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Joan Danbury is the Real Helen Alderson. Helen Alderson may be the character least like her true-life counterpart. Joan Danbury was not a farmer’s daughter, but worked as a secretary in a...
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Sep 23, 2020 · The woman Alf married, Joan Danbury, was a corn-mill secretary, so impecunious that her marriage dowry to him was half-ownership of a pig she jointly reared! A deeply private woman, Joan...
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Brief Life History of Joan Catherine Anderson. When Joan Catherine Anderson Danbury was born on 28 March 1919, in Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Horace Anderson Danbury, was 28 and her mother, Laura Beatrice Woodford, was 30. She married James Alfred “Alf” Wight on 5 November 1941, in St Mary Magdalene Church, Outwood ...
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- James Alfred “Alf” Wight
Dec 2, 2020 · Alf soon found love and married Joan Danbury, a secretary at a local corn mill in Thirsk (Helen in the books) in 1941. On his wedding day they went to the cinema in Richmond and then stayed in Carperby at the Wheatsheaf Pub (there is a plaque outside to celebrate this!). He famously took his new wife out TB testing of cattle during his honeymoon.
Feb 19, 2021 · Helen Alderson (played by Rachel Shenton) is the main character least like her real-life counterpart, Wight’s wife, Joan Danbury (outside of their both being the first women in their villages...
- Jennifer Vineyard
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 corn...
Aug 4, 2022 · Yes, ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ is based on a true story. The script for the series is written by Ben Vanstone, who brings the autobiographical stories from James Herriot to life. James Alfred Wight (or Alf Wight) is the real person behind the lead character, James Herriot.
