DISCO shop manager Paul Rennie thought he was a victim of April Fool pranksters when he received a letter from Northern Electric and Gas - 104 times.
The co-owner of Complete Light and Sound Services, in Holgate Road, York, turned up at the store to find the floor littered with the identical envelopes. Every one of them contained a letter confirming that the business, opened four weeks ago to sell disco equipment, had been connected to the electric supply. Paul was even more confused that, although addressed to him, the letter referred to a company called Tiddly Winks which he had never heard of.
He said: "My first thought was that this had to be an April Fool's joke."
A spokesman for the power supplier said: "I would imagine it has happened because of a computer error. It certainly was not an April Fool's prank."
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