From May 2024: Greyfriars Bobby Tour
Join Artemus Deadman on a storytelling saunter through the Grassmarket and Greyfriars, as he shares one of the world’s most famous stories of the love, devotion, and eternal loyalty of a dog for its master.
Hear tell of how wee Bobby, the beloved terrier owned by retired farm labourer John (Jock) Grey became known as Greyfriars Bobby – And just who helped that bonnie wee dog to stay by his master’s grave for over fourteen years. Learn how the tiny Skye Terrier earned the ‘Freedom of The City’ and the love of both “Tenement Bairns” and the “Great and Good”.
Based upon the romanticised account of the true story of Greyfriars Bobby as written by American author Eleanor Atkinson.
Note: All children much be accompanied by at least one adult. Participants are encouraged to bring a stick to leave at Bobby’s grave.. As folk have done foe the past 150 years.
Booking information via The Agents of Steampunkery