Group Nights are currently held on the second Tuesday of each month at 7.30 p.m. and take place at Theydon Bois Village Hall, CM16 7ER.
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Most meetings can also be joined on-line using Zoom which you can access via the below link and is the same for each session.
Meeting ID: 840 2554 8565
Passcode: 909354
Upcoming events
9th June 2026 HGVs/LGVs with Chris Rodwell
14th July 2026 Summer Quiz with “our Graham”
August 2026 no meeting, summer break
8th September 2026 Safer Essex Road Partnership
13th Ocrober 2026 Paul Romaine, JP: The Life of a Magistrate
Previous events
12th May 2026 Chris Conlan – Pearly King of Bromley and Town Crier!
14th April 2026 AGM with Carl Sturman, the newly-appointed IAM RoadSmart Area Service Delivery Manager (ASDM) for East Central England & Anglia
10th March 2026 National Observers Graham Fennel and David Rosewell talk about being an Observer
10th February 2026 John Harrison explaining the intricacies of European number plates
13th January 2026 Graham’s ever popular seasonal quiz night
11th November 2025 Tony Matthews from the Commonwealth Wargraves Commision
14th October 2025 Esther Shaw – Understanding medical emergencies.
9th September 2025 Paul Haesmer – some pointers towards passing the Masters qualification.
8th July 2025 Graham Fennel’s Quiz Night
10th June 2025 Roy Tyzack – The humorous side of Policing
13th May 2025 Graham Feest – Road Safety
8th April 2025 AGM followed by Chris Truran with a talk – “A funny thing happened on the way to the Old Bailey”
AGM Douments and the latest Roadworthy can be downloaded from here.
11th March 2025 Car insurance claims – how to fight your corner, with Chris Rodwell
11th February 2025 Family car history with John Harrison
14th January 2025 A seasonally themed quiz night with Graham Fennell
10th December 2024 Group Christmas Dinner at The Bull, Theydon Bois
12th November 2024 “Casualty – the Real Life Charlie Fairhead” with Gary Jones, CBE
8th October 2024 “On every corner” with Roy Tyzack BEM, former Metropolitan and Essex police.
10th September 2024 ‘Transmission & overtaking’ with Nicholas Fearn
9th July 2024 Quiz Night & Summer Social
11th June 2024 Local landmark “The Copped Hall”, Epping, with Phillip McKinder
14th May 2024 “The Tidal Thames – Its Folklore and Traditions” with Mark Lewis
9th April 2024 AGM and in-house presentation – “A Hands on Approach to Smoothness”. AGM Documents can be downloaded here.
12th March 2024 Meet IAM RoadSmart Chief Examiner Richard Gladman.
13th February 2024 David Newall on his father Les’s wartime role as a bomber navigator and leading light in vehicle registration.
9th January 2024 7.30 p.m. at our new venue – Theydon Bois Village Hall, CM16 7ER “Seasonal Quiz Night”
12th December 2023 Group Christmas Dinner at The Bull, Theydon Bois (CM16 7HR). Limited places. E-mail paulheasmer@gmail.com (or tel. 07521 442236) to book your place.
14th November 2023 ‘Safety, System, Soothness and Sparkle’ by Paul Gillet, our Chief Observer. A refresher for some and a very useful insight for new associates.
10th October 2023 “The Essex & Herts Air Ambulance” with Peter Hennessey.
12th September 2023 “Digital Forensics” with Chris Truran. Face to face and via Zoom.
11th July 2023 “Quiz Night” and Summer Social with Graham Fennell. Light refreshments. Face to face only.
13th June 2023 “Operation Aerial – Churchill’s Second Miracle of Delivery with journalist and author David Worsfold. A previously untold story (www.worsfoldmedia.co.uk)
9th May 2023 “You’ve never had it so good” with Paul Robbins. Following on from Paul’s presentation to the group last year, this is a wonderfully nostalgic look back at society, culture, news and music from the golden age that was the 1950’s.
11th April 2023 AGM (30 mins) followed by “From Met. to City Police, Coroner’s Office to First Aid” with David Leech, founder of Crusaider First Aid.
The agenda and all AGM related documents are here.
14th March 2023 “Observer/Associate Special” with IAM Examiner Tom Duggan. Essential for all Associates and Observers – attendance in person please – this presentation was not available on Zoom.
14th February 2023 “Road Scenarios – interactive” (dinky toys provided) with Derek Leggetter
10th January 2023 Guide Dogs for the Blind presentation with volunteer Richard Webb, Guide Dog Puppy Fosterer.
