She sold her tablet across Scotland, helped create the Great Tapestry and broke the newspaper glass ceiling... now Alzheimer's has left her devoted husband caring for her around the clock
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She broke the infamous 1960s glass ceiling to become an ambitious Scottish newspaper-woman after helping the UK government sell jets around the world.
Published: 09:43 GMT, 7 November 2026 | Updated: 09:43 GMT, 7 November 2026
She broke the infamous 1960s glass ceiling to become an ambitious Scottish newspaper-woman after helping the UK government sell jets around the world.
Jan Young then juggled being a Mum-of-two with a tablet business that spanned the Lothians and helped launch and stitch the Great Tapestry of Scotland.
But now Jan, 79, struggles to remember what has been said to her seconds ago and needs daily support from her husband Jim, 82, who she fell for in the wild heyday of swinging 60s London.
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