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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 ...
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 married Joan Catherine Anderson Danbury on 5 November 1941 at St Mary's Church, Thirsk. [7] After they returned to Thirsk, Wight "carried on TB testing [of] cows in Wensleydale and the top floor of 23 Kirkgate became Joan and Alf’s first home". [5] . The couple had two children. [8] : 148, 169, 292. Veterinary practice.
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...
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.
