James Herriot - Museum Visit - Creator of All Creatures Great and Small

James Herriot is the world's favourite Vet. Alf Wight created James Herriot and the All Creatures Great and Small series of books whilst working in the Thirsk Practice. This is now James Herriot World, a museum and unique insight into Alf Wight's life and how he created James Herriot. We visit what he created as Skeldale House, see where he lived and worked and find out how he used his personal experiences to write the wonderful novels loved by so many. Booking tickets and opening times https://worldofjamesherriot.com/ Hotel in Askrigg Skeldale House https://www.maison-parfaite.com/ ❤ Please support our channel in one of the following ways: 1. Subscribe and click the notifications bell. Subscribe to channel https://www.youtube.com/memoryseekers?sub_confirmation=1 2. Buys us a coffee https://ko-fi.com/memoryseekers 3. You can also make a one-off support donation through Paypal: https://paypal.me/memoryseekers 4. Become a patron on a monthly basis. https://www.patreon.com/memoryseekers ⚑ Follow our travel adventures on social: Instagram: MemorySeekers Facebook: MemorySeekersUK Pinterest: Memoryseekersuk Twitter: Memoryseekers Tiktok: Memoryseekers 🗺 Web: www.memoryseekers.net Head over to our website for more photos and information about our travels. 🎹 Like the music we use? We get it from these 2 sites below:- Artlist.io - Get FREE additional months subscription using our link https://artlist.io/Simon-312477 Epidemic Sound - Get 30 days FREE use of Epidemic Sounds using our link https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/6a40j0/ We receive 1 free month of access for any referrals 📷 If you'd like to know what equipment we use, see and buy our latest top kit for YouTubing and Travel Essentials in our Amazon shop:- https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/memoryseekers If you buy from these links we will receive a small commission but you won't pay a penny extra. With thanks to www.google.com and google earth for use of images 00:00 Introduction 00:34 Thirsk North Yorkshire 01:00 Alf Wight Early Years 02:00 World of James Herriot 02:26 House and Vet Surgery Tour 09:06 Writing James Herriot 10:28 Garden and Memorial 11:39 Using his personal experiences 12:14 TV Studio Sets 13:37 Education Area 14:03 2020 All Creatures Great and Small 14:42 Askrigg Original Locations 18:26 Next Time #jamesherriot #northyorkshire #allcreaturersgreatandsmall

Added 2 Apr 2026