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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...
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...
Jul 14, 2010 · February 16, 2022 at 5:42 pm. Joan Catherine Danbury Wight died today, Jul 14, 1999. She was the inspiration for Helen Herriot.
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!).
Joan Catherine Danbury Wight РWife, Died 1999 РHelen Herriot, n̩e Alderson James Alexander Wight РSon born on 13 February 1943 РCurrently a practicing veterinarian in Thirsk РJimmy Herriot
Jan 10, 2021 · The character of Helen Alderson is based on Joan Danbury—not a farmer’s daughter at all but a secretary in Thirsk. (She actually did cause a stir in Thirsk by apparently being the first woman...
Wright used the name Helen Alderson for his real-life wife, Joan Danbury. Danbury, in real life was not a farmer’s daughter, but worked as a secretary. According to one source, "contrary to the stories, Alf Wight met her in a group outing to a local dance.
