Do you remember your first cat? ?

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My first cat when I was seven or so was Orlando, a ginger male, named after Orlando the Marmalade Cat books. He disappeared after we lent him, while on holiday, to a man who was troubled by mice. The man’s name was Mr Phibbs, so naturally I though he was telling fibs about the disappearance of Orlando. Many years later, when I was grown up, I had another ginger Orlando who lived to a great age.

Our first cat was called Susie. I was about 9 when she arrived as a kitten. She was white with black spots and moved several house moves over the years. She had 6 kittens on my mum's best counterpane - remember those! Rejected all the boxes with towels in them. We had several other cats over the years which either disappeared or died. Susie is buried in mum's current garden. She was about 20 when she died. Our first family cat was Lucy - black with white tummy. She lived till 18. Our current cat is a tabby called Kiara, now elderly and very noisy.

We got a cat when we moved out of London to the country. I was 4 years old. He was a ginger tom called Sandy. He had a nick in his ear as he enjoyed a good fight.

He would chase rabbits and hares in the fields behind our house and drag them back - some were twice as long as he was.

Our mother would cook them for him. He also loved chocolate.

We moved into the nearest town when I was 17 (parents got fed up with driving us into town all the time) and the cat came with us. He didn't really ever settle in and eventually they had him put down.