On June 18th 1992 Bridgwater and Uherske Hradiste became the first British and Czech towns to twin after the 1989 Velvet Revolution. The date was chosen specially as it was the date of the […]
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1992 The Friendship Society Becomes a Twinning
Having formed a Friendship Society in 1991 and started fundraising in earnest the twinners on both sides built towards an eventual ‘Twinning’ which would happen June 18th 1992. During the first part of 1992 […]
Read more1991 Antonin Machala visits Bridgwater
1991 saw the start of the Bridgwater-Uherske Hradiste link. Following Brian Smedley’s visit to Czechoslovakia in August it was the turn of Antonin Machala to visit England (for the first time) in November. It […]
Read more1991 Brian Smedley visits Czechoslovakia
In August 1991 Brian Smedley extended his useful Euro-hitch to include Czechoslovakia and follow up the invitation letter from Antonin Machala. The route went France-Germany -Czechoslovakia-Austria-Switzerland-back to France and back to UK. A mixture […]
Read more1991 Formation of the Bridgwater Czechoslovakia Friendship Society
In 1990 Antonin Machala, then Chairman of the Uherske Hradiste Social Democrats (CSSD) wrote to Labour News in the UK asking for help in the first democratic elections following the collapse of Communism. Brian […]
Read moreHungary
For a decade we cultivated relations with Hungary. We made good friends in the capital Budapest and especially in the rural town of Sarvar. We ran many projects -football, music, film students, business links. […]
Read moreMontenegro
South of Croatia is Montenegro. The smallest of the former Yugoslav states and within easy reach of the tip of the EU. We’ve taken groups many times to Montenegro and our favourite place is […]
Read moreCroatia
We visit Croatia a lot. As do the Czechs who think it’s Czechia-on-Sea. Sometimes we go together. But Croatia is a long country. One massive coastline topped by rugged mountains and peppered with delightful […]
Read morePoland
Since they joined the EU the Poles have been the majority minority in Britain. So it’s not hard to meet a Pole here at home. However, one of our popular destinations is Poland itself […]
Read moreSlovenia
We don’t have a twinning with Slovenia…but we ought to. We have 2 seperate friendship groups in different parts of this small former Yugoslav country. in the mountainous Gorice region we link with the […]
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