The Real James Herriot (45 page)

14. Alf while he was at Hillhead School

15. Ready to turn out for the Glasgow Veterinary College football team

16. The Glasgow Veterinary College football team. Alf is in the centre row on the left with Bob Smith in fifth position and Eddie Straiton third from right. Aubrey Melville is in the front row, on the far left, predictably with a girl next to him

17. With his mother in Llandudno,
c.
1937

18. Alf and Peter Shaw beside Loch Ness, their bare legs fair game for the midges

19. The Boys' Brigade relaxing on the beach at North Berwick.
From left to right:
Alf, Eddie Hutchinson, Pete Shaw and Alex Taylor

20. Alf with Donald Sinclair and Eric Parker, in the garden at 23 Kirkgate

21. Market day in Thirsk, around the time Alf arrived in Yorkshire

22. In the vegetable garden at 23 Kirkgate

23. TB-testing in the Yorkshire Dales

24. Alf, in RAF uniform, with his baby son

25. Joan on the beach at Llandudno, 1951 with Danny

26. Pop and Alf with Rosie and Jimmy in the garden at 23 Kirkgate

27. With his mother in the Campsie Fells