When I was a lad at school (did we have twinning in those days?) word got about that Brest was to be 'twinned' with Naples. For the life of me couldn't figure out why , but perhaps Bristol got in on the act at the same time...
Incidentally, how many of you knew the origin of the rather raunchy connotation of the word 'Bristol'? Rhyming slang apparently, Bristol City (meaning the football team) rhymes with .... oh well never mind.
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