Jinman, Peter x
John Brown & Co 22–3, 62
Jones, Isabell 25
Kenyon, Neil 29
Kesson, Colin 86
knacker’s yards 219–20
Lasgarn, Hugh 136–7, 158
Lauder, Sir Harry 17, 29, 158
Leigh, Margaret 119–20
Lenoir, J. J. Étienne 111
Lister, Joseph 132
London Veterinary College 102, 103
Long, H Kingsley 41
Lyons veterinary school, France 100, 101, 169
Macdonald, Edward 59
MacIntyre, Donald 175, 200, 240
Mackay, Norman 183
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie 2, 17, 54, 55
Maclean, Alistair 61
Maclean, Bantyne 183
Making Ships, Making Men (McKinlay) 32–3
Malcolm, William 44
Male, G. P. 72
Mallock, Jeff 220
Markham’s Master-Peece, or, What doth a Horse-man lacke (Markham) 99–100
Marron, Curly 70
Maxton, James 35
McAloon, Rob xi–xii
McCall, James 131, 132, 133
McColl, Ian 61
McDowall, J. J. 203, 224–31, 236, 242–4
McFadyean, Professor John 155, 165
McKinlay, Alan 32–3
McQueen, Professor Andy 142–3, 152, 173, 175
Melville, Aubrey 200, 204, 240
Milk Marketing Board 222
Milk Order, 1922 221
milk, grades of 221–2
Miller, William 58
Mitchell, Ken ix–x
Modern Wonders for Boys 79
Mohd, Qasuria Ashiq 158
Morton, H. V. 19
Mr Steadfast (Buchan) 28
Muller, Lieutenant J. P. 90–4
Munor, Neil 54–5
music hall 15, 29–30, 47
My System: 15 Minutes’ Exercise a Day for Health’s Sake (Muller) 91–3, 95
National Greyhound Racing Club 229
National Greyhound Racing Board 244
New Veterinary College, Edinburgh 159–60, 162, 164
Nisbet, Robert 240
No Mean City (MacArthur/Kingsley Long) 27–8, 40–2
Noyce, Don 190, 199
O’Reilly, Pat 158
O’Reilly, Vincent 199
Odiham’s Agricultural Society 102–3
Ogg, Johnny 199
Old Kilpatrick Amateurs 200
ovariotomy 225–6
Page, Rosie 46
Papyri of Kahun, 1900 BC 97
Parasitology (Monning) 141–2
Parker, Dorothy 215
Partick Thistle 52
Pasteur, Louis 108
Pekingese 214–17
People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals 217
Pepys, Samuel 66, 67
Pettigrew, George 154
‘posology’ 123
Pottie, Alex 139
probang 127
Pumphrey, Mrs (fictional character) 215, 216
‘quacks’ 120–2, 227
Rankin, William 39, 40
Red Setter 68, 69, 70
Register of Veterinary Surgeons 162
Reith, Reverend George 84
Reith, John 84
Rex (dog) 70
Robb, Willie 204
Ross, John 39
Royal Agricultural Society 107
Royal Army Veterinary Corps (RAVC) 104
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), Edinburgh x, 109–10, 120, 132, 133, 139, 159
AW as member of 109–10
Council of 160–1, 162, 163
examinations 133, 160, 164
Examinations Committee 160, 164
women as members 160–6
Royal Veterinary College (‘The Dick’), Edinburgh 132, 139, 159, 165, 199, 245
Ruini, Carlo 99
Schmidt, Jurgens 212
Scotsman, The 39, 181–2, 239
Scottish Journey (Muir) 19
Scottish Juvenile League 200, 201
Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 109
Second World War, 1939–1945 104, 177, 236
Service, Robert W. 61
Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act, 1919 164
sheep 107, 206
dipping 118–19
pox 107
shearing 115–16
Shipp, John 103–4
Simonds, James Beart 107, 108
Sinclair, Brian 104, 154
Sinclair, Donald 209, 245
Smith, Bob ‘Ginger’ 199
Smith, Morton W. 161
Smith, William Alexander 84–5
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 198
Sorley, Evelynne 87
Soutar, Professor John 144
South Shields greyhound track 228–9, 242–3, 244
‘staggers’ 104–5
Steele, Jimmy 199
stethoscope 108
Stevens, Dave (character) 241
Stevenson, Margaret Cecilia 159
Stillitoe, Sir Percy 43, 44
Straiton, Eddie ix, 37, 48–50, 149, 157, 158, 183–4, 199, 200, 233–4, 238, 240, 241
Strang, John 20
Sunderland viii, 7–10, 11, 15, 52, 54, 80, 81, 89, 180, 224, 229, 230, 236, 242, 243, 244, 245
Bolden 13–14
Brandling Street 7
cinemas 10–12
‘Fashoda’ (Sunderland childhood home) 7, 8, 9, 13
Fullwell 89
Primitive Methodist Chapel, Williamson Terrace, Sunderland 10, 13, 14
Roker 7–9, 13, 15, 58, 62, 89
Roker Park 9, 81
shipyards 8, 12–13, 62
Star Cinema, Calvert Street 6
Williamson Terrace 10, 13, 14
working class in 13–14
Sunderland Football Club 9, 80–1
Swan, Lord Provost AB 151
Taylor, Alex 45, 48, 56, 198
Taylor, Major FJ 160
Telford, Thomas 21
The Lord God Made Them All (Herriot) 210–11
The World of James Herriot museum, Thirsk 66
Thirsk viii, 66, 209, 215, 219, 220, 245
Thompson, Alex 179
Thomson, Alexander ‘Greek’ 77
Times, The 34–5
tractors 111–14
Tricky-Woo 215
tuberculosis 220–2
Tuberculosis Order, 1925 221
Turnbull, Alex 25–6
Turnbull, Jimmy 71
Tyson, Whirly xi–xii
Urlagaldinna 97
