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How did a little girl from Dusseldorf end up in a school photograph in Reading? In 1947, the Mayor of Reading Phoebe Cusden decided to extend the hand of friendship to a bomb-ruined city in Germany, so recently Britain's arch-enemy. In the face of fierce opposition from some quarters, she invited six children from Dusseldorf to come to Reading. It was the start of a town-twinning and friendship that has lasted 70 years. Written and produced by Chris Browning June - Lucy James Gretel - Isabella Offelder Narrators: Lucy Attenborough-Tyler Ann-Cathrin Barth Lily Böttcher Abigail Butler Sylvie Cattelani Annika Engel Lukas Migsch Ben Shepherd Freya Shute Emily Sweetnam Millie Young Readers: Andy Jones Faye Harland Duncan McLarty Adam Whitty With thanks to: June Whitcombe Gretel Rieber Ben Adams and The Holt School, Wokingham Madlen Pieles and Theodor-Fliedner-Gymnasium, Dusseldorf Reading-Dusseldorf Twinning Association Berkshire Record Office Dusseldorf Stadtarchiv Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf
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