A ginger tomcat who was fed at every home in a neighbourhood has died - leaving the whole street in mourning.
Residents were surprised to learn the cat visited 10 homes to eat and was variously known as Ginger, Atkinson, Dave and Fonzworthy III.
It echoes the children's tale Six-Dinner Sid, where each owner feeds the cat, thinking he belongs only to them.
Resident Tony Brown, 66, said: "It was only after he died that we realised how many others were looking after him.
"We put a sign up because he was so well known.
"Suddenly there was an outpouring of grief. Clearly he belonged to the whole street."
Locals have put poems, photos and memories of the cat at the spot where it liked to sleep in Holloway, Bath.
Mr Brown added: "You couldn't own him, he was his own cat. My epitaph for him is he was owned by no one but belonged to everyone."
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