When Sally the Cow made a break for freedom in Inverness
Sally the Cow left her mark on Inverness when she broke free from her herd on the way to market, on March 2, 1955.
Photos newly lodged with the Am Baile archive capture the suprise on everyone’s faces – not least Sally’s – as her mission unfolded.
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Hide AdHer escape plan ended in the hefty heifer charging up a close and running up two flights of narrow stairs to Mackenze Brothers tailor’s shop in Eastgate.
If only a photo existed of the shop staff when Sally made her entrance to the modest premises.
She didn’t last long at the outfitters, however, with the shop floor too weak to bear her weight.
Soon, she fell through the floor into the Buttercup Dairy below and more chaos followed.
Some versions of the story say Sally landed on a sink, breaking a horn and turning on a tap in the process with water beginning to flood the shop.It is not know what happened to Sally after she was freed from the dairy shop – but 65 years on her little adventure is still remembered.
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