Our cat family
including our first cat and all the pets who we adopted
in Finchley
(click on a picture for their stories)
The pets below Richard (our first who moved from
Etchingham Park Road with us) include those who we brought
into our Hamilton Way home from the Long Lane flat as well
as the ones we adopted after moving to Hamilton Way. Some
of the cats have longer stories as they thesmselves moved
with us to Denmark. (Some early photos to follow.)
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Richard,our very first shared cat, Grocers shop kitten
born 2nd August 1953 was 12½
when he died on 12th March 1966
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Susan,kitten from a friend
born 26th February 1955 was 18½
when she died on 11th September 1973
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Susan's first litter
born early 1956 and all homed
when about 8 weeks old
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Blackie, kitten from STC lab. head
born about 17th April 1960 was about 15
when she died - moved to a neighbour's house
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Nooky,kitten from a friend of Mikes
born 7th April 1963 was 13½
when she died on 11th November 1976
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Nooky litter, 4 kittens
born 25th May 1964
we kept two of them
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Chalky from Nooky
born 25th May 1964 was 9½
when he died on 7th October 1973
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Sara from Nooky
born 25th May 1964 was almost 15
when she died 11th February 1979
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Cleo, parents were siblings
born 3rd September 1966 was 16
when she died 5th November 1982
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Koshka, pedigree rehomed from Marie
born 5th May 1966 was over 16
when he died 24th August 1982
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Benjy, (Benjemima) adopted!
born 3rd August 1973 was 16½
when she died 4th January 1989
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Soi, Mike's cat
born 6th March 1977 was 18
when she died 28th March 1995
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Twinkle,via Butcher's shop
born 10th March 1979 was 16
when he died on 2nd July 1995
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Snowy, stray cat
adopted 27th May 1981, ours 6½ years
when he died 4th December 1987
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Ptolomey, was a stray
born about 12th April 1981 was 15
when he died on 27th July 1996
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Dorte, Eric brought her home!
born 13th May 1982, was 5½ years
when she died 8th October 1987
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Sashkin, our first pedigree kitten
born 4th August 1982 was 15½
when he died on 26th May 1997
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Shelley, location kitten
born 10th October 1982, was 11
when she died 24th March 1994
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Ging, stray cat
came 12th February 1985, ours 6 years
when he died on 3rd February 1991
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Megan, lost and found
caught 6th November 1989
collected 20th November 1989
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Bella, full name Grisabella Kottentot
born 24th January 1989 was 13
when she died on 30th September 2002
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Augustus, via AAA with Skimbleshanks
born 31st March 1989 was 8
when he died on 27th October 1997
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Skimbleshanks, via AAA with Augustus
born 31st March 1989 was 9
when he died on 9th July 1998
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Mungo Jerrie, stray cat like Snowy
came 11th July 1990, stayed a month
then left on 10th August 1990
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Rusty, gift from Shirley (last Cat from Finchley)
born 17th May 1992 was 6
when he died on 7th July 1998
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Our dogs
(click on a picture for their stories)
The first dog we brought into our Hamilton Way home from
the Long Lane flat. (photos to follow.)
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Tina, puppy from friend
born 1st March 1955 was 11½
when she died on 10th August 1966
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Podge, puppy from Tina
born 2nd March 1964 was 4
when he died in 1968
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Sheba, puppy from Tina
born 2nd March 1964 was 16
when she died on 7th July 1980
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