Harvey

May? 1984 – 26 November 2002

Harvey was my cat from 1984, when I was fifteen. He was the runt of the litter and when he came to me hadn’t learnt to eat properly — he always had problems in lapping up milk like any other cat. But he developed into a fine hunter and decimator of the local rabbit population. He wasn't expected to live very long, but held on until he was put down at 18½. He was my friend and about the only really happy memories I have of those years are of Harvey.

I think most of these photos were taken in 1987, but some of the captions on the backs of the originals weren't always clear.

• On a Cat, Ageing and other cat-related poems, in Poems

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