An Angus publican whose family ran a local bar for around half a century has died aged 72.
Colin Macnab was born in Lochee in 1939, but moved to Arbroath at the age of four. After leaving Arbroath High School he joined the RAF and served as a ground crew maintenance engineer.
He enlisted voluntarily to secure his chosen trade, and after training in Cheshire he was stationed at Gutersloh in Germany. There he spent much of his time looking after the frames of Hawker Hunter aircraft.
In 1960, he began work with his father Colin Sr at Arbroath’s Crown Inn and became publican 10 years later. He ran the successful pub until his retirement in 2002, and was a well-known local figure.
The trade ran in the family, with Mr Macnab serving 42 years at the Crown, after taking the reins from his father, who played football for Dundee and Arbroath and won 13 Scotland caps.
The building was refurbished over the years, with a games room and lounge area installed in the 1960s later combined into one large entertainment section in 1991.
In 1963 Mr Macnab married Doris Barclay, from Turriff, at St Andrews Church. They had three children, Jenny, Colin and Morag, and a number of grandchildren.
The couple met at a dance at the former Seaforth Hotel, with Mrs Macnab working as a barmaid in the Crown’s lounge and taking care of the books.
After her death in 1999 Mr Macnab married his second wife, Eileen, in 2009 and has two stepchildren, Stephen and Jackie.
A keen golfer, he was a member of Arbroath Golf Club and Letham Grange, was secretary of Newgate Bowling Club and was also a member of the Licensed Victuallers Association.
Mr Macnab supported charities for the war-blinded, the Arbroath lifeboat, disabled children and Arbroath Infirmary.
He enjoyed travel and visited Italy, in particular Venice, to study the architecture. He was also a member of Arbroath Rotary Club and was an avid reader.