VIDEO: All Creatures Great and Small actor cuts ribbon at Warnham Mill Veterinary Surgery opening

JPCT 070613 S13240040x Warnham Mill Veterinary Surgery opens. Christopher Timothy, of All Creatures Great and Small, cuts the ribbon. Julian Peters, Owner of Arthur Lodge Veterinary Group, looks on -photo by Steve Cobb

Christopher Timothy, who played James Herriot in the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small, was on hand to open the new practice off the B2237 Warnham Road.

The mill, which is believed to have been built in 1588 and restored some years later, ceased practice as a working mill in 1932.

Since then the building has only been used intermittently.

The new vet’s practice, run by Arthur Lodge Veterinary Group, will ensure that the mill once again plays a part in the lives of people in the region.

Local people and Tanbridge House School pupils were invited to the grand opening on Friday.

Julian Peters, owner of Arthur Lodge Veterinary Group, said: “I have been wanting to open a new practice for a while. We mix old-fashioned service with state-of-the art technology and this building seemed to fit perfectly into that ethos.”

For more information visit the surgery’s website.

Fore the full story see Thursday’s County Times.