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Petersfield Twinning Association
Promoting goodwill and friendship with Barentin in France and Warendorf in Germany
Designed by Phil Chapman.
FEBRUARY 2009 NEWSLETTER
Dear Twinners,
Welcome to the New Year of 2009! I hope it is a good one for you, despite all the gloomy, economic news. We certainly have a varied programme for you over the next few months. We enjoyed the quiz in November, thanks to Philip and Jenny Brenchley and Jennys sister, Eileen Tyler. It was a very challenging evening for all of us, but a very cheerful occasion. We were pleased to be able to welcome Twinners from Alton.A small group of us went in December to Warendorf to demonstrate British Christmas cooking, and this was very much appreciated. We are also encour- aging scouting connections with Warendorf, and there are plans for the footballers to engage with each other as well.
We were disappointed to have to postpone the International Supper in January, but have re-scheduled it for Friday, 20th March in the Masonic Hall (on the corner of Windsor Road and Station Road). The menu has been changed slightly but still re- tains an international flavour. Please see the return slip with full details at the end of this Newsletter. Book the date and let us know as soon as you can if you wish to come. The cost remains the same at £12 per head.
On Easter Monday, 13th April, there is to be a Victorian Festival celebration in The Square and the High Street, after a special ceremony at the station, because this year it is 150 years since the railway came to Petersfield. We have been asked to have a Victorian-flavour stall, and we have decided to have a chocobola, which is like a tombola but which has anything with a chocolate flavour as a prize. Please let us have anything you feel you are able to contribute, whether it be small bars of choco- late, cake, biscuits or huge boxes of chocolates. Please dress in Victorian costume if possible, but if that is not possible, do still come! So if you are not otherwise engaged for Easter Monday, we shall be very glad to have your support. There is a reply slip at the end of the Newsletter. We shall need contributions in advance any time from now onwards, but at the latest a few days before the event in order to label them. Please bring them to 26, Pulens Lane and I will sort them out. Many thanks. .
We expect the Barentinois to visit us from Thursday, 21st May. Some will come on the Thursday and others on the Friday, depending on whether they have to work or not. This will be a small group of friends - probably not more than 20. We have to wait and see what happens over the next year or so, as there are big changes taking place in Barentin as far as twinning exchanges are concerned. Our French
friends will be travelling separately, not by coach, and we shall let you know as soon as we have more definite news about them. It is possible that those working on the Friday may travel overnight, in which case they will not arrive till Saturday morning.We plan to take them out and about during their short stay, with, we hope, a boules and lamb-roast evening at the Avenue Pavilion and playing fields on the Thursday evening - if there are enough of them here by then! We are arranging also to have a dinner with them at Uppark, if possible. We are not sure yet how many will come on Thursday and how many on Friday. They will return home on Sunday, 24th May. Please note the change of timings. Again, there is a reply slip at the end of the Newsletter for you to let us know if you can offer accommodation. If you have Barentinois friends, please mention their names, so we can pair people with those they know, as far as possible.
We are also in the midst of making arrangements for the Youth Travel Bursary again this year. We have sent out posters and information to all the appropriate schools and colleges, as well as to local churches and to other places where young people meet. Please mention it to any young people you know between the ages of 16 and 22 (who live either in Petersfield or the surrounding district) and ask them to contact The Hon. Secretary for an application form. A telephone call, either to 01730 268206 or 302862, is welcomed if anybody wishes to discuss the matter before deciding whether to apply or not. The Bursary was very successful last year and we hope we receive a good selection of applicants this year as well.
The A.G.M. is planned for Monday, 23rd March at The Half Moon, Sheet at 7.30p.m. Do join us. We shall have a display of articles and photographs from our activities during the past year, so come along and see what we have done. There will be light refreshments after the business part of the meeting.
Other Future Events
1) We have arranged a Skittles Evening at The Barley Mow at Walderton for 10th July, with a buffet meal. It is a delightful drive through the countryside down to Walderton, so you will be able to enjoy the journey as well as the game and the companionship. Past skittles evenings have been most successful. We usually limit numbers to about 30, to ensure that everybody present gets more than one chance to see what they can do. A reply slip will appear in the next Newsletter, as July is still some way off.
2) There is a Car Treasure Hunt planned for Saturday, 16th May. We normally start early in the evening so as to be sure of having plenty of light to drive by!
