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Andrew Starr
Nov 14, 20181 min read
Armistice 100 Commemorations in Caen
As Caen was the first major French city to be liberated after the battle of Normandy and D-Day in 1944 and as these battles were made...
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Andrew Starr
Oct 25, 20181 min read
The Great South Run 2018
On Saturday October 20th 2018 around 20 runners from Caen arrived to take part in the 29th Great South Run which took place on Sunday...
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Andrew Starr
Oct 13, 20181 min read
Our Cheese and Wine Event
Our first Cheese & Wine evening was held at Milton Village Community Hall on Saturday, October 6th 2018. It was well attended and a good...
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Kevan Chippindall-Higgin
Sep 23, 20186 min read
Police football teams play in Caen
An article from actu.fr can be seen here (in French) Another from (in French) Tendance Ouest can be seen here The French Police are here...
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Bethan Lovell & Sandra Pinel
Sep 11, 20189 min read
Internships 2018
This page collects together information from the two interns who took part in our exchange programme with Caen this summer. Bethan Lovell...
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Andrew Starr
Sep 11, 20181 min read
Want to be more involved?
If you want to be more involved with Portsmouth Twinning and help out organising events, swapping ideas and generally more in the loop...
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Andrew Starr
Sep 11, 20181 min read
Cheese and Wine Evening
On Saturday, October 6th 2018, the Portsmouth European Cities Twinning Committee (Caen and Duisburg merged) are organising a Cheese and...
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Andrew Starr & Jean Barrow
Aug 13, 20182 min read
Kite Festival 2018
For the first time this year, we invited the Portsmouth Ambassadors to be on our stand at the Kite Festival, which we did for the Lord...
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Andrew Starr
Aug 7, 20181 min read
Kite Festival Southsea Common
We have had a wonderful summer of hot sunny weather. Hopefully it will be pleasant enough for the Kite Festival to go ahead this Saturday...
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Andrew Starr
Jul 4, 20181 min read
A Visit from the University of Caen
An esay to remember link to this blog post is: tinyurl.com/portcaenuni On July 2nd and 3rd a delegation of lecturers from across the...
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Andrew Starr
Jun 19, 20181 min read
A visit from Caen
From June 14th to June 18th a group of long standing friends from Caen came to Portsmouth to visit. Their programme was full and I was...
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Andrew Starr
Jun 14, 20181 min read
Summer Internship Post Available in Caen
An easy to remember link to this page is: tinyurl.com/caenstage18 Intern opportunity in Caen, France for 1 month in August 2018 We have...
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Andrew Starr
Jun 6, 20181 min read
Commemorating D-Day 74 years on.
Today I laid a wreath on behalf of Caen-Portsmouth Twinning on Southsea's D-Day Memorial. This year marks 74 years since D-day. The...
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Andrew Starr
Jun 4, 20185 min read
D-Day Story and Caen Peace Garden
An easy to share url for this page is tinyurl.com/caendday18 By clicking on any links in bold blue text you will be taken from this page...
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Andrew Starr
May 16, 20184 min read
Mayor Making 2018
(French Translations provided by the Translation Studies student of the University of Brest). Investiture (Intronisation) du maire, 2018...
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The Committees in Portsmouth and Caen
May 16, 20186 min read
Caen-Portsmouth Chronology
There has of course over the past many years of collaboration between our two cities been much that has happened... This page is where we...
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Fiona Brown & Jean Barrow
May 16, 20182 min read
The U3A Caen Exchange.
In April 2018 members of the U3A here in Portsmouth went on a visit to Caen. Jean and Fiona have supplied photographs and an article for...
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Andrew Starr
May 8, 20182 min read
The Lord Mayor's Rural and Seaside Show
We had a stall at the Lord Mayor's Rural and Seaside Show over the May Day Bank Holiday weekend this year. We were there to promote the...
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Andrew Starr
Apr 24, 20181 min read
A chance to meet the committee
If you have thought about getting involved with twinning in Portsmouth with either Caen or Duisburg, then now is the time to put your...
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Claire Reid
Apr 13, 20181 min read
Orelsan ft Stromae La pluie (à Caen)
It would seem that Orelsan (a French rapper) has teamed up with Stromae (a Belgian rapper) who had a hit in the UK with 'Alors on danse'...
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