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This month Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees met French and German Consul Generals during their visit to Bristol to look at how Bristol is supporting the delivery of Settlement Scheme for French and German citizens living in Bristol.               Left to right: Herr Loeffler (German Consul General) Mayor Rees, Mon. Bazard (French Consul General)                 Left to right: Tim Illston (Hon German Consul), Herr Loeffler, Mayor Rees, Mon. Bazard and Josette leBrat (Hon...

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A team from Bristol-Hannover Council took part in the annual quiz between Bristol's seven twinnings. This time five of the twinnings were present for the quiz, which was hosted by last year's winners, the Bristol Link with Nicaragua (BLINC) at the Eastfield Inn, Henleaze. Five of the twinnings took part this year, and the winners were the Bristol China Partnership, with Bristol-Hannover Council coming an honourable second! We look forward to the BCP's quiz hosting in 2020!

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Ten artists in response to the European legacy of Twinning met for the first time in July 2018 for an exhibition at the TURBA gallery in Hannover. Five Hannover artists then exhibited in Bristol for the first time in spring 2019. This was the second exhibition of new contemporary works diversely created in the twin cities of Hannover and Bristol. A group of Bristol Hannover members attended the opening of this exhibition at the Centrespace Gallery and met the artists from BV studios Bristol and their partners from TURBA in Hannover. The exhibition is a reflection on current times through,...

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We had a great night on Monday 4th March at the Black Swan (Westbury-On-Trym). Rosenmontag is a big party to enjoy the last days before the privations of Lent – in other parts of Europe better known as Mardi Gras. The centre of the German Karneval is in Köln (Cologne), with an enormous procession, which takes place on the Monday before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. A fine buffet together with music (including song sheets) and projections of an actual event in 2016 (attended by Ann & Tony) made sure fun was had by all! The Rosenmontag 'Zug' (procession) has many floats, some of them...

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We were delighted to welcome back BHC member, Peter Davey, Bristol’s unique ‘tram man’ to recount the story of Bristol’s trams, sadly no longer visible in the city, though other cities like Sheffield and Nottingham have decided that trams are an excellent way of transporting large numbers of people quickly round the city. In Bristol the first trams were seen on St Michael’s Hill in 1875 (where the current Zero Degrees restaurant is situated) and the last one went up Whiteladies Road on 15th June 1939. Electric trams were to be seen on Old Market Street as early as 1895, run from the Bristol...

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The final talk in the series by our member Colin Evans, tracing the development of German art in the 20th Century looked at the contribution German artists are making in the world of contemporary art. The work of this eclectic group reflects the traumatic times they have lived through but the creative way in which they represent this also offers a beacon of hope for a more positive future. As international artists their standing is second to none and we could see why when we examined the works of five of them: Josef Beuys 1921-1986 and Rebecca Horn, born 1944, both noted for sculpture, performance...

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Congratulations to member Peter Davey, Bristol's trams expert, on receiving a letter from Her Majesty the Queen, congratulating Peter and his wife Teresa on their 60th wedding anniversary!  Zum Wohl!

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Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples. This year this coincides with the European Year of Cultural Heritage, as well as the end of World War I a century ago, the start of the Thirty Years’ War in 1618 and its end in 1648. In order not to forget how precious peace is to us all, and bearing in mind the conflicts raging in different parts of the world, bells will be rung all over Europe this coming Friday 21 September...

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We had a wonderful few days this summer with 15 of our Hannoverian friends, with a very intensive programme of visits, which our visitors seemed to thoroughly enjoy!  Highlights were visits to St Fagan's Open Air museum of Welsh History (and Chepstow Castle on the way back), the new Aerospace museum in Filton, the Blue Glass factory at Henbury (where the glass blower made a decorative tooth from blue glass (see below) for our Professor of Dentistry, Husa!), Blaise Castle, a walk round the centre of Bristol, with an entertaining commentary by our guide, member Roger Harper, a visit to the Impossible...

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Come and meet three of the artists taking part in UPFest 2018 and hear about their inspirations, the graffiti art scenes where they live and work and ask them questions about what makes them do what they do! Dr Love is from Tbilisi the capital of Georgia which has been officially twinned with Bristol since 1988. He and two of his colleagues are here to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the link.                     Lady JDay is from Bordeaux in South West France which was twinned with Bristol in 1947 as part...

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