My friend Larry Rudling, who has died aged 71 of pancreatic cancer, was a teacher and administrator in adult education, notably in Devon.
Larry (Larraine) was born in West Bromwich in the West Midlands, to Kay (nee Herrick), a nurse, and her husband, Denis Jones, a car factory panel beater. She went to John Wilmott grammar school in Sutton Coldfield, followed by teacher training at Bedford College of Education, with geography her main subject, and then a BEd at Girton College, Cambridge.
