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Hexham Town Twinning Association's Annual General Meeting 2024
The event took place in Hexham Community Centre on the evening of 17th May. Members of Hexham Village Band played for us before the meeting. The official business of reviewing last year's accounts…
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METZINGEN VISITS HEXHAM, JUNE 21-24 2024
METZINGEN VISIT TO HEXHAM, 21-24 JUNE 2024 On Friday 21st June a group of visitors from our partner town in south-western Germany arrived here for the first time since the pandemic, travelling mostly…
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HEXHAM VISIT TO NOYON, 24-27 MAY 2024
Following arrival by coach on Friday evening, guests from Hexham attended an official reception in Noyon's town hall on Saturday morning, addressed by both mayors. Derek Kennedy and Sandrine…
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Mini-Oktoberfest 2024
Around 50 people attended an evening of German beer, pretzels and song in the Tannery, Gilesgate, Hexham on the evening of Wednesday 23rd October. The music was provided by members of Hexham Village…
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Film Viewing 20.03.24: 'The taste of Things' sponsored by Hexham Town Twinning Association
Wednesday 20th March at 19.30 in the Forum Cinema, Hexham In a delectable feast for the senses, peerless cook Eugenie (Juliette Binoche) has worked for the famous gourmet Dodin for the last 20 years.…
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PIZZA EVENING WITH QUIZ IN VERCELLI RESTAURANT, HEXHAM
More than thirty members of Hexham Town Twinning Association met in Vercelli on Priestpopple on the evening of 22nd January for a social event to brighten the dark (and blustery) nights of winter.…
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HEXHAM'S PEACE WALK 2023
Hexham Town Council, in partnership with Hexham Town Twinning Association, organised a peace walk on Saturday 11th November 2023. Together with people in our twin towns (Noyon in France and Metzingen…
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MINI OKTOBERFEST IN THE TANNERY PUB, HEXHAM, 25 OCTOBER 2023
Connor, our host, welcomed us for an evening of German culture in the Tannery Pub. Hexham Village Band played 'The Ode to Joy' and 'Die Lorelei' among other German songs. Everyone could enjoy Helles…
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HEXHAM VISITS METZINGEN, SEPTEMBER 2023
Most members of Hexham Town Twining arrived on Friday 22nd September and stayed with hosts in and around the town. On the first evening there was a civic reception in the town hall, where residents…
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FRESHER'S FAIR IN THE QUEEN ELIZABETH HIGH SCHOOL, SEPTEMBER 2023
The student representatives on the committee of Hexham Town Twinning, Jake Perrie and Amelia Dalton (see photo), ran a stand at the freshers' fair in the school at the start of the new academic year…
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PÉTANQUE IN THE PARK, JUNE 2023
An open invitation was extended to all those wishing to take part in the French game of pétanque near the bandstand in the Sele Park. Participants met at 11am and enjoyed pain au chocolat as a…
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NOYON VISITS HEXHAM, 26-29 MAY 2023
Our guests from Noyon arrived on Friday 26th May. The weather was superb. On Saturday there was a visit to Beamish Museum in County Durham. Upon return to Hexham, hosts entertained their guests at…
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'Wings of Desire' FILM SHOWING SPONSORED BY TOWN TWINNING, MARCH 2023
GERMAN FILM IN THE FORUM CINEMA, 23RD MARCH 2023 Sponsored by Hexham Town Twining Association as part of the Tynedale Film Festival 'Wings of Desire' by Wim Wenders, 1987. Two angels, Damiel (Bruno…
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TREES IN MEMORY OF PAST MEMBERS, JANUARY 2023
Hexham Town Twinning Association unveiled two tree dedications on Sunday 15th January in the Sele Park. The event was introduced by HTTA Chairperson Marianne Corder. Deputy Mayor Fay Hartland…
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PEACE WALK IN METZINGEN, NOVEMBER 2022
A SIMULTANEOUS PEACE WALK IN HEXHAM AND METZINGEN The starting point was Metzingen's town hall at 15.00 on 12th November 2022, timed to be exactly at the same time as the Hexham Peace Walk. It was…
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REMEMBRANCE IN NOYON, NOVEMBER 2022
"The Armistice came into effect at 11am on 11th November 1918, bringing to an end four terrible years of fighting. The cost to France was immense: 1.4 million dead; 4 million wounded and maimed. Millions…
