KREFELD CITIZEN VISITS LEICESTER TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF HIS TWINNING WITH LEICESTER My name is Frank Langen and 50 years ago, in 1974, a friendship began between my family and the Busby family from Leicester. Over the years, this friendship has developed so much that we see ourselves as a family. Unfortunately, apart from […]
FROESA FAMILY FROM KREFELD VISIT LEICESTER Fred Rankin (CLETA Chair) reports: On 1st April 2024, the Froesa family from Krefeld arrived in Leicester in time to watch the Championship Football match between Leicester City and Norwich City. Herbert Froesa and his wife, Christiane, together with their two grandsons, Maximillian and Alexander, originally visited Liverpool as […]
Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf Project on Twinning between Krefeld and Leicester Project Leader: Peter Wiedenau The Beginning: After the Second World War, a strong push was made by various factions in Europe to encourage better relations between its citizens. I quote from the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR): Twinning is the expression of […]
ATHENA LADIES VOLLEYBALL TEAM SEMI FINAL SUCCESS 2024 Leicester Athena Women’s NVL Division 1 Volleyball Team continues to go from strength to strength, maintaining their mid-table position in the league and securing a National Shield final position to be held at the Kettering Conference Centre on 20th April 2024. We are grateful for the continued […]
LORD MAYOR OF LEICESTER CHARITY EVENING Over 50 guests were in attendance during a Charity Fundraiser evening held at the Chef & Spice restaurant in Hinckley Road. During the evening, all guests paid for their meal and the manager, Mr Syed Rahman BEM, donated £12 per head from the cost of each meal to the […]
Sue Foulke’s of Leicester Ladies football recently celebrated her 70th Birthday and as they are affiliated to CLETA invited us along to join in the celebrations. CLETA were represented by Committee member and local Councillor, Devi Singh. Sue with Dev
The Mighty Creatives Afternoon Tea with the Lord Mayor Samantha Peberdy, Shantelle York, Nick Owen, Lord Mayor, Emily York, Fiona Marks and Casey Soma Engelbert Humperdinck is renowned in circles of a certain age as one of the finest middle-of-the-road balladeers ever. He achieved international prominence with his songs “Release Me” and “The Last Waltz” […]
Krefeld’s 650th Anniversary Celebrations By John Towsend Leicester has long had a tradition of mayoral appointments going back to the middle ages and therefore appreciates the long history attached to the Krefeld mayoralty, which celebrates its 650th anniversary this year (1373-2023) and CLETA was particularly keen to accept the invitation to join in with their […]
EAST MIDLANDS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VISIT TO HASKOVO By John Townsend In the first week of September, John Townsend, Deputy Chair of CLETA, in his role as Deputy President of the East Midlands Chamber of Commerce, visited the twinned city of Haskovo. In addition to a number of meetings held with the representatives of several […]