Back in 1990, residents of a quiet Liverpool village were shocked to see a three ton elephant wandering down the street.
Perhaps a sight that would have sceptics wondering how much they really had to drink last night, this was the reality for Woolton residents as they peered out of their windows that day. The elephant, known as Maureen, had people rubbing their own eyes after it managed to escape from its trainers.
The bizzare event came out of a simple, yet odd, fundraising plan for Woolton’s Marie Curie Hospice. Keith Dunn, the hospice’s former fundraising manager, used his connections to create the spectacle that would see hospice nurse, Anita Roberts, sit on top of Maureen for photographs.
