20. Alf with Jimmy and Rosie, Alex Taylor with Lynne
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21. Picnic time with Pop and Granny Wight
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22. Brian Sinclair c. 1948
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23. Brian Nettieton, t’ vet wi’t badger
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24. The author, with his father, ‘always a comforting presence’
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25. Hector the Jack Russell almost seemed to want to drive the car himself, while Dan was content to be passenger.
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26. Joan was as fond of the dogs as Alf.
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27. Bodie, the border terrier, Alf’s last dog
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28. Rosie with Bodie and her dog Polly at Sanna Bay on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula
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29. The brass plate outside 23 Kirkgate: Mr D. V. Sinclair and Mr J. A. Wight, Veterinary Surgeons
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30. The brass plate outside Skeldale House, announcing S. Farnon and J. Herriot, Veterinary Surgeons
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31. The fury of the chase: pigs are almost impossible to catch in the open.
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32. James Herriot, author, meets the other James Herriot, who lent him his name.
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33. After a hard day’s work as a vet, Alf would write his books on a portable typewriter in front of the television in the evening.
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34. Dick Francis and Donald Sinden with Alf at the Authors of the Year party
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35. The queue in W. H. Smith, Harrogate, 1977
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36. Simon Ward and Lisa Harrow played James and Joan in the first film. This shows them after their considerably more splendid wedding than the real couple, right, had thirty-two years previously.
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37. In the second film, James Alderton played James Herriot, again opposite Lisa Harrow. Colin Blakely, right, played Siegfried.
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38. Partners in more sense than one: the television actors stand behind their true-life counterparts. Christopher Timothy and James Herriot/Alf Wight, Robert Hardy and Siegfried Farnon/Donald Sinclair, and Peter Davison and Tristan Farnon/Brian Sinclair
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39. Arthur Dand, farmer and fellow author, with Alf
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40. The ultimate honour: at Buckingham Palace after receiving the OBE in 1979
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41. With granddaughters Zoe and Katrina
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42. With Sunderland F. C. fans on King’s Cross Station in London
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43. After the memorial service at York Minster: the author, Chris Timothy, Joan, Robert Hardy, and granddaughter Emma Page
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