What we do.

Plaisir, a small but growing town in the Department of Les Yvelines, is on the N10 Paris/Dreux route. It is also twinned with towns in Austria, Germany and Portugal.

The Twinning was first talked about in 1976/77 when Mme Josephine Littman (pictured) approached Mr Andy Taylor (then Chief Executive of Waveney District Council), asking if Lowestoft would Twin with Plaisir. Our first committee was formed with Councillor Ken Turner as Chairman, and that same year a party from Plaisir, including M. Mouton, Mayor of Plaisir, joined us in Lowestoft Town Hall for the signing of a ‘Declaration of Friendship’ between the two towns. The following year, 1979, a party from Lowestoft visited Plaisir for the official Twinning Ceremony.

The main aim of the Association is to create friendships and to share the cultures of

our two countries.

Every other year, in the Spring half-term, we visit Plaisir, and the next year, at the beginning of July, the Plaisirois visit Lowestoft. We have visited Paris, Chartres, Orleans, and Dreux, the French have made visits to North Norfolk, Cambridge and Norwich. We have also explored the areas around Lowestoft and Plaisir.

Although there are people both here and in Plaisir who are delighted to receive guests but who are not able to make the return journey, those of us who accept accommodation with a family in Plaisir, are expected to offer accommodation on the return visit. Youngsters need a responsible adult and it is a long journey for very small children.

Help is always at hand for those who have no French/English, but it is rarely called upon.

At home, we have a Cheese and Wine Evening, Dinners, quiz evenings, boules and BBQ and so on. In February, there is the A.G.M. and in April, there is an inter-town quiz where we meet members of other Twinning Associations in Suffolk.