"Is Mr. Bone there"
Posted: 06 Oct 2011 20:21
April fools 1947 Liverpool Evening Express 1st April 1947
150 Rang the mortuary: "Is Mr. Bone there"
April 1 pranks were not confined to schoolboys in Liverpool today. Scores of business people were "April fooled" by friends who suceeded in getting them to telephone - a ghost! By noon Liverpool City Mortuary had received more that 100 telephone calls from innocent callers who asked for a "Mr. Bone" -
150 Rang the mortuary: "Is Mr. Bone there"
April 1 pranks were not confined to schoolboys in Liverpool today. Scores of business people were "April fooled" by friends who suceeded in getting them to telephone - a ghost! By noon Liverpool City Mortuary had received more that 100 telephone calls from innocent callers who asked for a "Mr. Bone" -
