Bank of Fryland, an advertising note denominated in £Fish, ND (c.1930s), serial number 12-2 7-12 30, asking patrons to ‘please pay a visit to the Great Central Fried Fish Restaurant, 19, Fleet Road, Hampstead, where the Best Fish only is obtainable’, signature of L. Alberts, proprietor, extremely fine, scarce
Outing unlisted £70-£90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes.

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L. Alberts probably refers to Laura Alberts, a Polish, (almost certainly Jewish) immigrant to London. She was born in 1861 and the 1911 census shows her living in London with her husband Sydney, both running a fish restaurant in St. Pancras. This note is almost certainly from after the death of her husband in 1831.