TWINS TOWNS

READ AND ANSWER Many towns and cities across the world have got twins towns. Twinning started after World War II to help the countries in Europe become friends. Today twinning is still an important way for communities to learn about peace and friendship. There are over 2,000 twin towns, or friendship towns, in the UK. Some towns are twinned with each other because they've got something in common, like a similar history or similar industry.For example:Coventry in the UK is twinned with Dresden in Germany because both towns were bombed in World War II.Olney is int he south of the UK. Olney is twinned with a town called Liberal in the USA. People from Liberal go to Olney every year and take part in the Pancake Day race!In Scotland there is a town called Dull. Dull is twinned with a city called Boring in the USA. Look up 'dull' in a dictionary to find out why! When did twinning start? Why? Twinning started .... How many twin towns are there in the UK? There are over... Which two towns have got similar history? What happens in Olney every year? In Olney there is a... What's another word for 'boring'? _ is another word for boring. It means ....... Think of an interesting fact about your town to share with our eTwinning partners.