Ernest Ties The Knot With Gessyca
Many congratulations to OP Ernest Springley who married Gessyca Amazonas on Friday 5 April, we wish the happy couple every happiness in their new life together!
Ernest also updated us with what he has be up to since leaving Princethorpe.
I worked for HELLA in Banbury for some 23 years, the Company was closed down due to the retracting Automotive industry in the UK, in 2007. I was kept on within the management team to 'land' the company safely after many years of succesful manufacturing and was then given the opportunity to relocate to one of the HELLA sister plants in the Blackforest, Germany in 2008.
At that time I moved over here on my own with my then wife and my two children, Melissa and Tristan remaining in the UK. At first it was uncertain if the family would join me, but things did not work out , so I decided to settle here and start a fresh .I regularly returned to the UK and also had the chance to visit Princethorpe on a few occasions meeting a number of old friends. Peter Rollason keeps me updated on what goes on, and I will try to get over again soon, but since the death of my mother, my divorce, and the children are now grown up, I do not visit that often anymore.
I have settled well in this region, although the local dialect, was a bit difficult to understand at first, I soon became used to it and now feel very much part of the community. We even have a local pub run by an Italian Mancunian!, so I still get the chance to speak English, albeit having to adjust to the northern tongue :-).
Two years ago I visited Lausanne, Switzerland, renouned for it's beautiful lake Geneva and close to Mont Blanc. Whilst there I met Gessyca and a friendship blossomed very quickly. I now have a number of great friends there and visit the area regulary with Gessyca. We decided to marry early last year and as you know from the news letter, tied the knot this April, and now have a wonderful home here in the Blackforest, not far from the Swiss and French borders. Basel in Switzerland is only a stones throw from here.
Should any of my old friends visit the Blackforest for a holiday, drop me a line, would love to meet up with you again, and I am a pretty good 'tour guide' for this area!!
All the very best to you all.
Ernest Springley
