For those formerly associated with the Ford of Europe Systems Office, or its successor organisations.
For those formerly associated with the Ford of Europe Systems Office, or its successor organisations.
In April 2024, UK friends of Nhagii travelled to Cologne to meet old colleagues from Ford Germany. Highlights of the trip were a reunion dinner at the Mondial restaurant & hotel, a tour of the Cologne EV Centre to see the new Ford Explorer as it approaches its production launch, and a reception for Systems retirees arranged by today's Information Technology organisation at its Niehl offices.
Travellers: Peter & Wendy Greene, Mike & Leslee Dryland, Bob Golder, John Saville, John Buchanan, Bill Fairclough, Phil Adcock and John Greenway.
Cologne locals at dinner: Hans Heister, Klaus Kohler, Klemens Unkel, Karl-Heinz Thum, Alfons & Clara Kloeck, Reinhard & Hildegard Bertuleit, Elmar Hoemann, Paul Moeller, Elmar Klevers, Joachim Frings, Hans & Gabi Baemann, Ferdi Litauer, Helmut & Frau Harzheim and Oskar Scheit.
Cologne hosts: Reinhard & Hildegard Bertuleit.
UK traveller Mike Dryland thanks Cologne friends for their warm hospitality.
John Saville, Hans Heister, Bill Fairclough, Oskar Scheit, Paul Moeller, Elmar Klevers.
Gabi Baermann, Elmar Hoemann, Horst Baemann, Phil Adcock, Klaus Koehler.
Reinhard Bertuleit, Clara & Alfons Kloeck, Wendy & Peter Greene.
Hildegard Bertuleit, Ferdi Litauer, Bob Golder, Helmut Harzheim, Frau Harzheim, klaus Koehler, Oskar Scheit, Phil Adcock, Karl-Heinz Thum, John Greenway, Mike Dryland, Leslee Dryland.
Oskar Scheit awards Bill Fairclough a Medal of Honour.
John Buchanan & Klemens Unkel calmly observe a heated debate elsewhere.
Reinhard Bertuleit serenades the dinner party
John Greenway & Mike Dryland in somnalent mood.
Ford News pictures the retiree party as it prepares to enter the final
assembly hall of the
Cologne EV centre.
In 1986 David Newton joined Ford Britain as a graduate trainee. He later transferred to Ford Germany, where he now works at Niehl. Here he guides retirees John Greenway, John Saville, Bill Fairclough and Bob Golder on their plant tour.
Kohler Dom: the city's finest building. Looking towards the great West doors.
Mondial Hotel: Popular resting place for generations of Ford travellers.
The Fruh bar & restaurant. Favourite watering hole for visitors and locals.
The River Rhine, one of Europe's greatest rivers, flows silently and
majestically through Cologne. But where are the cargo barges that we
remember 20 years ago?
Contact enquiries@nhagii.com if you know the answer.
On the Hohenzollen Bridge a wire fence separates the footpath and railway tracks. Every inch of the 409m fence carries 'love padlocks'. No doubt the padlock keys rust away on the river bed below.
On the bridge, an endless stream of ICE hi-speed trains trundles to and from the Koln Hauptbahhoff. Many Britons are reminded of what HS2 might have delivered.