HERE'S ONE
13th July 1926, Page 3
13th July 1926
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A Jew equipped a second-hand Ford van as a stall for the sale of jellied eels and appropriated a pitch in Lothbury outside the Bank of England. A friend calls and samples the wares.
'This is a strange place to have a jellied-eel stall, ain't it, Moses? "
"No, my boy. It's a very good pitch. I can make fifteen quid a week selling jellied eels to the rich City merchants."
"Then lend me five quid, will you?"
"I can't do that. I'm under a bond of honour not to lend money. When the Bank of England let me set my stall herti, they undertook not to sell jellied eels and I undertook not to lend money to anybody. See?"
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