James Alfred Wight blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: James Alfred Wight OBE FRCVS 1916-1995 The vet, whose pen name was James Herriot and on whose books the TV series All Creatures Great and Small Was based, spent his first 20 years here Recorded plaque organisation: Yoker Housing Association.

James Alfred Wight, writing under the pen name James Herriot, was a veterinary surgeon whose memoirs about rural veterinary practice became best-selling books and inspired the television series "All Creatures Great and Small," making him a beloved figure in British culture.