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1994 had been a difficult year. Despite being the busiest so far there had been tensions within the society about the organisation which had come to a head with the resignations of a small […]

In 1993 we had run a very succesful and popular trip to Uherske Hradiste for the Kings Ride festival (Jizda Kralu). In 1994 it was attempted to repeat this. Our usual grass roots travellers, […]

Czechomania was the groups most ambitious project to date. It was devised on 28 March 1994 at a meeting of Smedley, Jo Cox, Cy Bartlett, Stuart Croskell and Mac McCausland. The idea was to […]

By 1994 Jana Hubena was pushing us to find a group that was compatible to her Agricultural College students. Despite there being an agricultural college here in Bridgwater the first group that approached us […]

The Bridgwater Czech-Slovak Friendship Society had been set up in 1991, achieved a formal twinning in 1992 and expanded its programme massively in 1993. 1994 was to be an even bigger programme, often back […]

In May 1993 the boomingly popular Bridgwater Czech Friendship society organised a major trip to Uherske Hradiste by minibus and by plane. Chair of Sedgemoor-Patrick Daniel, Mayor of Bridgwater John Turner and Chief Executive […]

In February 1993 Brian Smedley & Mac McCausland were joined by Stuart Croskell on a mid winter trains and just trains fact finding trip to Czech Republic to plan the many projects for the […]

By 1993 we had a formal twinning and we’d sent groups and individuals to each others countries. But where now? Bridgwater’s name and reputation was spreading across the new Czech and Slovak Republics, independent […]