Jill
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Three, two, one. I'm debt-free! Yeah!
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We've been training since May for this. Alice is only 13, so she's done an amazing job today. And kept me going as well. We helped each other through that. The last hill, definitely. It's really steep. That last hill is, yeah, it's like nothing else. We come from Mercedon, yeah.
We've been training since May for this. Alice is only 13, so she's done an amazing job today. And kept me going as well. We helped each other through that. The last hill, definitely. It's really steep. That last hill is, yeah, it's like nothing else. We come from Mercedon, yeah.
I did it in 2021, but it was Alice's first time.
I did it in 2021, but it was Alice's first time.
Yeah, we're hoping to do the 10k at some point. It's amazing. She was talking about this at the beginning of the race and she's still talking about it at the end. So, yeah, no, that's always a good sign.
Yeah, we're hoping to do the 10k at some point. It's amazing. She was talking about this at the beginning of the race and she's still talking about it at the end. So, yeah, no, that's always a good sign.
My name's Jill Twombly and I'm St John Ambulance, which I've enjoyed doing. I mean, it's not like work, you know, you've got to do it, but it's my hobby, as I can say.
My name's Jill Twombly and I'm St John Ambulance, which I've enjoyed doing. I mean, it's not like work, you know, you've got to do it, but it's my hobby, as I can say.
It's 60 years this year.
It's 60 years this year.
Well, I started off as a president of Redhill Cadets, the then cadet officer of the county for the nursing cadets, the girls, because the girls and the boys were separated then. She said to me, when are you going to come and help me out by doing the county? And I said, yes, I will at the right time. And in those days, we did a lot of training with the police in Redhill again.
Well, I started off as a president of Redhill Cadets, the then cadet officer of the county for the nursing cadets, the girls, because the girls and the boys were separated then. She said to me, when are you going to come and help me out by doing the county? And I said, yes, I will at the right time. And in those days, we did a lot of training with the police in Redhill again.
And she said, I'll take you around the county visiting all the young people. And then she did this and then she said, I'm retiring next week. I was in it. Didn't have a choice. But it's been fun. No, it's lovely. It's a lovely organisation. And then I became a deputy commissioner for youth. And then what did I do next? Gosh, such a long time ago. I became a deputy commissioner for the county.
And she said, I'll take you around the county visiting all the young people. And then she did this and then she said, I'm retiring next week. I was in it. Didn't have a choice. But it's been fun. No, it's lovely. It's a lovely organisation. And then I became a deputy commissioner for youth. And then what did I do next? Gosh, such a long time ago. I became a deputy commissioner for the county.
And the commissioner was commuting between Yorkshire and here for his work. And I thought, well, I'm really not doing anything. So I said, please, can I go back and look after the youth? because he gave me a job. And I took over from him when he'd done his six years. It's a lovely organisation. The people are lovely. I've loved it. I love meeting the people. That's me. I'm a people person.
And the commissioner was commuting between Yorkshire and here for his work. And I thought, well, I'm really not doing anything. So I said, please, can I go back and look after the youth? because he gave me a job. And I took over from him when he'd done his six years. It's a lovely organisation. The people are lovely. I've loved it. I love meeting the people. That's me. I'm a people person.
So you get to know them, you visit them, and you become friends with them.