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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 impecunious...
Alf Wight is the Real James Herriot. Like the character of James Herriot, James Alfred Wight grew up in Glasgow. However, he was born to English parents in the English town of Sunderland ...
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.
James Herriot is the pen name of James Alfred (“Alf”) Wight, Yorkshire veterinarian and bestselling author. ... His wife brought a beagle named Sam into Wight’s adult life and the creature ...
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....
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...
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.
