Bridgewater and Marsa

Bridgwater, a town in Somerset, is twinned with Malta's port town Marsa. Dan Sales writes in The Bridgewater Mercury:

Bridgewater has made headline news in a Maltese paper thanks to its historical links to Marsa. The story was discovered by twinning association members Pat and Steve Morgan after leafing through a copy of the L-Orizzont given to them by the Mayor Francis Debono, during their visit to the area. In the middle two pages there was a large story about Bridgwater and how it became linked with the town. Twinning association spokesman Pat Morgan said: "We met up with various people from Marsa and visited the 1st Marsa summer scout camp near Marsaxlokk.

"As the article was written in Maltese the paper was brought back to Bridgwater for Joan Gill, the wife of our chairman who comes from Siggiewi in Malta, to translate for us." The Bridgwater association now says it is looking forward to the visit next week of the mayor, his family and Councillor Mary Rose Dalli. And on September 15 it is holding a Maltese Evening at the Wellworthy Club - more details at www.bridgwater-marsa.webeden.co.uk.