‘Due to ill health Mr. Gray resigned in the 1950s and Mr. Archie Webster

took his place; later, when Mrs. Gray retired, Mrs. Webster was appointed as

Cook.

‘Miss Robertson retired in 1968 and Mrs. Rae was appointed to succeed

her, but with no responsibility for St. Andrews.

‘The building was damaged by fire in 1976 and after many years of

wrangling, it was sold and is now a private dwelling house.’

The Nurse’s House

In 1926 Mrs. Younger built a house for the District Nurse in Strathkinness.

Miss Annie Simpson and Miss Ella Simpson have written this account of the

Nursing Association:

‘At a meeting held at Mount Melville on 18th November, 1924, and con-

vened by Mrs. Younger, Mount Melville, it was decided to form a district

Nursing Association to be known as the Strathkinness and Denhead Nursing

Association. Annual membership would cost six shillings; non-members

would pay one shilling and sixpence for the first visit and nine pence for

subsequent visits of the nurse.

‘The District Nurse lodged at Hall House (the former Free Church school-

master’s house) until in 1926 Mrs. Younger built the Nurse’s Cottage (on

the same side of Main Street at the bottom of the hill).

THE NURSE’S HOUSE

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