On 20 July 2024 members enjoyed the traditional Partnership Summer Lunch in brilliant sunshine.
Here three chairs, the current chair, Laura Garnham, and two previous chairs, are showing off the Frankenberg deckchairs with designs by Philipp Soldan,
much-loved son of Frankenberg and Rennaissance artist.
OUR NEXT EVENT
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Extrordinary General Meeting
on Wednesday, 7th May at 7.30 pm
Venue to be notified
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Unfortunately it had not been possible to find enough vounteers to elect a committee.
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Therefore this meeting is being held to rectify this situation.
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Sadly, if volunteers do not come forward, it may be necessary for the association to go into liquidation.
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Naturally, the hope is that this can be avoided.
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If you are interested in Partnership/Twinning with Frankenberg, do come to the meeting or contact the secretary. Details at the end of the website.
What we do when there is no visit to or from Frankenberg
We arrange occasional social gatherings for members and friends.
A New Year Get-Together has become a lovely tradition, when a glass of "Glühwein", accompanied by some German Christmas goodies has been a wonderfully sociable way to start recent New Years.
Then there are the simple German-style suppers accompanied by musical entertainment which are as popular as our
"Kaffee und Kuchen" afternoons.
A member's garden usually is the venue for a Summer Sunshine Event.
Apart from social activities the Association presents an annual prize and commendations to students of Manningtree High School and of
East Bergholt High School who have made exceptional progress in their German language studies.
And do have a look at the Anniversary Garden, opposite the Fire Station, a joint project with Manningtree Town Council to celebrate 50 years of Partnership between the communities of Manningtree and Frankenberg and their surrounding areas.
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Exchange Visits
Regular visits link the people of our towns. This photo shows Manningtree members saying "good bye" to our visitors from Frankenberg after a highly enjoyable visit in June 2022.
Now we look forward to our next visit from Manningtree to Frankenberg.
See "exciting news"Â above.
Exchanging gifts
Every exchange visit has a celebration dinner and an exchange of gifts! In 2022 our guests from Frankenberg took home a painting of Manningtree and left us two deckchairs with designs by the artist Philipp Soldan, a famous son of Frankenberg.
A local social get-together
The Partnership arranges regular local social gatherings for its members [Covid-permitting].
On this occasion members were enjoying genuine German cakes and live music!
Contact Manningtree & District/Frankenberg Partnership Association
For more information about membership (only £10 pp pa) Â
please contact the secretary
07891963005