Vet in Harness (Herriot) viii
Veterinarian, The (Hill) 106, 108
Veterinary Benevolent Fund 222
Veterinary Chemical Works 119
veterinary chemists 122
Veterinary Counter Practice 122
Veterinary Journal 162
veterinary medicine, history of 97–109
Veterinary News 162
Veterinary Record 114, 161, 162, 163, 164, 240, 245
veterinary schools 102–6
veterinary surgeon 71–4, 97
antibiotics, use of ix–xi
assistant 203, 224–31, 236, 241–5
charges 222, 225
clothing 209
cost of 120, 122
cures 123
diagnose disease 133
dispensary 123–4, 125, 126
doubles as doctor 205–6
function of 123
instruments of the job 126–7
killing of animals 217–19
methods of diagnosis 213–14
pets, treating 214–18, 242
poor state of profession on AW joining 240–1
recipe book of tried and tested treatments 124–5
rural practice 205
social standing of 110–11
title of 109–10
variety in job of 222–3
victories, 227–8
wages 24
1, 242
women 159–66
X-ray machines, use of 204, 206
Veterinary Surgeon’s Charter, 1844 160
Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1881 109–10, 229
Vets Might Fly (Herriot) 224, 229
Victoria, Queen 214
Wagner, Richard 53
Walker, William 60
Wallace, Nellie 29
Walls, Reverend William 45–6
Walsh, James (fictional character) 134, 145–7, 156, 186–98
Weipers, William 203–4
Weir, Geordie 144, 170, 175
West of Scotland Amateur League 200
Wheatley, John 35
Whitehouse, Dr A. W. 72–3, 74, 136, 139–41, 152, 154, 165, 183, 222, 236, 238
Wight, Alf (James Alfred Wight/James Herriot):
academic talent 64–5, 74–6, 95, 169, 176–9, 183, 201
birth viii, 7, 8, 15
‘casebooks’ 203, 210, 212, 215–16, 218
childhood 17, 23, 25, 28, 44–5, 48, 50–1
cinema going 5, 81–4
diary 4, 57, 62, 64, 66–7, 70, 83, 87–9, 90, 93–6, 118, 131, 144, 150, 151, 167, 169, 172, 174, 181, 183, 199
diphtheria 90, 95
dogs, fascination with 4, 68, 69, 70–1, 173
drinking 37, 185–99, 200
driving test, passes 244
early writing 4
finances 157, 168–9, 242, 243, 244
first publishes books viii
first solo job 219, 242
fitness 1, 90–4
football and 9, 45, 50–2, 63, 64, 75, 142, 199–200, 201
girlfriends 83–4, 198
golf 80
health 1, 90, 95, 177, 236
hill climbing/roaming 223–4
hobbies 79
joins Siegfried Farnon veterinary practice viii, 245
music and 9–11, 12, 14–15, 52–3
name 7–8
piano playing 53, 80, 137–8, 149, 168
ping-pong playing 138, 168, 174, 175
poems 74–6
practice, begins in Sunderland 224–31
RAF 177
reading 52, 65–6
rugby playing 60, 62, 78, 95, 176, 187, 189, 199
schooldays see Hillhead High School and Yoker Primary School
serialisation of works 61
unpublished work xi, 134, 142–8, 152, 155–6, 186–98, 201
vacations 204–5
vet, ambition to become 71–4
veterinary assistant 203, 224–31, 236, 241–4
wages 242, 243, 244
see also Herriot, James
Wight, Alfred (uncle) 7
Wight, Hannah (née Bell) (mother) 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 31, 46, 48, 52–3, 56, 81–2, 89, 174, 180, 182–3, 239
Wight, James (Jim) (father) 10–11, 12–13, 14, 15, 23, 29, 31, 32, 46–7, 48, 52, 53, 53, 56, 62, 65, 81–2, 89, 110, 180, 182–3, 235, 239
Wight, Jim (grandfather) 180
Wight, Jim (son) 95
Wilkins, Jinny (aunt) 224–5, 242
Wilkins, Stan 54, 89
Williams, Professor William 159, 160, 161, 162
Wodehouse, PG vii, 66, 87
women vets 159–66
Yarrow, Alfred 23, 32
Yoker, Glasgow 15, 22–5, 24, 25, 28, 29, 31, 44–6, 48, 50–2, 56, 66, 80, 84, 87, 117, 179, 181, 182, 198, 200–1
Yoker Athletic FC 51–2, 80
Yoker Church 45–6
Yoker Fernlea 200, 201
Yoker Primary School 44, 45, 48, 56
Yoker Tennis Club 80
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
James Herriot’s children, Rosie Page and Jim Wight; the staff at The World of James Herriot, Thirsk; Kate Croft at Shed Media; Albert DePetrillo and Laura Higginson at BBC Books; Georgia Glover at David Higham; Julian Alexander, Ben Clark, Petra Lewis at Lucas Alexander Whitley; Peter Jinman OBE, MRCVS, President of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons; Ken Mitchell; Nigel Carter; the staff of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow; the staff of the Archives, Glasgow University.
I am also grateful to J. A. Allen for permission to reprint extracts from Eddie Straiton’s Animals Are My Life, and to Sovereign Books for permission to reprint extracts from Hugh Lasgarn’s Vet in Green Pastures.
But my greatest thanks go to my wife, Penny Lewis-Stempel, without whom I would never have started, let alone finished.
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