Throwback Thursday: Blake, the Liberal Cat

[purplecat]

Blake, pictured here circa 1979 was an extremely fine cat, and very aware of the fact. His mother belonged to the local liberal candidate (this being in the days before the Liberal Party merged with the Social Democrats). He was named after Blake, from Blake's 7 because the cleaning lady said she wouldn't feed a cat called Avon.

It has been, since Saturday, a very Liberal Democrat dominated week. I feel mildly hunted.

Comments

[alatefeline]

What a good kitty!

[lil_shepherd]

At the time the series was running, three of the four ladies of the Liberator Popular Front fan club committee all lived in a deck access flat (I won't go any further because one of them still lives there.) They had a pair of cats called Avon and Travis. Also, David Jackson (Gan)stayed there quite a lot with his girlfriend, and later wife, who he had met at an LPF party.

David would call for Blake if he was out on the balcony, but point blank referred to call "Travis!" Instead he called "Trevor!" Soon afterwards, it became clear that the neighbours all thought the cat was, indeed, called Trevor.

[purplecat]

He was very aware of his own importance!

[purplecat]

I think, in later years, my parents neighbours generally thought we were being very intellectual and literary and had named him after William Blake - this was North Oxford after all!

[nanila]

Aww, what a beautiful cat! And a lovely photo.

[purplecat]

Thanks!

[daniel-saunders.livejournal.com]

I am now wondering about Vila, the scaredy cat...

I believe the Monster Raving Looney Party elected a cat as their leader after Screaming Lord Sutch died.

[fififolle]

LOL! Good name.

[eve11]

Aw! He looks like my cat Ash.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

"He was named after Blake, from Blake's 7 because the cleaning lady said she wouldn't feed a cat called Avon."

This sentence is hilarious to me for some reason.

[purplecat]

I've always wondered what the objection to Avon was, because I'm fairly sure she had no interest in the show and so no opinions about the characters.

Still, it did mean in later years, that people tended to assume we were being terribly intellectual and literary and had named our cat after William Blake

[purplecat]

*g*

[purplecat]

This being North Oxford, in later years people tended to assume his name was an allusion to William Blake, the poet.

[purplecat]

There's a sort of fluffy cat look that I think he was fairly typical of.

[liadt]

Lovely cat!

Lol at the cleaning lady, probably had a bad experience with the catalogue.

[fififolle]

Which makes it even more amusing :)