OF the many children's stories Newcastle filmmaker Caleb Irwin heard as a kid, Mem Fox's heart-warming book Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge is one that's continued to resonate.
The book, first published in 1984, tells the story of a young boy who lives next door to a nursing home and befriends the elderly people there. When one resident, Miss Nancy, starts suffering from Alzheimer's, Wilfrid sets out to help his "best friend" regain her memory.
