Town Twinning – Cockermouth & Marvejols
The following exchanges have taken place since 1983.
Exchanges in the pipeline for 2020
25th – 31st October – 37th Anniversary Celebrations. Due to Covid-19 this visit has been cancelled
Cockermouth won the Europe Prize in 2000 here is a list of other Europe Prize Winners
68 School Exchanges comprising:
- 58 – Comprehensive Schools
- 4 – Elementary Schools
- 1 – Student Nurses from West Cumbria College
- 5 – Agricultural College Classes
- 23 Sports Visits including:
- 8 – Football Association
- 10 – Rugby Union
- 5 – Runners
- 7 – Parties of Walkers
- 6 – Parties of Majorettes
- 3 – Parties of Motor Cyclists
- 3 – Parties of Cyclists
- 8 – Choirs
- 6 – Theatre Groups
- 5 – Bands
- 3 – Parties of Modern Dance
- 2 – Parties of Artists
- 1 – Party of Shopkeepers
- 7 – Parties of Farmers
- 17 – Parties of Rotarians
- 33 – Visits of adults & officials including representatives of Policemen, Firemen and other Civic Officials for commemoration of anniversaries/special occasions/other miscellaneous
- 10 – Visits re European Awards including the Europe Prize & Association of Towns Awarded the Europe Prize
- 1 – Party re Inauguration of Marvejols Park in Cockermouth
- 3 – Army Visits for ‘Commando Raids’
- 6 – Parties of Folk Dancers
- 14 – Parties of People with Learning Difficulties
- 1 – Party of North Lozeriens FNACA
- 1 – Party of Scouts
- 228 – group exchanges in all to which must be added 100 individual language visits of approximately a month for students, plus many other private individuals giving an estimated total of about 10,000 people in all.