Comments on: Blackie, The Last Spitalfields Market Cat

By: Elsa

Elsa — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 14:58:57 +0000

A lovely story. We had our own Blackie some years back who also lived to a good age.
My last cat sadly died much too early from illness. I plan to adopt another rescue cat but the current health crisis means I’ll have to wait until normal service resumes.

By: Fiona.larcombe@btinternet.com

Fiona.larcombe@btinternet.com — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 07:31:39 +0000

“…like a dark hole in the world running round on legs.” What a fabulous description.

By: Lynne Perrella

Lynne Perrella — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 14:28:58 +0000

I laughed out loud – with appreciation! — at the word “entertainers” in Paul Loften’s comment above. We’ve had many cats over many years……..but only recently have welcomed black cats into the mix. Currently we have one gigantic, visible-from-space black cat, Satchmo, and he is a born entertainer. Yes, like any cat he will spend all day sleeping in his special chair — well, naturally — but if I approach him as I pass through the room, I will be rewarded with a dramatic pink-tongue-on-display wide-eyed extended meow. True he could just roll his eyes silently to me — but he wants to seize the moment and make a show of it all. If he desires food (did I say “if”????) he will prance about, twirl, make serious eye contact, and herd me into the kitchen. When he jumps up on my bed each evening, he comes slowly/deliberately to me and then sits, staring deeply into my eyes. I tell him how magnificent he is, and he receives my compliments with a slow blink. When he has had sufficient praise, he’ll curl up against me and tuck me in.
He is the most entitled and entertaining cat I have ever had. A magnificent matchless friend.
Rumbly purrs to you and Mr. Schrodinger.

By: paul loften

paul loften — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 12:21:05 +0000

On behalf of both my cats, Whiskey and Brandy I would like to thank you for this moving story of Blackie. Dogs have their place in history and have been well written about by authors like Jack London with “Call of the Wild” but cats have a harder time achieving recognition despite serving mankind in so many different ways. In some parts of the world, cats are brought into towns with the sole purpose of catching mice and rats, the cause of which is the explosion of restaurants and cheap diners and leaving the leftovers out on the street at night. When the job is done the cats re left to roam as strays. What a way to say thank you, job well done! Cat’s deserve the best treatment from us and also a place in history, with their own story recorded and written about. They have also served us as lifetime companions, entertainers, and healers. Thank you once again!

By: Mathilde Grange

Mathilde Grange — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 09:10:21 +0000

Wonderful story, thank you so much. Please give us news of Schrodinger. Have a great Saturday.

By: lyn

lyn — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 08:15:16 +0000

thank you so much for this very poignant story. cats are all so different, i have lived with cats for most of my life and each one has had his or her own personality and likes and dislikes. we dont hear much about your new cat Schrodinger and i hope he is well

By: Jill Wilson

Jill Wilson — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 07:56:38 +0000

Always a pleasure to read one of your feline blogs!

I was particularly interested in the part which said that Blackie instinctively avoided any rats which may have been poisoned. I lost my beloved cat Godfrey after he had eaten a poisoned mouse and died the next day of a haemmorhage as the blood thinning properties of rat poison are lethal to cats.

I’m pleased to say that my present cat is far too busy self isolating on my bed to bother with the tedious business of hunting!

Stay safe with Schrodinger…