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    Summary of Jim Wight's The Real James Herriot
    Summary of Jim Wight's The Real James Herriot
    Summary of Jim Wight's The Real James Herriot
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    Summary of Jim Wight's The Real James Herriot

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    Book Preview: #1 Alf Wight was not a Scotsman, as he never lost the soft Glaswegian accent he developed over his twenty-three years in that great Scottish city. He was an Englishman born of English parents in an English town. He was not a Scotsman, and he never spent his entire life as a practicing veterinary surgeon in Yorkshire.

    #2 Alf’s mother, Hannah, was a music lover who wanted to improve herself and her family’s situation. She sent her husband to Glasgow in 1914, where he could find work in the shipyards and cinemas.

    #3 The family was devastated by the death of Jim’s brother Alfred in the First World War, but his name lived on through Alf. Jim was a quiet, reserved and very gentlemanly man, while Pop was a fanatical football fan and a native of Sunderland.

    #4 The Wight family had their first home in Glasgow in 1916, when baby Alfred was barely three weeks old. His happy and fulfilling childhood days in the city resulted in him forever referring to himself as a Glaswegian.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIRB Media
    Release dateMar 11, 2022
    ISBN9781669358725
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      Insights from Chapter 1

      #1

      Alf Wight was not a Scotsman, as he never lost the soft Glaswegian accent he developed over his twenty-three years in that great Scottish city. He was an Englishman born of English parents in an English town. He was not a Scotsman, and he never spent his entire life as a practicing veterinary surgeon in Yorkshire.

      #2

      Alf’s mother, Hannah, was a music lover who wanted to improve herself and her family’s situation. She sent her husband to Glasgow in 1914, where he could find work in the shipyards and cinemas.

      #3

      The family was devastated by the death of Jim’s brother Alfred in the First World War, but his name lived on through Alf. Jim was a quiet, reserved and very gentlemanly man, while Pop was a fanatical football fan and a native of Sunderland.

      #4

      The Wight family had their first home in Glasgow in 1916, when baby Alfred was barely three weeks old. His happy and fulfilling childhood days in the city resulted in him forever referring to himself as a Glaswegian.

      #5

      The tenement buildings of Glasgow have a terrible reputation of being the embodiment of all that is to do with poverty and squalor. However, other tenement buildings, such as the one in which Alf was to spend his early years, were perfectly respectable and adequate.

      #6

      Alf Wight’s story is that of a man who rose from grinding poverty to become a successful piano tuner. The truth is that his Yoker days were exceptionally happy, and he rarely felt the cold finger of hardship.

      #7

      Pop’s income from playing in the cinemas was ruthlessly cut with the advent of sound tracks, but Hannah was already earning a living in her own right. Musical ability was not the only talent she possessed; she was adept at making clothes.

      #8

      Alf loved his time at Yoker School, and took many happy memories away from it. The greatest legacy he received from his first school was the meeting there of a lifelong friend, Alex Taylor.

      #9

      The children in Glasgow were happy and carefree, and spent their time playing games outside or going to the cinema. They were not afraid of being hurt or getting sick, because they had no fear of poverty.

      #10

      Alf’s mother wanted the best for her son, so she sent him to one of the foremost fee-paying schools in Glasgow. Alf obtained the grades necessary for his secondary education.

      Insights from Chapter 2

      #1

      Alf Wight was admitted to Hillhead High School in 1931. It was there that he developed qualities that would be the hallmarks of his life: diligence and ambition, together with a love of literature,

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