Black & white

Quick trip into Evesham today, so I took a photo of the black & white buildings near the High Street. This is on Melsungen Allee - renamed when Evesham was twinned with Melsungen in Germany. There is an Evesham Allee in Melsungen in return!

This made me curious about when and why the two towns were twinned, so I googled and found this:

Evesham has been twinned with Dreux since 1977 and Melsungen since 1982. The link with the French town is down to historical reasons as it was the birthplace of Simon de Montfort, who fought and died in the Battle of Evesham, and is home to the Royal family mausoleum of the Duc d'Orleans, who once lived at Wood Norton Hall, on the outskirts of the town. As Dreux was already twinned with Melsungen, Evesham also established links with the town in Germany.

You learn something new every day...