Calne - Eningen 35th Anniversary
Image via Eningen unter Achalm (schwaebischealb.de) Calne twinned with Eningen in 1988 through the driving forces of Don Wiffen representing Calne and Jürgen Steinhilber for Eningen , both mayors of their respective towns at the time. In 1987, the Calne Silver Band visited Eningen, delivering enthusiastically received concerts together with the Musikverein Eningen, as a result of which a group from Eningen and others, consisting of Mayor Steinhilber and some local councillors, visited the town of Calne in September 1987. It was decided to enter into an official partnership, which was to be sealed over the weekend of 26–29 May 1988 in Calne. Unfortunately, the partnership deed was not signed together, because a strike by the ferry crews of the P&O line in the Channel ports led to kilometre-long truck traffic jams. The truck drivers therefore blocked the entrances to the ferry ports. A closed trip of a group was therefore not possible....
