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May 12, 2001 · By Mary Ellen Gorham, Special to the Daily News. May 12, 2001. Twenty years ago I spent a couple of days in Thirsk, England. This small village was the home of Alf Wight, better known as James...
Rosie Page and Jim Wight, the grown children of author and veterinarian James Alfred Wight (aka James Herriot), share anecdotes about their parents' early married life and their friendship with the Sinclair brothers. Learn how their dad wrote his books, how they celebrated their wedding, and what they were asked most about their dad.
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Biography, Animals, Nonfiction. edit data. James Alexander Wight, son of the famous James Alfred “Alf” Wight who is best known as the author James Herriot . He took time out from the veterinary practice in Thirsk, where he worked with his father for many years, in order to write and then publicise his father's biography.
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James Alfred “Alf” Wight is the authentic Yorkshire vet and with the help of his children, Jim Wight and Rosie Page, we learn exactly which of these beloved and unconventional characters...
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Jim Wight and Rosie Page are the children of Alf Wight, also known as James Herriot, the author of All Creatures Great and Small. They share their views on the new TV adaptation of the books and invite viewers to visit the World of James Herriot in Thirsk.
James Alfred Wight OBE FRCVS (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), better known by his pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and author. Born in Sunderland, Wight graduated from Glasgow Veterinary College in 1939, returning to England to become a veterinary surgeon in Yorkshire, where he practised for almost 50 years.
The “James Herriot” is a British Rail Class 180 passenger train, traveling from his birthplace of Sunderland, England to London King’s Cross, with a call at Thirsk (represented as Darrowby ...
