I seem to mention a lot of deaths these days. Here is another, but this time not local.

We were at the funeral of my uncle, in Cheshire. Eric Mollison was 94, and still active. He had recently bought a new car.

He was the first member of our family – as far as I know – to go to university. Once he graduated, he and his wife left Dundee to work south of the border, and eventually ended up running a company making medicines for animals.

Along the way they had three sons and a daughter, all successful in life, spread across the world. Sadly their daughter died in 2020. Alice was quite some woman. A beauty queen, then the first female officer in the merchant navy, and an accomplished actress.

It was a strange feeling being in a room full of Mollisons. As you will probably realise, we are a rare breed.

Rest in peace Uncle Eric.