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Visit from Caen to Portsmouth's Victorian Festival of Christmas
On Saturday December 2nd 2017, 56 people from Caen came to Portsmouth with the Friendship Committee and its leader from Caen Mme Claudine...
Andrew Starr
Dec 10, 20171 min read
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30th Anniversary Events in Caen - Day 3
Day 3 started off quietly and calmly with breakfast and checkout from the hotel. Just after 11 am some vintage cars turned up to whisk...
Andrew Starr
Nov 29, 20172 min read
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30th Anniversary Celebrations in Caen - Day 2
It was an early start for the Saturday we were collected after breakfast and taken off to a place where they train people in the art of...
Andrew Starr
Nov 29, 20172 min read
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Visitors from Caen and Calvados this weekend
There will be two different groups coming over from Caen and its department of Calvados on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd of December. This...
Andrew Starr
Nov 29, 20171 min read
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TV Coverage of the official 30th Anniversary Celebrations in Caen
We featured twice on France 3 in Caen. The two videos should be viewable by clicking on the links below. France 3 Normandie, Caen -...
Andrew Starr
Nov 28, 20171 min read
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Official 30th Anniversary Event in Caen - Day One Friday 24th November 2017.
On Thursday, 23rd November, 2017, I gathered along with Cllr Linda Symes, Cllr Frank Jonas, Cllr Matthew Winnington, Cllr Stephen Morgan...
Andrew Starr
Nov 28, 20174 min read
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Caen and the Great South Run
Every year for a few years now we have sent a team of public sector workers from Portsmouth to take part in 'Les Courants de la Liberté'...
Andrew Starr & Kevan Chippindall-Higgin
Oct 23, 20172 min read
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Gala Raffle Prize Announcement
We are very pleased to announce that we have received a generous donation from Brittany Ferries for a return trip on the...
Andrew Starr
Sep 19, 20171 min read
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Helpful Peeps Website
As a committee we are always looking at new ways to help spread the word about our existence and bring people to our website. One way I...
Andrew Starr
Sep 15, 20172 min read
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Un grand merci au conseil de Caen
I would like to thank the people of Caen City Council, in particular Morgan Taillebosq and Véronique Mauger, who sent us over this...
Andrew Starr
Sep 15, 20171 min read
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Forthcoming Quiz Night
The Caen-Portsmouth Friendship Committee presents: A Franco-British quiz evening hosted by The Lord Mayor of Portsmouth Cllr. Ken...
Andrew Starr
Sep 14, 20171 min read
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Franco-British Museum - On Forces News
I was today sent a link via Facebook and Twitter for interviews that Forces News did on Friday 8th September 2017 at the Royal Navy...
Andrew Starr
Sep 11, 20171 min read
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The Official Launch of the Franco-British Museum
Today I had the honour of attending the official launch of the Franco-British Museum of Ousitreham in the Royal Naval Museum in...
Andrew Starr
Sep 8, 20171 min read
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The Victorious Festival
I was there on behalf of Portsmouth Ambassadors and Shaping Portsmouth to promote the Portsmouth Ambassadors Scheme at Victorious. Whilst...
Andrew Starr
Aug 29, 20171 min read
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My Internship in Caen
Hello I am Sam Marchant and I study languages at the University of Portsmouth. I have had the chance to spend this August in Caen working...
Samuel Marchant
Aug 26, 20172 min read
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Victorious Festival and Twinning
The official website of the City of Caen has announced that there are three bands from Caen playing in the Victorious Festival, which is...
Andrew Starr
Aug 26, 20172 min read
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Caen Committee Social Evening
We will be holding another short social event on Wednesday September 13th 2017 from around 18:45 at 'The Fleet' pub in King Henry 1st...
Andrew Starr
Aug 21, 20171 min read
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Southsea International Kite Festival
Maybe you passed by our stand at the Southsea International Kite Festival this weekend. You may also have taken part in our competition...
Andrew Starr/Jean Barrow
Aug 14, 20171 min read
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Day Trip to Caen - Coming In 2018
We're planning a day trip to Caen on a Saturday in 2018, most likely between April and June. We would like anyone interested in joining...
Andrew Starr
Jul 11, 20172 min read
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The Franco-British Museum in Ouistreham
This week I had the honour of attending two meetings with Mr Romain Bail, the Mayor of Ouistreham (the port of Caen) and many people he...
Andrew Starr
Jun 29, 20173 min read
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