DIPSY

I finally found a flat where I was able to have a cat or dog. As I was working full time it didn't seem fair to have a dog so I opted for a cat.

On Saturday February 14th 1997 while out in Southport, with my mate Suzanne. I said that I wanted to buy a cat and call it Dipsy. So we went off to the Southport R.S.P.C.A. and walked in to the cattery. As soon as we got in there I saw this black and white cat with it's face squashed up against the door. I said to Su "that's it", "what's it?" came the reply. That's it, that's Dipsy I said.

Su looked at me and asked how I did I know that. Well it has to be I said and so we went and asked about her. The cat had been in the cattery since Christmas after being found in a builders van, the staff at the R.S.P.C.A.had called her Sally. By that evening Sally was responding to the name Dipsy and had made herself at home.

We had a good 5 years and then on Thursday 24th April 2003 there was a knock at the door and when I opened it my landlord was stood there, he said that a cat had been hit by a car. I didn't think for one moment that it was Dipsy because we had just been playing together and she'd only just gone out. I went to have a look as Dave was quite sure that is was Dipsy, he wasn't wrong she'd been hit and the injuries had been fatal.