Comments on: Cockney Cats

By: Allison

Allison — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 09:08:08 +0000

I loved this post so much, being a big cat admirer and kept by cats myself. My favourite is Old Bill, the Blackfriars station cat. Look how dirty his paws are and one of his ears has a chunk out of it. Poor old love. I wonder what happened to him.

By: Jenny Moore

Jenny Moore — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 11:24:58 +0000

As always I’m late to this but I’m sure many people must remember the cat that used to live at Barbican Underground station in the 1990’s or thereabouts (admittedly my memory is hazy – it could have been slightly earlier – or later!). I often had cause to travel there for work and used to enjoy the chance to give him a quick stroke between the ears as he sat atop the ticket barriers in lordly fashion, quite untroubled by the stream of passers-by.

By: Suzy

Suzy — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 05:46:28 +0000

Love this!
How proud does Pickles look?! Such a withering gaze from him.

By: gabrielle

gabrielle — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 20:39:20 +0000

Tough times but a certain beauty in the simplicity that’s very much missed.

By: Alison

Alison — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 14:11:54 +0000

I love all of these! Not only do these pictures feature wonderful cats, but they also show a different time—for example, the printing presses on Fleet Street. Best of all: the cat named Pickles at the Tower of London. I had a cat named Pickles (he lived to be 19), who also had a “swirl” pattern on his side. Perhaps my Pickles was a reincarnation of the Tower Pickles!

Thanks for another great post.

By: Phil Maxwell

Phil Maxwell — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 07:35:22 +0000

My personal favourite is Minnie the stock exchange cat. She was no doubt trained in insider dealing.

By: paddy kerr

paddy kerr — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 21:11:06 +0000

Was in total cat heaven looking at these gorgeous photos of London’s moggies. How thankful I am that the British love cats – most animals in fact – I simply cant imagine life without them. Thank you GA for this delicious find.

By: Bailey Jones

Bailey Jones — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 09:22:50 +0000

This reminds me of a Pathe News reel. I can imagine the Patrician voice over.

By: Vivien thompson

Vivien thompson — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 23:10:52 +0000

I read this great post early on the Sunday morning of this weekend’s course ” how to write a blog that people will actually want to read” taught by the Gentle Author. This was a repeat visit for me, having been inspired and guided to set up my blog at the first course with the G.A. Which I attended two years ago . I was happy to discover that the course was as valuable and enjoyable as the first time around and I can now see where I am going with my blog. Two days spent in perfect Georgian rooms in the company of creative people with specialist expertise ranging from published poetry to vintage clothing to cyber crime prevention is as humbling as it is inspirational. The teaching is encouraging, empathetic but very clear sighted and I think we have learnt as much about ourselves this weekend as we did about the practicalities of writing an interesting blog.

Thank you Gentle Author. This course is very special.

By: Chris F

Chris F — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 22:20:58 +0000

Cats know things… They know cat people… They know who they can trust and who to avoid… They can tell if you are a soft touch and I truly believe that they know when you are lonely because a stray cat has always turned up at our house to replace a recently deceased mog. There must be a cat grapevine where they let each other know of local vacancies… I remember every cat that has ever taken up residence with me and allowed me to feed and fuss them and in return to shred my furniture to pieces and to show me a modicum of affection or disdain as the mood takes them and to allow me to be there at the end as I weep uncontrollably over the loss of yet another bag of fur and whiskers. They’ve got us weighed up… We need them more than they need us… Cats know things….