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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...

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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 · Alan Band/Keystone, via Getty Images. By Jennifer Vineyard. ... Joan Danbury (outside of their both being the first women in their villages to wear trousers, according to the Wights). Helen is a ...

9. www.jamesherriot.org › remembrance-day-for-helenRemembrance Day for Helen Herriot (Joan Wight) | James ...

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   Jul 14, 2010 · You can find several picture’s of Mrs.Wight , Joan Danbury , in the book of her son , A memoir of my father. Becky says: August 31, 2011 at 8:09 pm.