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Boneo:
Dem bones, dem bones More on the memorable singing skeleton at Joyland's entrance. Pennies by the Sea features a small section on the coin operated singing skeleton at the Promenade (town centre) entrance to the Joyland complex: "Another popular attraction, that replaced the Cry Baby by the Promenade entrance in the 1970s, was Boneo, a latex skeleton inside a coffin which sang the song ‘Them Bones Theme Bones’, whilst dancing around its coffin." In January 2013, the author was contacted by John Wardley, who became well-known in the amusement park industry for designing several major roller coasters at Alton Towers and Thorpe Park. John had some information on Boneo, which we have posted here: "I used to manufacture those latex skeletons and sell them to Mike Chester of Wainfleet who used to put them in a coffin with an animation mechanism and soundbox and sell them as Boneo machines.
"So the skeleton shown
in the photograph is actually one of my manufacture! |
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