3) There is a visit to Ballards Brewery (with tasting ad lib!) planned for early in September. More details of this nearer the time.
4) There will probably be another Bring & Buy Sale on Lloyds Bank forecourt some time during the summer, but we have not yet booked this.
5) I have booked a coach for us to go to Warendorf this summer. Greys have been very helpful and I hope that a number of you will be able to come from 5th to 11th August. Our friends in Germany plan some interesting local outings for us and there is a special equine event - the Horse Symphony - to which we hope to go, as well. Do please come with us. The coach will cost £150 per head if we have 25 people travelling, so please think about this visit and let us know by the end of March with a £50 deposit if you would like to go. It would be disappointing if we had to cancel the coach and leave people to find their own way, for the flights are less convenient thanthey were the last time we went. (Air Berlin no longer operates direct to Paderborn from either Southampton or Bournemouth.) It promises to be a very good visit and we hope we shall be blessed with good weather as we were in October.
Dont forget to go to the informal monthly get-togethers at The Half Moon on the first Thursday of the month at 8 oclock and have a special time with other Twin- ners. And do join us in our other twinning activities, beginning with the Bring and
Buy Sale on Saturday, 7th February, from 10a.m. to 12.30p.m. at The Voluntary Centre in Winton House. We shall be very pleased to receive donations - of pre- serves, cakes, books, bric-a-brac etc. - on the day, or a day or two in advance if you are otherwise occupied on that morning. Please ring 01730 268206 or 302862 if you need to drop items off in advance.
We have an 18-year-old girl student from Warendorf coming to Petersfield to do some work experience from the end of June to 1st August. We have found a work placement, but we need accommodation for her. Please think about whether you could host her, if only for part of her stay here. She speaks English and one of her reasons for coming is to help improve her English language skills.
The artists in Petersfield have invited artists from Warendorf to come here from 27th to 30th March to mount an exhibition of their work. We have been asked if any of our members could help to host them for the 3 days they are here. At present we do not know exactly how many will come. It could be anything between 2 and 13. The artists here will, of course, be offering some accommodation, but it would be helpful if we could have some in reserve.
There is to be a private showing of the Germans work at the Academy Art Gal- lery in Winton Road from 7 p.m. on Saturday, 27th. Members of our Association are cordially invited to attend this event. There should be about 30 paintings and other works of art on display. It would be good to give our support to the artists if we can, so please return the relevant reply slip if you can help.
The Treasurer has devised a Standing Order form to facilitate the payment of annual subs. A copy is enclosed. It would help him enormously to save time, if most people were prepared to pay by Standing Order. I would remind you that the current annual subs are £8 for an individual and £12 for a family. Subs are due by the end of March each year.
I look forward to seeing you all soon.
Best wishes,
Gill Clarke
Chairman
Visit to Warendorf: 5th - 11th August, 2009
Please keep this information handy on your kitchen calendar to remind you of the details of the trip:
Cost: £150 per head for coach travel from Petersfield and return.
Accommodation is in families and is free, apart from any presents you like to take with you.
Channel crossing will be by one of the short sea routes from Dover.
NB. You are strongly advised to take out travel insurance - in fact it is a condition of our Association public liability insurance that any travellers going abroad with a twinning visit MUST have their own insurance. It is one of those things it is better to have and not need than vice versa! (If you break a leg abroad and have to be repatriated, the cost runs into thousands of pounds.)
Please complete as applicable and return to The Chairman, Mrs. G. Clarke, 26, Pulens Lane, Sheet, Petersfield, Hants, Gu31 4DB with a cheque for £50 per person as a deposit, made payable to Petersfield Twinning Association.
I/We should like to join the group going to Warendorf in August and enclose .as a deposit.
I/We should like to stay with ..if possible.
Name(s) ..
Address ..
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Tel.no .
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Please note that we still wish to add e-mail addresses to the membership list. If you have an e-mail address, would you, please, telephone us on 01730 302862 or even e-mail us on honsec@petersfieldtwinningassociation.org.uk
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To see the November 2008 Newsletter click on this link
To see the August 2008 Newsletter click on this link
To see the May 2008 Newsletter click on this link
To see the February 2008 Newsletter click on this link
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To see the September 2007 Newsletter click on this link
