It was originally intended by my eldest brother that he should have a little baby sister as he already had a little baby brother.

Thunderbirds ( the puppet series ) had just come out in England and seeing as how our family name is the same as Lady Penelope Creighton WARD's , he thought that should be my name.

The whole thing, he meant.

They had to whittle him down to just Penelope, but he usually calls me 'madam' when he's annoyed.

I just thank the powers that be that I wasn't a boy as I was going to be called Parker ( the butler ) otherwise.

So when I saw that there was already a Penny on the 'cat', I thought I may as well get some mileage out of my name.

Technically I'm named after my dad, Michael (Michelle) However I wish they had actually called me Michael as you have no idea how many girls from north London were christened Michelle that year! Also you have no idea how girls from north London can mangle the name. Sheesh!

TTFN M'Lady P.