The Centre for Financial History is delighted to work with the Worshipful Company of International Bankers to present these oral histories of the Secondary Banking Crisis 1973-75 (the ‘Lifeboat’) and Old City, New City (1979-86). The interviews with key participants were conducted by John Thirlwell and Gerald Ashley. You may need to be logged into a Google account to access the recordings.
Secondary Banking Crisis, 1973-75 (‘the Lifeboat’)
Transcript of interview with Roger Barnes (Secretary, Lifeboat Committee)
First audio interview with Roger Barnes
Second audio interview with Roger Barnes
Transcript of first interview with Christopher Fildes (journalist)
First audio interview with Christopher Fildes (journalist)
Transcript of interview with Alex Rottenburg (Union Discount)
Audio interview with Alex Rottenburg
Transcript of interview with Dick Lloyd (CEO, Williams and Glyn’s)
Audio interview with Dick Lloyd
Transcript of interviews with Bob Wickham (Bank of Scotland)
Audio interview with Bob Wickham
Transcript of interview with Sir Martin Jacomb
Old City, New City: the run-up to Big Bang (1979-86)
Transcript of second interview with Christopher Fildes
Second audio interview with Christopher Fildes
Transcript of interview with David Buik
Audio interview with David Buik
David Buik’s final Weekly Fayre column (13 December 2021)
Transcript of interview with Tom Newman
Audio interview with Tom Newman
Transcript of interview with William de Gelsey
Transcript of interview with David Kynaston (historian)
Audio interview with David Kynaston
Transcript of interview with Sir Roger Gifford (Warburg and SEB)
Audio interview with Sir Roger Gifford
Transcript of interview with Brian Winterflood (jobber)
Audio interview with Brian Winterflood
Transcript of interview with Rupert Hambro (banker)
Audio interview with Rupert Hambro
Transcript of interview with David Potter (banker)
Audio interview with David Potter
Transcript of interview with Sir Willie Purves (banker, HSBC)
Audio interview with Sir Willie Purves
Transcripts of the interviews of Oscar Lewisohn, revised by Oscar Lewisohn
Transcript of first interview with Oscar Lewisohn
Audio interview with Oscar Lewisohn (1)
Transcript of second interview with Oscar Lewisohn
Audio interview with Oscar Lewisohn (2)
Transcript of interview with Martin Vander Weyer
Audio interview with Martin Vander Weyer
Transcript of interview with Sir David Clementi
Audio interview with Sir David Clementi
Transcript of interview with John Garbutt
Audio interview with John Garbutt
The views and opinions expressed are those of the interviewees alone and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Centre for Financial History or the Worshipful Company of International Bankers.