In 1989, I moved from the country to live in a mansion-block flat in Battersea, with my family and bull terrier, Parker.
Through Parker and his canine friends I met a variety of local people, including many of my neighbours. There was one who commanded attention, and I often saw him walking in Battersea Park where we exercised our dogs.
He was tall and well-built with broad shoulders and long limbs. Nobody approached him, as he looked forbidding and seemed quite
