'Cats' is based on Eliot's 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats' (1939), which the composer recalled as having been a childhood favourite.

I recall a childhood favourite from my father's sparse joke repertoire: "Church usher to errant worshiper, 'Mardon me padam, but you are occupewing the wrong pie.

But it's rare that a childhood favourite still has the power to call forth tears.

Along with the Goonies, it seems to be one of the films people in my age group rave about as a childhood favourite, but it really leaves me cold.

Also nip along to the Montacute Toy Museum in the village, where you are certain to find your childhood favourites.

Dian HP noted that she was interested in working on the musical as the film was one of her childhood favourites.

What a lovely reminder of a childhood favourite.

Now there are a lot more cartoons; even my childhood favourite of Sali Mali was turned into a cartoon.

They had a daughter, Silky, born on 16 August 1979, named after a racehorse called Silky Sullivan, her mother's childhood favourite.

It was described as her character's childhood favourite.