I live on MV rd and often see a black and white cat fitting that description around the top of Albany Rd. Maybe it's him? There are hundreds of cats on Mount View and surrounding roads though. My favourite is the large ginger Tom who lives on Quernmore. He's a bit stupid and often sunbathes in the road but he is the friendliest cat I have ever met and always looks so pleased to see me when I walk to and from the station, it always cheers me up.

Will ask my MVR neighbours. They were playing with a young b&w yesterday, so maybe they have a new addition.

The ginger of Quernmore is ace, but I agree it seems a tad dim. Once saw it fall off a bin onto its arse, disproving the standard four feet theory.

Quernmore Tom is like a big ginger teddy bear. If you pick him up and cuddle him he cuddles back and purrs like a lion. I love him!

@emine - yes, she has taken him to the vet for a microchip scan.  And just to clarify - the cat isn't shut up in her house or anything, just loitering with intent while she makes every effort to find its owner.  

Reminded me of this: “What song the Sirens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture.”

Browne, Urn Burial. What would you conjecture, for sirens or for Achilles?

Nice. Or possibly Amaryllis, handy pseudonym and keeps initials, which all detective novelists swear by.

Always wanted to get two cats and call them Jeremy Bentham and John Rawls. Other half blocked me

I like the word 'friendhip' - presumably a willingness to be seen with someone only as long as everybody else thinks they're cool?

A woman I know named her child after her ex's cat.  It's a daft name for a cat and a tragic, life-scarring name for a boy.

Ah, by the way, the cat spends hours by the street looking at passers by and trying to stop them for affection. It is very, very sweet!

I am 99% sure the cat has been abandoned. It has been homeless for ages, I would say two months, and completely neglected by its owners. It has been hiding and sleeping under the hedges throughout all weathers. We talked to two other neighbours who have also been feeding her. Miss Annie, if you would like to give the cat a home, I am sure she needs the love.

You should give it a home Annie, it's lovely. You could always put up a notice and refer to this thread for people to get in touch if they want it back, rather than giving out your number.

Yes, the cat I saw was on Upper Tollington between Florence and Victoria. I would love @missannie to have it. If it is being neglected the "owners" have forfeited their rights to it as far as I'm concerned. I can go out right now with a cat basket and mount a rescue attempt!

This is great news! I just went out to have a look but there's no sign of it. I'm only round the corner so I'll keep watch, or I'm sure @GeekyCatLover can find it. Hope so.

Beetroot is a good name but perhaps you should hold a SG.org poll?