Eddie Straiton, the Glossary
Edward Cornock Straiton OBE (27 March 1917 – 30 October 2004), known as "the TV vet", was a Scottish veterinarian, author, and television host.[1]
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13 relations: All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV series), BBC Radio, Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, Farming Today, Jimmy Young (broadcaster), Order of the British Empire, Penkridge, Staffordshire, Television, University of Glasgow, Veterinarian, 1998 New Year Honours.
- People from Clydebank
- Scottish veterinarians
All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV series)
All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series made by the BBC and based on the books of the British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the pseudonym James Herriot.
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BBC Radio
BBC Radio is an operational business division and service of the public service broadcast outlet British Broadcasting Corporation (which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a royal charter since 1927).
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Clydebank
Clydebank (Bruach Chluaidh) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
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Dunbartonshire
Dunbartonshire (Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann) or the County of Dumbarton is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the west central Lowlands of Scotland lying to the north of the River Clyde.
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Farming Today
Farming Today is a radio programme about food, farming, and the countryside broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom.
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Jimmy Young (broadcaster)
Sir Leslie Ronald Young, known professionally as Jimmy Young (21 September 1921 – 7 November 2016), was an English singer, disc jockey and radio personality.
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Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.
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Penkridge
Penkridge is a village and civil parish in South Staffordshire District in Staffordshire, England.
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Staffordshire
Staffordshire (postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England.
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Television
Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound.
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University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow (abbreviated as Glas. in post-nominals) is a public research university in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Veterinarian
A veterinarian (vet) is a medical professional who practices veterinary medicine.
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1998 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1998 for the United Kingdom, Barbados, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Christopher and Nevis were announced on 30 December 1997, to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1998.
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See also
People from Clydebank
- Amy Callaghan
- Andrew Davidson (knight)
- C. J. Ryan
- Colin Tough
- Danny McGarvey
- Duncan Bannatyne
- Eddie Straiton
- Finlay Hart
- Francis J. Meehan
- Frank Hannah
- Gavin Laird
- Gavin Millar
- Graeme Clark (musician)
- Ian McAteer
- Ian McHarg
- Ian Niall
- Iseabail Macleod
- James Beveridge Thomson
- James Cosmo
- James Reston
- John Baird I
- John Chalmers (trade unionist)
- John Forrester (trade unionist)
- John Green (unionist)
- Kate Muir
- Kevin Bridges
- Marie McNair
- Marti Pellow
- Martin Docherty-Hughes
- Martin Doherty
- Mary Riggans
- Nicola Park
- Paul Mooney (broadcaster)
- Stewart Hillis
- Wet Wet Wet
Scottish veterinarians
- Alexander Ford
- Alexander Levie
- Alexander Robertson (veterinary surgeon)
- Angus Carmichael
- Christine Middlemiss
- David Warnock
- Donna Kennedy
- Duncan McNab McEachran
- Eddie Straiton
- George Fleming (veterinary surgeon)
- George Macdonald Urquhart
- Harry Paul
- Hayley Haining
- J. R. U. Dewar
- J. S. A. Spreull
- James McCall (veterinary surgeon)
- John A. Gilruth
- John Boyd Dunlop
- John Gamgee
- John Neish Ritchie
- John Russell Greig
- Keith Dyce
- Laura Muir
- Manda Scott
- Michael Findlay (veterinary surgeon)
- Nicola Howat
- Quintin McKellar
- Robert Pringle (British Army officer)
- Thomas Fauset MacDonald
- Thomas William Hogarth
- Tom Jarvie
- William Christopher Miller
- William Dick (veterinary surgeon)
- William MacGregor Henderson
- William McGregor Mitchell
- William Weipers