Visit to Saint-Maur-Des-Fossés, Confirmed

Raymond Hagger • October 4, 2023

25th - 28th April 2024

After several Zoom meetings with our friends in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, we are pleased to be able to announce a date for our visit to Saint-Maur next year. This will be Thursday 25th to Sunday 28th April, 2024.

We have established that Eurostar is the best and cheapest way to travel, as there are no additional charges for luggage. We would make our own way to and from London Saint Pancras, and onward travel from Paris Gare du Nord to Saint-Maur would be by RER (suburban train with one change). At the moment Eurostar tickets for these dates are on sale for about £100 return, but of course we cannot guarantee that they will stay at that price.

We would welcome former members of the French Exchange Group to join us but they would need to join the Twinning Association first. Please visit our membership page here

If would like to take part in this visit, to fill in the application form and send it, with a deposit cheque, payable to BRTA, of £100 per person, to David Roche, 2 Lakeland Avenue, North Bersted, Bognor Regis, PO21 5FA, by the 22nd October at the latest.

Any discrepancies in the price of tickets will be sorted out after tickets have been purchased.

Our French friends are going to arrange a meal together on the Saturday evening, but many of the activities are likely to be arranged by your host and you may be responsible for your own costs, This is a new venture and we must expect new things!

At the moment, our friends in Saint-Maur are compiling a list of hosts. Rest assured, that if not enough hosts can be found, and you are unlucky enough not to have one, your deposit will be returned in full. Please note that no-one will be eligible to come on the trip who has not joined the Twinning Association by the time of booking. There is still time to join and it is only £8 per individual or £15 per family!

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AGM celebrates another very successful year

By Maralyn Green • March 1, 2026

At the Regis School of Music, members of the Bognor Regis Town Twinning Association gathered for their AGM and to listen to the Association’s achievements over the past year. Mrs Heather Perrott, Chairman, led the AGM and praised the success of the Town Twinning Association in 2025. The social programme had been much enjoyed comprising rambles, a boules tournament, a quiz evening, luncheons, games evenings, talks, coffee mornings, and the ever popular Beaujolais Bistro, which sold out all 52 places quickly. A second Murder Mystery Evening was as successful as the first when members dressed up as the 14 suspects, whilst the rest of the guests tried to figure out who was the dastardly Murderer. At the Morning of Christmas Cheer, Father Christmas arrived with two rather adult-sized elves and quizzed guests as to the names of all his reindeer. Members were amused by his stories whilst partaking of the mulled wine, spiced apple punch and generous buffet available In May, visitors from our French twin town of St-Maur-des-Fossés, located near Paris, came to Bognor for several days, staying with members of the Twinning Association. A guided walking tour of Bognor, finishing in the Bognor museum, was arranged as well as visits to Petworth House, West Dean and Chichester. In June members of the Association visited Weil am Rhein, in the vineyard region of Southern Germany, and were treated to several days of visits to Switzerland and France, as well as the Black Forest. Members stayed with friends, old and new, and enjoyed evening receptions laid on by the Town Hall and also by the Weil am Rhein Association. Mrs Perrott was unanimously approved by the AGM as the new Chairman for 2026. Mr Patrick Hastings was welcomed as the new President of the Association. Mr Hastings has been a long-term active member, who was Chairman back in 1987 when Bognor initially twinned with Weil am Rhein.