{"id":1328,"date":"2026-06-04T08:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T08:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.futurestechs.co.uk\/news\/?p=1328"},"modified":"2026-06-04T08:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T08:00:16","slug":"historytechs-the-first-years-of-a-career-in-the-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.futurestechs.co.uk\/news\/2026\/06\/04\/historytechs-the-first-years-of-a-career-in-the-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"HistoryTechs – The first years of a career in the markets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

1987. Another big year for the Stock Market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that didn\u2019t happen until October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the start of that year I was sent down to the Stock Exchange Box (Box A6) in Threadneedle Street to ply my order clerk trade from there and also became a \u201cBlue Button\u201d on the now near-deserted Stock Exchange Floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pretty much on my first day walking in there one of the senior partners, Keith Hutchins, piped up. The room went quiet\u2026 \u201cOi, son\u2026\u201d (I looked about 12) \u201c\u2026Have you ever thought about being a Jockey?\u201d. I replied in the negative, in a timid high-pitched voice. \u201cDo you want to be my Jockey?\u201d.  \u201cErrr, I\u2019m not sure\u201d.  \u201cWhat are you doing at 6.45 on Friday night? I\u2019ve got a dog running at Walthamstow. You can be my Jockey\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So that was that. I was \u201cJockey\u201d from then on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have fond memories of going up to Jonathan\u2019s, the bar in the Stock Exchange, on a Friday night and getting totally bladdered on 4-5 pints, never once needing to buy a drink, although often having to go to the bar clutching a \u00a320 note from one of the partners to get their round in. Another abiding memory (maybe not so fond!) is the sandwich runs to Masters in Threadneedle Street: \u201c10 bacon rolls, 3 with brown sauce, 6 with red, 1 plain and 7 sausage sandwiches, 4 with red, 3 with brown, 1 with an egg). The people behind were always dead chuffed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite being mistaken for a girl on the phone things were going well. Although going up to the back office with the checking query book to be confronted by Spike and Animal was a bit scary!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But 1987 will be remembered for other reasons for the world of Stockbroking. Next time I\u2019ll recount my memories of Black Monday.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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