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- Daily Mirror
Yorkshire Vet star, 73, unveils her 'first-ever tattoo' in spin-off
Farmers Steve and Jean Green have returned with their spin-off show alongside Yorkshire Vet Peter Wright, and feisty Jean caused a surprise during filming when she revealed her first inking
Yorkshire Vet farmer Jean Green, 73, shocked her husband Steve, 96 when she revealed she had visited a local tattoo parlour during filming of the spin off series At Home With The Greens earlier this year.
Jean enlisted pal Peter Wright 's help in getting her first inking of a Yorkshire Rose on her arm. 'Stephen had said to his daughter [Sarah, now 40] that if she ever came home with a tattoo, she would be kicked out,' says Peter.
'I don't think he would have carried that out, he is such a gentle man. But when Jean came home with the tattoo on her arm, his face was a picture, and you could see in his mind that the old cogs were whirling away in there and he wasn't quite sure how to take it.'
Known as Britain's oldest farming couple, Steve and Jean have been married for more than 40 years and have been friends with Peter for just as long.
'I got to know them well when I was young,' Peter says. 'They became one of my regular clients when I started work in Thirsk in 1982. I had this banter with Mrs Green right from the word go, and we've always had a close relationship. I've always loved going to their farm because of the banter we have.'
Jean, with her brightly coloured sweatshirts and silver bracelets jangling from her wrists, is something of a tour de force on the series, while her husband appears to be much quieter, although Peter says that still waters run deep when it comes to the veteran farmer.
'Stephen is more of a thinker, but once you get him going he's quite a conversationalist. When they were in the first flush of love, he would sit on his tractor out in a field, and he showed me some of the poems he would write to Jean there.
When they renewed their wedding vows after 40 years, he produced one of the poems out of his pocket, which I thought was rather nice.'
Yorkshire vet Peter describes the couple as like 'two lovestruck teenagers' and reveals that Steve and Jean had not spent a night apart until Jean was admitted to hospital for surgery during filming.
'They'd never been apart for a single night up until that point and that just typifies their relationship. There's no cross words whatsoever, but there's lots of fun and joy along the way. It sounds corny, but it's true.'
The Greens, who run Stoneybrough Farm in Thirsk, have a huge following amongst Yorkshire Vet fans, and Peter notes that Jean embraces their popularity, often calling to ask what the weekly viewing figures for the show are and enjoying the letters and packages sent by viewers around the world.
'We get oven gloves, coffee, biscuits, calendars, little kangaroo pouches, random stuff,' he says. 'Jean loves it, she can't wait to open a parcel – not knowing what is inside is a huge attraction for her.'
