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Evacuee Returns to Waldshut-Tiengen

20/11/2019

 
Back in the summer our Chairman received a very unexpected phone call from a Mr Levi. Mr Levi explained that on his way to stay with his son and family who had recently moved to Firle he noticed as they drove through Lewes, a sign showing Lewes was twinned with Waldshut-Tiengen. Mr Levi said that he was born in Waldshut in the early 1930’s and his family then moved and lived in Tiengen for a number of years before being evacuated before the second World War. After taking some details our Chairman then shared the information with his contacts in Waldshut-Tiengen and in October Mr Henry Levi (88) was then invited to our Summit Meeting in Lewes where he also met visitors from Waldshut-Tiengen and exchanged information about his past. On 20th November this year Henry Levi visited Waldshut-Tiengen for two days as a guest of the Mayor where he was made contact with the other former evacuees and their relatives and given a tour of the Towns and recalled some very emotional times.
This story shows the value of bringing people together through Twinning
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Waldstadtfager 40th Anniversary

16/11/2019

 
On the 16th November the Waldstadtfagar Guggenmusik Band from Waldshut-Tiengen celebrated their 40th Anniversary. To help them celebrate the band invited their Revival Members along with guests from the Commercial Square Bonfire Society from Lewes to take part in a procession through the Town and on to a Concert at the Town Hall where Waldstadt Fager along with other Guggenmusik Bands gave a loud performance that went on into the early hours. The evening was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone, with members of the Bonfire Society singing a resounding Auld Land Syne.
On the Sunday after the visitors from Lewes were taken on a tour of the Black Forest where they visited a Schnapps Museum, and some enjoyed a traditional Black Forest Gateau. In the evening the guests were given supper and a jam session with both the Revival Band and the younger Waldstadt Fager Band. Afterwards presentations were exchanged, and each guest was given a CD to commemorate the 40 years.
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