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... BERWICK - April Fool Your 1 April issue carried a bizarre story about the .~ resurrection of the regionsina - private enterprise guise. You also - told us that Railtrack was telling its staff not to use the railways. Which was the ‘April Fool joke? 5 'DOUGLAS ...

Published: Wednesday 03 April 1996
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 457 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

Moscow puzzled as tsar is torn

... strike out pages of our country’s history.” Police at first thought reports that the statue had been blown up might be an April Fool joke. A spokeswoman for the All- Russia Monarchist Centre said the act could be related to the current visit to the capital ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1997
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 137 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

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... D 48 No joke: Margaret Curtis, an archaeologist who lives near the Callanish stones, inspects the April fool addition. Picture: lain Maciver eeeee e e T o A . ...

Published: Tuesday 02 April 1996
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 156 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Long-term anxiety

... - | was surprised to read your article (1 April) about the Panamanian Scots. It took me some time to realise it was your April Fool story, rather than the one on the child who sued his father with the help of le%tg aid, which appeared on the front page ...

Published: Monday 06 April 1998
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 134 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

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... the firm ' s rice mill at CarbuttV Wharf , Tooley Street , London was on fire , he thought somebody was trying to make an April fool of him . He did not believe the voice on the telephone at first , but later he found out that the mill rnall ' v win on ...

Published: Thursday 02 April 1936
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 205 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

INNOCENTS ABROAD

... seriously , as tho result of a practical joke intondod as a celebration of Tho Day of Innocents , which corresponds with April Fool ' s Day in England . An advertisement was published in tho local papers by tho municipal authorities announcing that a roal ...

Published: Saturday 31 December 1927
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 217 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

collection Scotland

... Wolsey. .- At a reception he hosted to ‘markthe end of the parlia‘mentary term this week, Lord Irvine ‘said read out a spoof ‘April Fool diary. It included a consultation with the B&Q wallpaper committee, in a reference: to a disparaging re‘mark he made about ...

Published: Wednesday 05 August 1998
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 142 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Hibs still have their problems

... as both sides went in hard. ’ His second spot kick: to A“r with 20 minutes left might have been construed as a belated April Fool gag. The least likely outcome, as McSherrv challenged Schaedler from behind, was a foul against Hibs’ left back. Hibs players ...

Published: Monday 25 October 1976
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 147 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

JOCKEYS INJURED AT WINDSOR

... Windsor yesterday alternoon , James breaking his le £ , and Prendergast being badly Braised . T . James-had the mount on April Fool , this being his first ride since his recovery Irom an attack o ! pneumonia , and P . Prendergast rode Solomon ' s Choice ...

Published: Thursday 18 December 1930
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 225 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

Essence of life

... Essence of life YES — it’s that time of year again; great brains everywhere are working flat out to feed the April Fool industry on Monday. It will take something special to top this effort by Jim Turle, a director of the distillers and blenders Lang ...

Published: Friday 29 March 1991
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 154 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

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... such as St Giles’ says = Maunocl'-'lcmmg Page’l4 - - Who's fooling whom? iij'oi'dyéé ‘Maxwell wonders L whether yesterday’s April fool story managed to slip i through the journalistic net. . Paers Cilla Black still playsa blinder in the TV career game. Page ...

Published: Saturday 01 April 1995
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 142 | Page: 1 | Tags: none