Kate Hobbs, a community worker, dressed especially for the Sheffield event, wearing a cat-patterned dress.

She said: “I watch cat videos online every day and I like to go on the Sheffield Cat Shelter website and read the bios of the cats because they’re often really nicely written and I love hearing about the cats.

“In the evening me and my boyfriend, we often go on Instagram and watch a load of cat videos to relax, it’s a nice part of the day.”

Ms Hobbs has had her own cat, Harry, for 15 years.

“He’s a beautiful fat, black cat and I adore him,” she said.

“My mum thought he said ‘Hello’ once. It sounds really good the idea of your cat starting to speak English but actually it’s terrifying and I think maybe that’s part of why they’re so funny on camera because they’re not talking or communicating in the same way.”

He favourite online cat video involves a kitten with a non-speaking part.

“There’s one I really like of this kitten and someone cooking a rotisserie chicken on a spit and there’s medieval music in the background and the kitten is getting excited eating all the meat. And then the caption is something like ‘chill out bro it’s all yours’.”