Famous people from Hackney

Before I moved to Fulham, I lived in Hackney in East London, where I was born.

There are a number of famous people who were also born in Hackney:

• Marc Bolan, the lead singer of T. Rex,
• Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe
• The playwright, Harold Pinter
• Jessica Tandy, who starred in Driving Miss Daisy (a film I like)
• Tony Robinson (aka Baldrick)
• Astronomer, Edmond Halley who named Halley’s Comet
• TV personality, Jeremy Beadle
• Businessman, Sir John Harvey Jones
• Darts champion, Eric Bristow
• Dennis Norden, the radio and TV personality

Barbara Windsor moved to Hackney when she was a small girl and Jimmy Choo moved there to study shoe design. Even Alfred Hitchcock began his film career in Hackney.

Anyhow, it's years since was there and I’m now a Fulhamite....

Happy Birthday to me

It's my birthday today and I received the customary small bowl of double cream. I can't think of a more delicious present. Yum.

I tried to chance my luck and nip onto the bed for a quick snooze, thinking I may be given special birthday dispensation. But no - Mr Servant told me to get off straightaway. Well, you can't blame me for trying.

In case you are wondering, I am 13 in human years today.

Holidays...

The Servants have gone and left me again.

But the good news is that nice Animal Aunt has come back to look after me. She's a very kind lady who's not at all strict, so I'm having a break from Mr Servant's strict regime. Although I do miss sitting on his lap in the evenings....

Nowhere to hide

I've had my whiskers put out of joint. I like to while away many a happy hour hiding under a large bush that's just by my front door. No-one can spot me but I can see everything that's going on. It's also a great place to shelter when it's raining. But someone has taken the bush away and put two big flower pots in its place. So now I have nowhere to hide.

Even worse, this bush was behind a trellis fence so I was safe from marauding dogs. But whoever took away the bush has also taken a section of fencing away, so now I'm doubly exposed. It really is most unfair.

Camouflage

Mr Servant doesn't allow me on the bed, but I managed to stay there all the time he was getting ready to go to work without being noticed.

It's quite handy that I'm white and so is the duvet....

Funny looking piglet

For some reason, Mrs Servant likes piglets and she got a toy one for her birthday.

She really likes it, but I just can't see what's so great about it.

Chewing feathers

My birthday is in May and I usually get a small bowl of cream as my present. However, last year, I was given a rather fantastic feather boa which is just brilliant to play with.

I spend ages chewing it and can pretend it's a bird without getting told off.