KEYNSHAM NEWS
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KEYNSHAM & DISTRICT
TWINNING ASSOCIATION T
his year 2017 is a very special year in the calendar for Keynsham & District Twinning Association. It is the year our Association celebrates 40 years of Keynsham being twinned with Libourne, near Bordeaux, France. Something our members are proud of. Over the 40 years many changes have taken place, not only around our world, but locally. The Town of Keynsham has changed significantly. Keynsham has lost the chocolate factory, several of the local shops have disappeared to be replaced by others, road changes and a by-pass built, the cinema closing, local flooding causing much damage, a new Council building. However, through all these many changes, Keynsham & District Twinning is still in operation. Many reading this may have the idea that Association members travelling to Libourne, have their travel expenses met by our Town Council - nothing could be further from the truth - we are not a council run association, but we do have strong links to Keynsham Town Council. All our members wishing to travel to and from Libourne pay all their own expenses. Twinning, as you may have noticed fund raise with quizzes, dances, and the like, however we then share some of our profits. Over the past few years we have been pleased to donate to Mind, Dorothy House, Butterflies and Clic, to mention just a few. Our celebration of 40 years will, we hope, be something that not only our members will enjoy but friends both old and new visiting us from Libourne. This includes several from Libourne
Council including the Mayor and his Deputy, all visitors hosted by Keynsham Twinning members. As part of this special visit Keynsham Town Council have agreed to part fund the official naming of The Libourne Suite in the Civic Centre. The Twinning Association itself hope to have two special commemorative information boards on twin towns Keynsham and Libourne for everyone to view. Our 40th celebration commences with a quiz on 17th March to be held at The Royal British Legion, teams of up to 6 per table £5.00 per person which includes supper - for tickets see below for contact numbers. As our Libourne visitors will be here in Keynsham during the Keynsham Music Festival we shall be hosting a dance with Thornburg Swing Band who play swing jazz instrumental and vocal numbers from the 1930’s right up to modern times, tickets will be available very soon. If you would like to know more about our 40 year old Keynsham & District Twinning Association – contact Carole 0117 9865350 carole.duckett@caduce.plus.com Viv 01179 865577 vivseward@btinternet.com Anne annecmay@yahoo.co.uk We would love to welcome new members to Keynsham & District Twinning Association.
Carole Duckett