Who we are
UK members and their German guests who took part in the 2023 language course in Epping
Eppingen in south-west Germany has been twinned with the town of Epping, north-east of London, for over four decades. Thanks to regular contact, many long-standing, friendly relationships have developed between individuals and families in both countries.
A twinning partnership is a big project. It takes a lot of people and a lot of effort to enable the association to flourish and to retain its appeal. Here we introduce some of the people involved in our partnership in both countries – remembering that they are just representative of our many members and supporters.
Other people have contributed to the success of the twinning in all sorts of ways – organising joint and local events, hosting visitors, teaching the language courses, providing transport and catering, and much more.
Epping committee 2024-25
Humphrey Wheeler
President (& Publicity)
Barbara Scruton
Chair
Lis Goodwin
Vice Chair
Derek Humphrey
Vice Chair
David Goodwin
Treasurer
Carol Mansbridge
Secretary
Peter Le Beau
Membership Secretary
Nigel Cooper
Committee Member
Vicki Corbett
Committee Member
Joy Eldridge
Committee Member
Jeannie Humphrey
Committee Member
Graciela Schar
Committee Member
Julie Turrell
Committee Member
Cherry McCredie
Mayor of Epping
ex officio
Eppingen committee members
Heike Lachowitzer
Chair
Eva Mairhofer
Vice Chair
Andrea Lang
Treasurer
Susanne Schweizer
Committee Member
Manuela Störzinger
Auditor
Ina Eggensperger
Committee Member
Our media people
Communication is the key to a twin town partnership, both between the two countries and within each local association.
In the UK Humphrey Wheeler compiles a regular English-language printed newsletter, and Joy Eldridge takes care of wider publicity. Wolfgang Kächele is responsible for traditional print media on the German side.
Our innovative bilingual website is the result of a lot of collaboration between the Epping and Eppingen associations. Website design is by our webmaster Ruth Schildhauer. Most of the written content is by Nigel Cooper (UK) and Rainer Köthe (Germany). Graciela Schar is taking care of the recipe section of the website, and Derek Humphrey is UK administrator.