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Sep 23, 2020 · In the series, Herriot’s eventual wife, Helen Alderson, is depicted as the comely daughter of a prosperous farmer. The woman Alf married, Joan Danbury, was a corn-mill secretary, so...
Marjorie Warner is the Real Mrs. Pumphrey. According to Jim Wight’s biography of his father, this character of a rich older woman was based on a Mrs. Marjorie Warner of Sowerby, a local ...
Original name plates for Donald Sinclair (Siegfried Farnon) and Alf Wight (James Herriot) at the World of James Herriot museum. Sign at 23 Kirkgate, Thirsk (2018) Wight married Joan Catherine Anderson Danbury on 5 November 1941 at St Mary's Church, Thirsk.
Jul 18, 1999 · Joan Wight, the widow of the Yorkshire veterinarian who wrote under the name James Herriot and the model for a character in his books and television programs based on them, died on Wednesday....
Wight was never without a dog, according to a conversation he had with The Chicago Tribune in 1968. He was given an Irish Setter as a boy, naming the pup Don. His wife brought a beagle named Sam...
Nov 9, 2023 · The character Helen Alderson is based on James Alfred Wight's real wife, Joan Danbury. Unlike her TV counterpart Helen, who is a farmer's daughter, Joan worked as a secretary in a Thirsk...
Feb 19, 2021 · Can Alf Wight the man be cleanly distinguished from his celebrated stand-in, James Herriot? And was there really a little Tricki Woo who gave him goodies?
The grown children of author and veterinarian James Alfred Wight (aka James Herriot) share singular anecdotes about their parents’ early married life.
On 5 November 1941, he married Joan Catherine Anderson Danbury. The couple had two children, James Alexander (Jim), born 1943, who also became a vet and was a partner in the practice, and Rosemary (Rosie), born 1947, who became a physician in general practice. Wight served in the Royal Air Force in 1942.
Joan Wight, Wife and Model for Author Herriot. Published: July 18, 1999 in the New York Times. Joan Wight, the widow of the Yorkshire veterinarian who wrote under the name James Herriot and the model for a character in his books and television programs based on them, died on Wednesday. She was in her 80’s.
