1980s
The new Liverpool Commodities Trades Association re-opened the Atlantic Newsroom, carried out by Mr Michael Heseltine at a ceremony on 26th June 1982. GAFTA was represented by Mrs E Day Lawson, a member of the Council. Pictured here (Left – Right) are the Lord Major of Liverpool, Secretary of State for the Environment, Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside, and Mr G H Alcock, Chairman.
Annual Dinner of the Scottish Corn Trade Association, Albany Hotel, Glasgow. 15th October 1982
International Association of Seed Crushers 58th Congress – Munich 1982
Reported and attended by the President of GAFTA Jim Wright
January 1983 marked the 22nd meeting of the European Bourse as well as the 1983 Annual General meeting for Gafta at the Verein der Getreidehändler
Derby Day August 1987
Alfresco luncheon given by Cargo Superintendents Ltd. including the company’s Bernard Newman and Maurice Jacobs, and in foreground Ken Hairs, Continental UK Ltd. and Derek Marshall, Kent Produce Ltd.
Joint meeting of GAFTA, EFAPIT, and IAFMM together with FEFAC and FEO held at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel in late April 1988. Right to Left: Mr D Goldwater, president EFAPIT, Mr C J Tilley, president GAFTA, Mr H Gislason, president IAFMM.
Morris McKen CA, Managing Director since 1969 of Thos Borthwick (Glasgow) Ltd retires after 27 years service at the company. He is a former President and Council Member of GAFTA and a former President and Board Member of the Scottish Corn Trade Association. McKean (left) is shown with his successor as MD Mr Roy Pettigrew (right), who has worked with an associated company for 16 years.’
Meeting buenos aires centeo de cerales 26 sept ‘89” – International Association of Seed Crushers (IASC) 64th World Congress on 26th September 1989, in the Centro de Cereales, Buenos Aires.