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2. www.pbs.org › wgbh › masterpieceThe Real People Behind the Characters of All Creatures Great ...

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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 Thirsk ...

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3. www.dailymail.co.uk › femail › article-8765955James Herriot's children reveal truth behind All Creatures ...

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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 avoided ...

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4. ancestors.familysearch.org › en › MW3Y-431Joan Catherine Anderson Danbury (1919–1999) • FamilySearch

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   Discover life events, stories and photos about Joan Catherine Anderson Danbury (1919–1999) of Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom.

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6. www.nytimes.com › 1999/07/18 › nyregionJoan Wight, Wife and Model for Author Herriot - The New York ...

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   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. She...

7. www.hellomagazine.com › film › 507051All Creatures Great and Small: Meet the real James, Helen ...

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   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 mill.

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8. www.nytimes.com › 2021/02/19 › arts‘All Creatures Great and Small’: Who Was the Real James ...

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   Feb 19, 2021 · By Jennifer Vineyard. Feb. 19, 2021. Beginning at the age of 50, the beloved veterinarian James Alfred Wight led a double life. By day, he tended to animals in and around the English village where ...

9. thecinemaholic.com › is-all-creatures-great-andIs All Creatures Great and Small a True Story? - The Cinemaholic

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   Aug 4, 2022 · His wife, Joan Danbury, did not live too long after his death and eventually died in 1999. When Wight took up the job at Yorkshire, he worked with Donald Sinclair, who is the inspiration behind Siegfried Farnon’s (Samuel West) character. It was there that Wight also met his life partner, Joan, who is called Helen in the books and the series.