The AUCHTERARDER HIGH STREET BUTCHER (Departed September 2026): Remembered for Its Sausages, Its Pies and Its Patient Explanations of Haggis
Town adjusting to a High Street where nobody asks 'and what else?' in that particular tone.
Auchterarder, slightly quieter on a Saturday morning. Photo: Martin Addison, “Auchterarder High Street - geograph.org.uk - 2400222”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
AUCHTERARDER — The town’s well-known High Street butcher closed its doors in September, and the Lang Toun is still in mourning.
It was a shop of great warmth and cold counters, with sausages so good people came down the hill in their golf shoes. Regulars recall the rows of pies, black pudding on a Saturday, and staff who explained to tourists what haggis actually was “without making them feel bad.”
It brought joy to the barbecues of Strathearn, salvation to many a Christmas dinner and, once, a large bone to a dog who had not been invited.
In lieu of flowers, customers are asked to observe a minute’s silence at their next barbecue, followed by the traditional burning of the first sausage.
The real story: Auchterarder High Street butcher shop closed in September 2026 (The Courier)
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