North Ferriby Parish Council
North Ferriby - Le Pellerin
Twinning Association
Association
Le Pellerin - North Ferriby
With the backing of the Parish Council, the Twinning Association was formed in the spring of 2003. North Ferriby is twinned with a French village in Brittany - situated just West of the city of Nantes on the Loire estuary in North East France. Le
Pellerin is a village with many similarities to North Ferriby, in
a similar location, on the estuary of France's longest river, the
Loire, just a few miles from the regional centre, Nantes. The relationship
between the two villages has been developing steadily, involving
not only the two associations but also primary and secondary schools
on both sides; we hope to be able to add sporting links in coming
months. Any village organisation interested in exploring possible
contacts with a French group with similar interests may contact
one of our committee members. Everyone
is invited to play a part in this exciting project: it is open for
the whole village and we look forward to many on-going links between
these two special communities.
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Chairman's
Report 2010 (pdf file) The A.G.M. of the Le Pellerin/North Ferriby Association last Friday was notable for the surprise announcement by Chantal Auffray, deputy mayor responsible for democracy and citizenship: “The Town Hall intends to commence a programme of work in April 2010 with a view to a formal twinning which could be confirmed in 2011.” In this way the Association will see its original objective transformed into reality. Another reason for its President, Carole Larroze-Chicot, to celebrate is the “sign of friendship sent to our English colleagues by the unanimous decision of our Town Council to name three streets in Le Pellerin rue de North Ferriby, allée du Humber and allée du Yorkshire”. The high point of 2010 will be a trip to North Ferriby from 13th to 17th April by a delegation consisting at the moment of over twenty-five Pellerinais. They will take the Ryan Air flight at their own expense, complete the journey by coach paid for by the Association, and then be the guests of English families. Other activities to be continued are the “chat” evenings which enable members to converse in English (at a cost of €5 per evening per participant) during a convivial evening in the home of one of the members. Chats on the subject of cooking are attracting increasing numbers. Street Naming Article d'Ouest France Février 2010 (Word Document with scanned page in French) |
