Windermere Twinning News
Chris Tewksbury, the Mayor of Windermere and Bowness unveiled a 'finger sign' erected in the park by the Baddeley Clock in Windermere, pointing out the direction and distance to the twin town of Diessen-am-Ammersee. This sign was a gift from the people of Diessen to the towns of Windermere and Bowness. The sign matches a corresponding sign in the town of Diessen.
During the previous evening at a gala reception at The Hydro Hotel Bowness, given for the visiting Diessen Lions, a twinning agreement was signed by the two Lions chairmen in front of members of the Lions groups of Windermere and Diessen as well as Barrow and Kendal whose party included John Hadley the chairman of Kendal Lions and also the Kendal Twinning Association.
Planted beneath the sign, were ten rose bushes given to the people of Windermere and Bowness by the Lions group of Diessen. This special rose is a species created for the Lions, and has a characteristic white and yellow flower. The roses are planted in a bed shaped in the 'D' of Diessen and serve to give pleasure to all who walk in the area.
Tony Blaney,
Windermere Twinning Committee