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In June 1992 the Czechs had sent a magnificent, all costumed, all singing, all dancing, all talented folk ensemble to Bridgwater. In July, less than a month later, the Bridgwater Twinning group knocked together […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Our great friend Eva Kordova from Ceske Budejovice brought with her a group of talented musicians from her home town to play a couple of concerts around Somerset linking up with local musicians arranged […]

From Bridgwater’s twin town in France, La Ciotat, our contact Nathalie MacAndrew  brought a group of young French students on a project she described as EASY SPEAKING. The students stayed at Model Farm and […]

Jana Hubena from Uherske Hradiste, long time supporter of the Bridgwater-Czech link brought over a handfull of Moravians and we all had a jolly jaunt along the south coast and down to Cornwall.And here’s […]

Dagmar Mega from Uherske Hradiste, Bridgwater’s Czech twin town, brought over 5 youngsters to take part in the YMCA summer camp project in Bridgwater. Transport was handled by Ian Tucker on this occaision,