events and a summer outing for members and friends.  At the 20th Anniversary of twinning with our French Town in 2004 Champtoceaux Avenue was officially named.  There is also a Liederbach Drive and a Champtoceaux Green.  

Members visit our twin towns and receive French and German visitors every two to three years.

You can also visit the sites of the two towns that Verwood is currently twinned with, Champtoceaux and Liederbach. The "Comite Cantonal de Jumelage de Champtoceaux" also has a site which you can visit. (see Links Page).

The Tapestry given to Verwood by its twinned French Town of Champtoceaux during the visit in May 2005 is now framed and on display in the Verwood Heathland Heritage Centre, along with the large pot (see below), gifted by Liederbach in Germany to Verwood in 2003. Other gifts received in the past reside in the Verwood Library and the Council Offices.

                        

Please select the links below for the
 Verwood and Three Legged Cross Chronological History,
 newsletters, reports, or History of Twinning.

 

 

On the 8th Nov. 2006 a talk was given at the Band Hall
on the Don McMath Foundation.

UK Registered Charity Number: 1100164  - Gambia Registered Charity Number: 733/2002

Anne McMath has built a well-equipped free school in Gambia, with qualified teachers, starting with 4 to 6 year olds eventually building up to classes for 12 to 13 year olds. Please visit  www.dmf.dsl.pipex.com for further details & sponsorship forms .

 

For further information, or to join the "Verwood and Three Legged Cross Twinning Association" please contact: -

Terry Bright    tel:        +44 (0)1202 822959 
                        email: 

 

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