Town Twinning Committee Meeting

For 50 years Whitworth has been twinned with a town in Germany called Kandel (pronounced candle). Previously, more than 90 Whitworth folk visited Kandel for the 50 year anniversary of friendship between the towns Town Twinning was started after WWII to encourage people of Britain and Europe to mix, explore each other’s customs and combat negativity between nations in the hope that never again will Britain and Europe go to War. Many Whitworth people have been arranging biannual visits, families in Whitworth have formed lasting friendships with people in Kandel. The strong ties have been formed by families staying in each other’s houses, were the bonds are created the strongest. There are no barriers for anyone living in Whitworth to become a member of the Town Twinning Committee who are at the forefront of arranging these visits, it sounds very official ‘Town Twinning Committee’, but if you are a member it means that like everybody else you can put your ideas of what direction the TTC should take and what we offer our guests when they come to visit. If you would like to be a part of this and travel to Germany this year, please contact Cllr Tom Aldred.
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