
Jill Andrew
Gillian Frances Andrew 3 May 1946 to 19 November 2024 Jill was born in Croydon and initially trained as a teacher. But teaching was not enough of a challenge and after a year she went to teach in Ethiopia. She arrived there in a period of great civil unrest and had to leave after a year. She made her way home via East Africa, cargo boat to Bombay via the Seychelles, through India, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, and into Turkey when time and money dictated a flight back to the UK. On return she was able to get a job as a YHA Field Officer Shortly afterwards Jill married Rex. Jill said the YHA job wasn’t compatible with marriage so went back to teaching until she started her family. After her first son, David, was born the family moved to Leeds. Jill had 2 more