The Jobbing System of the London Stock Exchange: An Oral History

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Interviewee's surname: Pagram	Title: Mr
Interviewee's forenames: Victor
Date of birth: 16 June 1905	Sex: Male

Date(s)   of recording:   10 January 1990
Location of  interview:   Home
Name of interviewer: Bernard Attard
Type of recorder: Marantz CP 430
Total no.   of tapes: 2	Speed:
Type of tape: TDK SA 60	Noise reduction: DBX
Mono or stereo: stereo	Original or copy: Copy

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SUMMARY  OF  CONTENTS

Tape 1,   Side 1
Birth; father's occupation; family background and education; first job in a warehouse in Cheaps.ide; gets a job with Bisgood Brothers; description of the firm; early career; Bisgood's markets; becomes office manager; the Morris issue; working for Bisgood Bishop during the 1930s; duties as office manager; the organisation of the back office; the Stock Exchange and the pre-war City; social differences between jobbers and brokers.

Tape 1, side 2

The floor of the Stock Exchange; jobbing firms before the war; capital; the relationship with the bank; the Bisgoods; relations with brokers; creditors' committees; a typical day; contact with companies; the war; membership and partnership; the firm immediately after the war.

Tape 2, side 1

The firm and the partners after the war; VP's career after the war; incorporation; changes in the management of Bisgood Bishop; changes in the jobbing system and relations with other jobbing firms; the qualities of a jobber.