The Yorkshire Vet's Peter Wright helps launch pet memorial bench scheme

A TV vet who worked with James Herriot has helped launch a new scheme to help owners remember their beloved pets.

Peter Wright, who stars on the Channel 5 shows The Yorkshire Vet and Springtime on the Farm, joined forces with Ifor Williams Trailers to roll out the nationwide memorial project.

The company supplied a trailer to transport a memorial bench to the World of James Herriot museum in Thirsk where the first tribute area has now opened.

The bench was transported to the museum by farming brothers Rob and Dave Nicholson, who regularly feature on Springtime on the Farm and whose Cannon Hall Farm visitor attraction near Barnsley is the setting for the popular show.

They were met at the museum by Peter Wright who worked with vet and author Alf Wight, better known by his pen name James Herriot.

James Herriot’s books about being a vet in the Yorkshire Dales have become worldwide hits and led to several TV and film adaptations, including the hugely successful All Creatures Great and Small series.

The opening of the pet memorial at the museum was featured on an episode of The Yorkshire Vet.

Mr Wright said the memorial at the museum would be the first of a series of pet benches to be installed around the country.

He said: “What we are going to do in about 10 different locations is put a bench where people can go and sit and remember their pets, in a similar way to what we have done at the World of James Herriot.”