Friday 2 October 2020

Woellwarth & Co. Personalities

 So who do I remember? I will miss out loads of people as I can't remember all their names).

Going round the room from the door -

US Deposits

Reg Winterbourne (MD)
Tony Woellwarth (Chairman)
Johnny Carlin - Finacor Paris link man (sailed in HMS Fencer during the war)
Alan Bedwell - on a trip to NY, he picked up a copy of Report from Engine Company 82 for me - I still have this.
Robert Winterborne (Reg's son).

Sterling Deposits

David Robinson  - keen on cars like me - he had a Cortina 1600E - and lived in Emerson Park.
Can't remember his colleague's name.

Canadian $ FX

Originally David Raison but he moved over the the DM section under me.
Doug - can't remember his surname
Richard  - can't remember his surname

French Franc and Italian Lire

John Williams - Manager and 100% nice guy
Dave Watson
Turner Temple
Paul Waghorn (Gerry's brother)
'Grimsdale' - not his name but a nickname given by Graham Winterbourne as he shrieked like Norman Wisdom when excited!
Eileen - no surname, sorry - she took the line to Finacor Paris

D Mark FX

Originally Tony le Ray-Cook was the manager
Replaced by Roy Jarvis
Replaced by David Lincoln
Keith McCloud - took the line to Finacor Munich
Graham Winterbourne (Reg's nephew)
Bob Davis
Me (took the line to BEG Zurich)
Linton Viney
Roger Whittle (my best man and long term friend)
David Raison

US$ FX

Reg Heath (from the Savage and Heath family - competing brokers)
Ron Strudwick - Struddie
Nigel Staughton-Harris (Ex Astley & Pearce - we had some history!)
John Lake
Steve Punkett
Gerry Waghorn (Paul's brother)

Some images


John Williams

Roy Jarvis

Bob Davis, Keith McCloud and me. Check out the silly changes to the calendar on the wall!


Bob Davis

Canadian $ - Richard smoking a cheroot!


A view of New Broad Street as it is now. Woellwarth and Co. were in a building - Friars House -  about 3 down on the right hand side. If I remember correctly, they had the 1st and 3rd floors on the front of the building


Cars - 1

 I thought that I might take a break from historic events and try and explain my trip through a variety of cars. This will be a simple list ...