Jack Jeffery obituary

My father, Jack Jeffery, who has died aged 87, was a chemist and water purity expert who came from a family strongly rooted in pacifism, secularism and socialism. He taught his children the value of strong opinions and vigorous debate.The only child of Philip Jeffery, a plasterer and school caretaker, and his wife, Elsie (nee Carr), he was born and brought up in Clough Dene, a hamlet in Co Durham. Jack shared his father’s passions for literature and cricket. He played the piano from t