Cat. Snooker. Penistone, Stocksbridge and Hoyland Express, Saturday 25 November 1933
BARBARA HALL, Chapeltown. I’m very glad to hear from you, Barbara, after the rather long silence. How’s the cooking? I expect you will be proficient…
The black cat named Snooker, along with Don and Uncle Oojah, was a popular figure in children’s comic sketches during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The cat’s popularity led to many young fans naming their pets Snooker, a practice that continues to the present day.