Greyfriars Bobby and the One o'clock Gun

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Featuring the story of the little dog from his first appearance in Greyfriars kirkyard. Based on press reports of the time, the story tells how the terrier meets Colour Sergeant Scott who feeds him and allows him to sleep in his flat at night. When Bobby’s life is threatened, the Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh comes to his rescue and buys him a licence and collar. Now a celebrity, visitors including Baroness Burdett-Coutts the richest woman in the U.K. arrive from all over the world to see the little dog go for his dinner when the One o’clock Gun fires from Edinburgh Castle.

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