Lindsay McLean, who was postmaster of Maryfield Post Office in Dundee for 15 years, has died following a long illness.
Born in Dundee, Mr McLean was brought up in Forfar and attended Forfar North Primary School and Forfar Academy.
On leaving school he became a painter and decorator.
Mr McLean was a keen sportsman and had a trial for Motherwell FC and played for the Strathmore Cricket Club from age 13. He continued his love of cricket while doing National Service with the RAF in Hoylake, West Kirby, between 1953 and 1955.
Mr McLean’s claim to fame was opening batting for the RAF cricket team with famous English batsman Colin Cowdrey the first man to play 100 tests.
Mr McLean also played cricket for Rushden in the Lancashire league during his national service before giving up the game.
He married Marianne at St James’s Church in Forfar in 1958. The couple moved to Nottingham after they were married and Mr McLean took up a job as a hotel assistant manager, having undertaken a catering course while in the RAF.
Mr McLean’s father died in 1967 and he took over the family business, becoming postmaster at West Port Post Office in Forfar.
In 1970 the couple moved to Dundee after buying Maryfield Post Office, where Mr McLean was postmaster until retiring in 1985.
A member of Maryfield Bowling Club, Mr McLean also filled his later days spending time with family.
Mr McLean, who was 77, is survived by Marianne, sons Ian and Colin and granddaughters Kirsten and Wendy.