Community dancing at Wessex Folk Festival 2008, Weymouth, Dorset
The name of her bar is l’Homme Vert after the Green Man of mythology, which is often seen as a symbol of rebirth and embodying the cycle of growth and renaissance of each new spring.
It occurred to me that folk mythology has long been a way of bringing people together to achieve human networking and that a good bar or pub can also be a powerful force to network a community together.
In an age when around a third of British people live alone and spend much of their time watching television, I suspect we need to spend a lot more time finding ways to get out and meet our neighbours.
In a world where mass communication enables us to interact with people on the other side of the world as if they were next door, it is perhaps advisable that we make sure our neighbours are also our good friends.
So, if there are any English villages, Welsh villages, Scottish villages or Irish villages who have aspirations for twinning and think they would like to twin with a small village in the North West of France called St Pierre Sur Orthe, why not contact Jen at l’Homme Vert, Rue Msgr Grandin, St Pierre Sur Orthe, Mayenne, Pays De La Loire, France.
Bye for now
Rob
We must congatulate you for what you did
Maybe you’ll be able to help us to find an English town that would like an exchange or a twinning.
The town of Voiron is looking for a contact with a similar English or British town, with a view to arranging informal exchange visits, which could lead to a town twinning arrangement.
We are particulary interested in young people, sport, choirs but would make do with a lot of different ideas.
Voiron is located in the south east of France; it is a very attractive market-town of about 22000 inhabitants in the foothills of the Alps and within easy reach of Grenoble.
It has an excellent summer climate and is also convenient for winter- sports
The Grenoble airport is about 25 km and there are flights of Easy Jet and Ryanair
I’m looking forward to hearing from you .
Best wishes
Suzy Guillard
( Chair of the English Club )
Like Suzy, I applaud your efforts and would like to find a small village to twin with ours, Orly Sur Morin (77750).
Like most villages in France, ours feels it owes an enormous debt of gratitude to Britain. Whilst we are a small village (620 inhabitants) there are 17 British servicemen buried in our tiny cemetary.
I am thinking of trying to track down relatives of those buried here; I’d be greatful for ANY help in forging links between our lovely village and the UK.
warmest regards
Andrew JAMES
(President, Association Orly Ensemble)