Time to meet yet more unwilling patients and a rich cast of supporting owners. With two years experience behind him, James Herriot still feels privileged working on the beautiful Yorkshire moors as assistant vet at the Darrowby practice. Throw in his first encounters with Helen, the beautiful daughter of a local farmer, and this year looks to be as eventful as the last. But veterinary practice in the 1930s was never going to be easy, and there are challenges on the horizon, from persuading his clients to let him use his ‘modern’ equipment, to becoming an uncle (to a pig called Nugent). Now firmly ensconced in the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby, recently qualified vet James Herriot has acclimatized to life with his unpredictable colleagues, brothers Siegfried and Tristan Farnon.
On the other he must contend with herds of semi-feral cattle, gruff farmers with incomprehensible accents and an overweight Pekingese called Tricki Woo… Heart breaking and hilarious in equal measure, If Only They Could Talk is a book for all those who find laughter and joy in animals, and who know and understand the magic and beauty of Britain’s wild places. On the one hand there are his new colleagues, Siegfried and Tristan Farnon, two brothers who attract a constant stream of local girls to whom James is strangely invisible. But even life in the sleepy village of Darrowby has its challenges. To a Glaswegian like James, 1930s Yorkshire appears to offer an idyllic pocket of rural life in a rapidly changing world.
From the Yorkshire Dales to World War 2, follow James Herriot through his real-life adventures.įresh out of Veterinary College, and shoulder-deep in an uncooperative cow, James Herriot’s first job is not panning out exactly as expected. Now, you can get the true stories behind the series in these bestselling and beloved books. They were also adapted into two films, and are perhaps best remembered as a classic BBC TV series, first airing in 1978. This complete box set of James Herriot's memoirs is the inspiration for the hit Channel 5 series All Creatures Great And Small.
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