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Postman Pat and his cat
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-09-17 09:33 Postman Terry Grinter is joined by his feline side-kick at least twice a week, in a scene reminiscent of the classic children’s television show.
In each episode of the BBC animated series, which first aired in 1981, Postman Pat is seen with his black-and-white cat Jess, as he delivers the mail through the valley of Greendale. Mr Grinter’s companion, named Beezely, loves to ride in the basket perched in front of the handlebars of his bicycle as he makes his deliveries around Lyme Regis, Dorset. Beezley started hitching a lift with Mr Grinter after the cat-loving postman befriended him. Now he hops into the basket of his own accord when Mr Grinter calls at his owner’s house. Mr Grinter said: “People have said, ‘Don’t tell me he’s called Jess,’ because of Postman Pat’s cat, and I have to explain that he’s not even mine.” “He likes sunny days - he’s definitely not a wet-weather cat. “But he likes company and he knows that he will be made a fuss of.” Mr Grinter, 44, from Charmouth, a postman in the area for the past 14 years, befriended six-year-old Beezley last summer. He said: “I’m a cat-lover so I always used to stroke him. The first time I lifted him into my basket, I expected him to jump straight out.” Beezley rides along quite happily, not bothered by any passing traffic, but always jumps out when he gets too far from home. |
