Peter Wright, popular TV vet who worked with the real-life James Herriot, aka Alf Wight, has a moving new scheme to help owners remember their beloved pets.
Wright is known for starring on the popular Channel 5 shows The Yorkshire Vet and Springtime on the Farm and has joined forces with Ifor Williams Trailers to roll out the nationwide memorial project.
The first memorial bench was delivered to the World of James Herriot museum in Thirsk, home to his old mentor. Rob and Dave Nicholson from Cannon Hall Farm in Barnsley and also firm favourites on Channel 5 transported the first bench to the museum.
It’s a fitting tribute from Wright, who worked at the museum when it was vet Alf Wight’s home. Wight wrote the collection of All Creatures Great and Small set in the Yorkshire Dales under the pen name James Herriot.
The newest series of The Yorkshire Vet started this week, and the opening of the pet memorial at the museum was featured on the show. And it’s the first of a series of pet benches to be installed around the country.
The Northern Echo reported that Peter Wright said: “What we are going to do in about ten different locations is put a bench where people can go and sit and remember their pets, in a similar way to what we have done at the World of James Herriot. The bench is situated in a lovely walled garden in a quiet area of the World of James Herriot, which used to be our veterinary practice until 1996.
“The walled garden was where we used to turn the dogs out when they were recuperating from procedures. Going back in time, it was basically part of a Georgian house, and it’s where Alf Wight – James Herriot – started and lived during the initial parts of his working career. He would walk up and down there with his dogs regularly, so it’s quite fitting to have it where it is.
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