Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Ronald Jackson the driving instructor who inspired a storyline in The Broons

Ronald Jackson  the driving instructor who inspired a storyline in The Broons

A Dundee man who spent decades teaching thousands of residents how to drive has died at the age of 84.

Ronald Jackson ran Jackson School of Motoring for 56 years.

Before entering the family business, he was a staff driver during the Second World War, leaving the military in 1948.

The next year he married his wife Flo, and the couple had one daughter, Pamela.

Early into his motoring school career Mr Jackson and his father experienced a bizarre situation that apparently inspired a storyline in The Broons.

The men were enjoying a break in a cafe in the City Square waiting for their next appointments. But when they stepped out on to the street they were shocked to find one of the vehicles had vanished.

Police arrived at the scene and told Mr Jackson Sr that they had seen his car in the Nethergate.

It emerged that the car had been taken by the two pupils the men were waiting for. One of the pupils was sitting in the unlocked car waiting for the instructor. However, the second pupil entered the same vehicle, believing the person behind the steering wheel was the instructor. The pair got as far as Commercial Street before their mix-up was discovered.

In his later years Mr Jackson retired to Kirkmichael near Pitlochry and remained there until his death.

He is survived by his daughter and grandchildren.