COW IN A CHINA SHOP
WITNESSED BY THE QUEEN
'A cow walked into the china and glass department of a shop ia Norwich Street, Fakenham, Norfolk, recently ■while the Queen -was in. another part of tho premises (states the "Daily Mail")- ' Tho Queen had gone into the shop of Joseph Baker and Sons to inspect antiques, when the cow appeared at another entrance. ■ . To the consternation of the assistants the animal solemnly ambled among the rows of chin a. and glass. This unexpected comedy took place out of sight of the royal party, but when the Queen hoard of it she asked to see the animal. She arrived in time to see it being escorted, back into the street. '. . . Mr. W. E. Baker, tho head of the firm, stated: "The Queen and her party ■were highly amused. The extraordinary thing is that the cow did not break a I single thing.". _
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 147, 19 December 1933, Page 15
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151COW IN A CHINA SHOP Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 147, 19 December 1933, Page 15
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