My mother, Dorothy (Dot) Whiston Jones, who has died aged 99, was a PE teacher in Wales who later became a sociology lecturer at a further education college.
She was born in Cardiff as the fourth child of Albert Whiston, a ship’s carpenter, and his wife, Daisy (nee Cotterrall), a seamstress. The family were lucky to survive a German bombing raid on their street in 1941, in which more than 50 people died. Dot went to Canton high school in Cardiff before being evacuated, and despite the huge disruption of the war, including a period of evacuation, was still able to pass her matriculation, demonstrating her tenacity and academic abilities.
