Animals don't stop for Christmas - the children of Alf Wight, who wrote the tales of vet James Herriot, remember their dad getting 12 calls one…
All Creatures Great and Small celebrations for the Skeldale vets - image from the Christmas Special on Channel 5
Rosie, 75, and elder brother Jim Wight, 79, have had the opportunity to reflect on their dad’s incredible life by contributing to a new book, The Wonderful World of James Herriot, which is a collection of excerpts from their late father’s much-loved novels, including personal insights from his two children.
'Dad never missed a trick and his life was coloured by all these fantastic characters, his boss Siegfried and Tristan, Mrs Pumphrey and Tricki Woo that marched into his life and enriched it no end. I think that’s what set dad’s books aside. That and the terrific nostalgia. He’s preserved this way of life that is all but disappeared with his descriptive writing.'
More followed, however, including Let Sleeping Vets Lie , Vet in a Spin and Every Living Thing , which sold in their millions across the globe. 'We were brought up knowing that if we were going to get anywhere, we had to work hard. Right from the word go, it was that idea that you don't get out for nowt,' says Rosie.
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