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  • 2024 Visit to Saint Valery

    Recently our members spent a long weekend in our beautiful twin town of St Valery-sur-Somme in Picardy. We were welcomed at the Town Hall by the mayor with a Vin d’honneur. The square in front of the Church and Town Hall was a riot of colour in the newly planted gardens, as were all the…

  • 2021 Digest

    A late Summer Garden Barbeque was the first time members had gathered since the lockdown, and was greatly enjoyed by all. Our annual Pétanque Competition was held in September where the winning team was presented with the new Roy Calthorpe Cup. A delicious lunch and cream tea added greatly to the success of the day.…

  • RIP Roy Calthorpe

    At our 2019 AGM Roy Calthorpe was elected as our Honorary President. He had also been our Chairman for twelve years. It is with much sadness that we announce that Roy died in February 2021. Roy and his wife, Em, had been enthusiastic members and loved going to St Valery and leading us in all…

  • 2019 AGM

    At our recent AGM we elected Roy Calthorpe as Honorary President and Stephen Bradshaw as Chairman, both long time members who have worked hard for the Association over the years. The retiring Chairman, Michael Betts, detailed events of the past year and the Secretary laid out the forthcoming programme, highlighting the visit to Battle by…

  • St Valery – Yesterday and Today Photographic Exhibition

    On his first visit to St. Valery in the 1990’s our President, Roy Calthorpe had a strong sense of déjà-vue. When Roy returned home, he found among his father’s papers several photos of St. Valery in the early years of the twentieth century.There was one card with a message saying, “Today I walked out to…

  • 2018 Battle of Hastings anniversary

    On 13th and 14th October 2018, Battle Twinning Association and Le Souvenir Normand joined together to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. In the 11th Century Monk’s Refectory at Battle Abbey, they organised exhibitions of the history and different activities in which the organisations are involved, together with display stands manned by members…

  • 2018 visit to St Valery

    In late August 2018, members from Battle Twinning Association spent a very enjoyable weekend with our friends in St Valery.Enroute, there was a visit to Chateau Hardelot, a neo-gothic castle constructed by an English industrialist during the nineteenth century on the ruins of an ancient fort. This has been restored as a joint Anglo-French project…

  • 50 Years of Twinning

    In 2016 our two towns celebrated this special Anniversary of our long and strong friendship between local residents. Much preparation was made by individual members of Battle Twinning Association to commemorate and co-ordinate our events with the 950th Anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. The St Valery sign in St Mary’s Churchyard was restored and…