A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from September 29, 2017
“Funeral homes are a dying business”

“Funeral homes are a dying business” is an old joke in that industry. “A dying business. -Funeral business” was published in the Australian Financial Review in July 1982. “Funeral homes are a dying business” was posted on Reddit—Shower Thoughts on September 28, 2017.
   
       
OCLC WorldCat record
A dying business. -Funeral business-
Author: Joanne Permberton
Edition/Format: Article Article
Publication: Australian Financial Review, (23 July 1982): 18-19
Database: Informit Australian Public Affairs
 
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“To use a phrase, ‘it’s a dying business’. There are considerably less funeral homes in California today. You couldn’t buy a piece of land and put a morturary on it,” Grafe said.
     
OCLC WorldCat record
A dying business : a comedy in two acts - plus a funeral
Author: Mark De Castrique
Publisher: [United States?] : [publisher not identified], [2005] ©2005
Edition/Format:   Print book : English
Subjects
North Carolina—Social life and customs—Drama.
Funeral rites and ceremonies—North Carolina—Drama.
Funeral homes—North Carolina—Drama.
 
Twitter
Kerri Doidge‏
@kerridoidge
Funeral parlors are a dying business. Lol I crack myself up. : P
11:08 PM - 24 Jan 2011
   
Twitter
Robert Lendvai ‏
@robertlendvai
Replying to @ScottMonty
@ScottMonty Almost as bad as saying Funeral Homes are a dying business.
11:36 AM - 11 Aug 2011
   
Twitter
Sean Watts‏
@rxtech1998
@Jandroid And you know that funeral homes are a dying business.
1:34 PM - 14 Aug 2011
 
Twitter
clay nicholas‏
@claynicholas
Funeral homes are a dying business.
7:48 AM - 23 Sep 2011
 
Twitter
Ash‏
@Smudgerjumps
“@citizenx103: Funeral advert. Seriously?!”
Funeral parlours are a dying business…
I’ll get me coat! 😊
12:35 PM - 10 Oct 2011
 
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Funeral homes are a dying business.
submitted September 28, 2017 by zero_fox_actual

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityWork/Businesses • Friday, September 29, 2017 • Permalink


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