Sour end to twin town tradition

The Northern Echo | May 20, 2002| | Copyright

A 40-year tradition of friendship between Bishop Auckland and its twin French town has ended on a sour note.

It was not that the people of Ivry-sur-Seine, near Paris, said 'Non' to any more visits - they just did not reply to any invitations or write to explain why.

Now the Bishop Auckland and District French Twinning Association has disbanded and handed the money it raised for entertaining guests over to charity.

The Butterwick Hospice at Bishop Auckland has already been given 2,013, and the same amount is going to the cardiac unit at Bishop Auckland General Hospital.

Chairman Fred Alderson ...

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