James Herriot: Statue unveiled of Yorkshire vet turned author Alf Wight
HIS STORIES of the life of a Yorkshire veterinarian continue to enthrall readers, 20 years after his death.
Today a new statue of Alf Wight, the man behind the James Herriot books, has been unveiled. And it is so life-like that his son expected it to turn around and send him on his next veterinary job.
Standing in the garden of The World of James Herriot in Thirsk, the museum that now stands in Mr Wight’s original home and surgery, the statue was installed on the what would have been the 96th birthday of his much-loved wife Joan.
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