The world is a fast changing and very difficult place. Twinning agreements/friendship agreements have their origins in the rebuilding of Europe after the Second World War, including Crewe and Nantwich.

They were one of the important mechanisms for breaking down barriers between people, where barriers were, and still are, created through not sharing a common language.

Town twinning fosters friendship, both at the civic and personal level.

Twinning helps people develop their language skills; it exposes them to a different way of life and different cultures.

In what is becoming an ever more complex and complicated world, twinning brings people together. Twinning is a force for good.

Twinning can develop cultural, educational, sporting and recreational links for mutual benefit particularly through exchange visits and tourism.

It gives young and old an opportunity to share ideas, views, experiences and to build new connections and friendships; and sometimes provide good business opportunities.

Crewe and Nantwich has long links with Macon, France (since 1957), Bischofsheim, Germany (since 1991) and Dzierzoniow, Poland (since 2005).

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All are interesting and entertaining venues and bases for visits and holidays. The links are held together by The Crewe and Nantwich Twinning Association (C&NTA) as well as the town councils.

If you want to build a relationship with a football club, or choir, or museum, or cycling club, or church or concert band, or any club you are in, you can link with your opposite in one of the towns and maybe travel over to see or play them.

From a cost perspective it's a lovely learning and holiday opportunity at a bargain price. Whilst you have to pay to get there, you would normally be hosted and fed but with an expectation of reciprocation.

It's a trip that would help develop your language, though most in all three towns can speak English.

But it's not mainly about learning a foreign language, it's about enjoying yourself, making new friends, having a great holiday and bringing us all closer together.

If you are interested in joining C&NTA and want to chat and discuss, just email me at: [email protected].

Join "The Crewe and Nantwich Twinning Association" Facebook group; it's a relatively new site, developed just for those interested in "building a link."

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