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GORING VETERANS
This is a related web site of the Goring and District Twinning Association, which is devoted to archiving information about our local war veterans from Goring or Streatley, who served in the armed forces or who otherwise lived through the war.
The 25th Anniversary celebrations of the twinning of Bellême and Stühlingen were held during the weekend of 5th to 8th May 2005 in France. These celebrations were also attended by members of our Twinning Committee.
This Twinning Anniversary also coincided with the 60th Anniversary of VE day, which was marked by a ceremony at the war memorial in Bellême, with the laying of floral tributes by veterans from each country. A wreath from our committee was laid at the war memorial.
This anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe was also marked by the production of videos from each of the three towns with interviews with people who had served in the respective forces of Germany, France and Britain.
Adrian T, assisted by cameraman Ray A, had interviewed a number of local people who remembered the war years. These interviews may be made available on DVD together with the interviews made in Germany and France.
An article in the May 2005 edition of Goring Gap News was based on the interviews recorded in Goring as part of this Twinning project.
This web site records the same details of those Veterans who were interviewed at that time.
We would also like to interview any Other Veterans who would like to contribute their memories of those times.
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