The mayors of Newcastle Emlyn and the Breton town of Plonevez-Porzay, France signed the charter twinning the two towns at a ceremony in Neuadd Emlyn Hall on Saturday afternoon the 14th of August 1993. Cllr Hefin Williams and Mme Marie-Therese Le Pan put their names to the specially prepared vellum documents written in Welsh, French and English by calligrapher Ieuan Rees. Looking on are consorts Mrs Margaret Williams and M Andre Le Pan, with the chairmen of the Twinning Committees Cllr Owen Hesford (left) and M Michel Le Gouill waiting in the background to add their signatures.