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REMEMBRANCE IN HEXHAM, NOVEMBER 2022
On Sunday 13th November Hexham's Mayor Derek Kennedy mentioned Hexham's twin towns at the Remembrance service at the town's war memorial, saying: "To the people of our twin towns of Noyon, France and…
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PEACE WALK, NOVEMBER 2022
Hexham Town Twinning Association, in partnership with Hexham Town Council and Churches Together in Hexham, organised a peace walk on Saturday 12th November 2022, attended by around 120 people.…
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PEACE WALKS IN HEXHAM AND METZINGEN, NOVEMBER 2022
Metzingen's poster for the Peace Walk, right, was published by the Town Twinning Metzingen-Hexham Association in cooperation with the Metzingen Round Table for Peace. Starting point: Metzingen's town…
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HEXHAM TOWN TWINNING MENTIONED IN A MAJOR GERMAN DAILY NEWSPAPER, SEPTEMBER 2022
Following the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II we were made very aware of the high regard in which Her Late Majesty was held by those abroad. The chief representative for Metzingen's town partnership,…
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HEXHAM TOWN TWINNING VISIT TO NOYON 26-29TH AUGUST 2022
After an early departure by coach from Hexham, we had plenty of time for the channel crossing. Soon we were with our hosts in Picardy. On the Saturday morning in the town hall of Noyon, members of…
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GERMAN FILM 'TONI ERDMANN'
Showing in the Forum Cinema Hexham at 19:30 on Thursday 24th March 2021, sponsored by Hexham Town Twinning Association as part of the Tyne Valley Film Festival. Prankster Winfried doesn’t see much of…
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FRENCH FILM, 14th and 15th DECEMBER 2021 IN THE FORUM CINEMA, HEXHAM
Petite Maman (U) subtitled. On 14th December the Forum was busy for drinks and snacks before the viewing. The latest film from Céline Sciamma ('Portrait of a Lady on Fire', 'Girlhood'), 'Petite…
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Film Showing in the Forum Cinema, September 2020
In association with Hexham Town Twinning Association there were two showings of 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' (French: 'Portrait de la jeune fille en feu'), a 2019 historical drama film written and…
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March 2020: we regret to announce the death of one our most loyal and longest-serving members, David Hindley
David was Chair of our association from 1999 to 2001 and as Secretary from both 1995 to 1999 and again from 2006 to 2009. Hewas a life-long advocate for the ideals of town twinning and continued to…
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Film Showing in the Forum Cinema, Hexham, 11th February 2020
Hexham Town Twinning Association and the Forum Cinema presented Never Look Away (German: ,Werk ohne Autor', lit. 'Work Without Author'), a 2018 German coming-of-age romantic drama film written and…
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Film Showing in the Forum Cinema, Hexham, 3rd December 2019
Hexham Town Twinning and the Forum Cinema presented the film Joyeux Noël ('Merry Christmas'), an epic war drama based on the Christmas truce of December 1914, depicted through the eyes of French,…
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Hexham visits Metzingen in October 2019
A group of nearly 20 people has recently returned from a very successful visit to Hexham’s twin town of Metzingen. Hexham’s German twin is a somewhat larger town of some 22,000 inhabitants, once…
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Noyon visits Hexham in June 2019
Well over 100 people of all shapes, sizes and ages dancing together in Hexham Abbey’s Great Hall is something wonderful to behold. When they’re ceilidh-dancing to Hexham’s very own Village Band and…
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Metzingen visits Hexham in September 2018
“A wonderful weekend” was the verdict of one of Hexham’s town twinners after hosting Metzingen visitors; “a really positive experience” said another. In all, 16 people of all ages came over to Hexham…
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Hexham visits Noyon in May 2018
43 people from Hexham, including the mayor Tom Gillanders, 4 students and members of the Hexham Village Band went by bus to Noyon. The party was taken to spectacular limestone quarries at Montigny…
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