On the other side of Chubbly’s bungalow lived an old spinster named Deirdre. Chubbly had never found out her surname, as his mum, dad and Granddad Curly would simply call her ‘D’.

She could be best described as a short, plump lady with ‘big hair’; that was to say, her hair measured almost half of her own body height again! This was made even more pronounced by the constant purple-blue rinse she (willingly) wore: she looked uncannily like Marge Simpson! Yes, that was most certainly it: she could undoubtedly be easily mistaken for Bart Simpson’s mother! D.

Just like their neighbour Archibald, D lived alone - well, apart from her two huge fluffy white Persian cats, Puff and Talcum. She had never married and also didn’t have any children.

Deirdre’s life - and indeed most of her time - was taken up by caring for Talcum and Puff. She would spend her days constantly grooming and unknotting their forever-tangled, long, furry coats.