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[nortic 007] 11/10/2017 22:16

Still haven't forgotten my broker codes. Best Blue Button in the City :)

[nortic 007] 11/10/2017 22:14

ProfessorOne last question . Do you remember Johnathon Way's dad.He was Warburgs (002)

[nortic 007] 11/10/2017 22:05

We'll wait and see. If they do go down I'll be the 1st to hold my hands up. I've left plenty of room to average down and buy a lump if needed . Good luck to both bull and bears.Pleasant evening .

[aishah] 11/10/2017 21:48

Shorts have reduced from around 8% to 4.8% recently. So the doubters are cashing in here. Dyor

[professor pettigrew] 11/10/2017 21:43

Good idea. Round at yours then?

[she-ra] 11/10/2017 21:38

I think we should all have an orgy.

[blueball] 11/10/2017 21:23

I'm waiting for 25p before I buy.

[nortic 007] 11/10/2017 19:55

51 bid...... typical MM. Lol

[nortic 007] 11/10/2017 19:53

I feel the same way. I better go now my wife is saying I'm antisocial.P.s I secretly wish I had a wine cellar

[professor pettigrew] 11/10/2017 19:52

Have a good evening Nortic - chat tomorrow then.

Remember though, 50p!

[nortic 007] 11/10/2017 19:50

It's all changed and not for the good....So much regulation

[professor pettigrew] 11/10/2017 19:49

Nortic - to the City? Try not to. Have one or two "reunion" days with a few people, strangely enough none from JC, but a couple of folk from SG Warburg, whom I worked for before I left to go to Capel's.

That aside, I detest London, which is sad as being a Londoner I should be loyal, but I hate the place now. Not the London I knew and grew up in.

Better not elaborate on that - you know what the thought police are like!

[nortic 007] 11/10/2017 19:48

Remember Terrance O'Hearn (don't know it I spelled that right )You've got a lot of fight in you sir which is good to see. I'll catch up with you tomorrow but will always respect a market man.

[professor pettigrew] 11/10/2017 19:46

For the life of me, I can't remember the name of the guy who took me on at JC. He owned a vast stable of Persian racehorses and we had the Aga Khan and HM The Queen as our private clients.

They were a very generous outfit. I remember in 1987 having a short holiday with my then lady friend in Jersey. We were there a week or so. I was invited to spend a day at the Jersey office, which I thoroughly enjoyed, was treated to a tour, a lunch and both of us to hospitality in the evening with dinner and wine.

On my return to the London office the following Monday I was called down to see my superior who then presented me with a cheque which represented the cost of 1/7th of my holiday including the air fare.

Their reckoning was that I'd spent a day of my hols at "work". It was nothing of the sort, but a gesture very much appreciated.

Alas, loyalty doesn't run deep these days, but then again there probably isn't a company on the planet now run by decent people that ran James Capel.

RIP JC.

[nortic 007] 11/10/2017 19:43

Nortic= CitronDo you still go up?

[nortic 007] 11/10/2017 19:42

I was out that night and a Paul Butt was killed by falling glass. I was in The Ship in Fenchurch St and never heard a thing.

[professor pettigrew] 11/10/2017 19:41

Peter Quinnen was our chairman at JC. A lovely and humble man. Widely respected in the City, and very fair to all of the people there.

Sadly, he passed away years after I left. I was shocked to hear the news.

Not many in the City earned the respect he had.

[nortic 007] 11/10/2017 19:40

Puffa Williams was my first boss on the banks pitch..... scary man. Now he had a vineyard but his wine wasn't all that.

[professor pettigrew] 11/10/2017 19:38

Me neither Nortic, so let's call it quits.

Some very powerful people at JC years ago.

Good days, all ended really in 1987 with the big crash. I left there in 1993, redundant after all those years, but happy days.

Place was bombed in 1992 thanks to the IRA. I ended up under my desk. Thought it was one of the traders having eaten too many beans.

[nortic 007] 11/10/2017 19:38

I respect you sir now that I know who you are. The City was a great place then. All I can say is thanks for the advice.

[professor pettigrew] 11/10/2017 19:36

If my remember rightly JC's code was 118 yes.

[nortic 007] 11/10/2017 19:36

I'm sorry as well. I'm not a bad guy.

[nortic 007] 11/10/2017 19:35

I know JR who used to work there.You were next to Capel Cure broker code (120) JC (118) ????

[professor pettigrew] 11/10/2017 19:33

Pinchen Denny of course. One of the better jobbers in the world of finance.

And it was Pinchin not Pinchen. Sorry to pull you up on that and appearing pedantic but that was the spelling.

Akroyd and Smithers to you.