An exhibition at Cleethorpes Town Hall has celebrated 50 years of the coastal resort's twinning with a German riverside resort. Cleethorpes became twinned with Königswinter in west Germany in 1974. As well as a visit by a delegation from Königswinter on July 12-15, an exhibition is being held this week, looking at the history of the twinning.
Copies of the first correspondence between representatives of each town, newspaper clippings, photographs of visits, and information about Königswinter features. There are also take home recipes for the likes of German cheesecake and Gurkensalat , German cucumber salad. Read More: Hundreds fined for littering in North East Lincolnshire as council says 'we are making progress' Woman issued with first-of-its-kind fine in Cleethorpes for obstructing a council official The star element, though, are several first-hand experiences of the first cultural and school exchanges between the towns.
This includes Cleethorpes area pupils who visited the German town in 1975. Well over 20 people reached out to share their memories, after an appeal partly through the Grimsby Live . "There's not many, I'm told by the Foreign Office, local authorities that have got an active twinning with a town in Europe still active after 50 years," said Cllr Keith Brookes, chair of Cleethorpes Charter Trustees.
Each town hall has a room named after its twin. "This remains like this all the time and it's well used for meetings of the council," said Cllr Brookes, as .