When Cola the cat was born, Margaret Thatcher was running the country, Back to the Future was topping the box office and rapper Dizzee Rascal was a newborn baby. Now, after 28 years, the feline is set to celebrate a milestone birthday - turning 140 in cat years and being crowned Britain's oldest moggy. Until now a cat called Wadsworth, from Ravensden, Bedfordshire, was thought to hold the crown of Britain's oldest living feline - after celebrating his 27th birthday this year. Born in the eighties: Cola will turn 28 this year and is believed to be Britain's oldest cat
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Black cat will turn 28 this year, or the old age of 140 in cat years
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Owner Mary Goldsmith puts her long life down to lots of treats
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Cat's favourite foods are said to be cream, custard and salmon
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Mrs @placeholder said: 'I’ve never heard of another cat reach her age, so I wondered if she was the oldest in the country.