Tom cat auction raises £550
Peter Hanson • March 4, 2008
We’ve just heard that the last of the Tom Adams cats fetched £550 for the Lord Mayor’s and Sheriff’s Charities when it was auctioned at the Valentine’s Ball on February 16th. More than £14,000 was raised by the event for the York Blind and Partially Sighted Society and Martin House Children’s Hospice.
The resin cat was bought by a gentleman from Essex, but we’re reliably informed that he said that he would ensure the cat would return to York in the future. As we mentioned before, we think it would have been fabulous to see the cat adorn the recently converted F. R. Stubbs building, but it just wasn’t meant to be. We hope to see the cat return to its city once more though, and become part of that “magic fabric” that Tom used to speak of. When it does return, we’ll be sure to add it to our cat directory.
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We’re over the moon to announce that one of the oldest cat statuettes in York has been returned to its rightful place on Low Ousegate. In August 2008, we heard the sad news that the black cat statuette above Johnson’s Dry Cleaning on Low Ousegate (Cat #12) had to be taken down in July over concerns for public safety. This cat statuette, along with the ginger cat on the window sill of the building next door (Cat #13), are the oldest cat statuettes in York, dating at least as far back as the 1920s. We thought it would be a real shame to lose such an important piece of York’s vibrant history. Since then, we have remained in touch with the City of York Council about the cat and their talks with the property owner about reinstalling him. Finally, earlier this month, we got the news that the little critter is back home! We are very grateful to and thankful for the support of Cllr. Keith Hyman, who has been keeping us up to date with news about the missing cat. Keith is the proud owner of Jonathan Newdick’s first bronze cat, which sits happily in his lounge!
We’ve been quiet for some time now, for which we apologise – sorry site! We’re no longer based in York and it’s been a busy time just lately, which basically adds up to not a lot of time for updating this site. But I’m here to change that – at least, for the moment. Look ma! We’re on the telly! It was a little while back now, but we were quite excited to be contacted by a television production company who were filming for ITV.com. They wanted to feature the Cats in York website on an episode of Web Lives, ITV’s first ever online series. This particular episode followed a lady called Pip on a date in York. Pip suffered with a brain haemorrhage 12 years ago, which changed her life. This year she has been using online dating to get some romance back into her life. Her date, Jez, took Pip around the streets of York following our very own Cat Hunt! Watch the episode on ITV.com to see for yourself: Web Lives: Episode 14. Ghost cats? Last year we were also contacted about a feature on Derek Acorah’s Ghost Towns Live in York, which ran from Friday, January 27th 2006 to Monday, January 30th 2006. We’re not sure if the cats were mentioned or not, but if you saw the programme and remember seeing something mentioned, please let us know! New cats Many thanks to those people who have e-mailed in to tell us about new stone cats they have seen in the York area. We’ve got some new photos to add to the site, so we’ll update the Cat Directory very soon! That’s all for now. Hope everyone’s had a lovely summer!
Earlier in the year, we were contacted by a Flickr user who told us about a photo they had found of a decorative cat on a building in Amsterdam – thank you, G. We knew of a stone cat on a building in Brighton, so we decided to take more of a look around Flickr to see what else we could find. We found quite a few and posted links to loads more photos in our Flickr discussion board – take a look if you like! If you’re a Flickr user and you have photos of some of the York cats, please feel free to join the Cats in York Flickr group and add your photos to the pool. We ask that you do not post photos from anywhere outside of York, as we would like to keep the group limited to the York cats. However, please feel free to contribute to our list of links to cats outside of York!
