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Young James Herriot

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by John Lewis-Stempel


  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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  This book is published to accompany the television series entitled Young Herriot, first broadcast on BBC1 in 2011.

  Executive Producer: Cameron Roach

  Producers: Willy Wands, Kate Croft

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  Text © KoCo Drama Limited & The James Herriot Partnership 2011

  Photographs – Plate 1: page 1 (r & b), page 2 (l & b), page 7 (b) and page 8 (b) © Jim Wight; page 3 (t) © Mary Evans Picture Library/Francis Frith; page 3 (b), page 4 and 5 (t & inset l), page 6 (l & b), page 7 (tr) and page 8 (t) by courtesy of Glasgow City Archives and Special Collections, Mitchell Library; page 7 (l) © Glasgow Life/Glasgow Museums; page 6 (t) © Mary Evans Picture Library/Roger Mayne. Plate 2: page 1 (t), page 2 (t), page 5 (t & b), page 6 (t), page 7 (t & b), page 8 (t & b) © Jim Wight; page 1 (b) by courtesy of Glasgow City Archives and Special Collections, Mitchell Library; page 2 (b), page 3 (t & b), page 4 (t & b) © Glasgow Veterinary College; page 6 (b) by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow City Council.

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