Mrs. Coutts serves lunches every day except Saturday. Many people of

all ages from Strathkinness, St. Andrews and further afield come for her

home cooking.

A village pub contributes greatly to the character of village life, and

Strathkinness is fortunate in having one as friendly and welcoming as ‘The

Tavern’.

Taylor’s Nurseries

A well-known business in Strathkinness, patronised by people from a

distance as well as by local people, which at one time was one of the largest

market gardens in the area and supplied markets in St. Andrews and Dundee,

has recently given up business. It had been in the Taylor farrily for three

generations, but the difficulty of finding labour for intensive glass-house

cultivation and the pressures of large-scale farming has obliged Martin Taylor,

the present owner, to cease running the nursery.

There will be many people who will be sorry to see such a well-known

landmark no longer part of the village life.

Danskins Transport Services Ltd.

The following history of Danskins has been written by Mr. lain Duncan:

‘Magnus B. Danskin began his career in Road Transport in 1927 when he

left Kincaple Farm, where he worked as a ploughman, to join Murrays of

Edenside, Guardbridge, as a steam-lorry driver. Soon he purchased his first

lorry and went into business on his own.

‘Much of his early work was related to road works and the building trade,

but rapidly he built up a strong connection with the agricultural community,

and for many years that was to be the backbone of his business. During these

years and for some time to come his wife, Grace, was active in the running of

the business.

‘His first garage was the old Free Church which stood in the grounds of what

is now Nelson Cottage in Main Street. As his business expanded he built his

new garage in Sunnyside, and by taking over smaller hauliers throughout Fife,

the Danskin operation grew rapidly before, during, and after the Second World

War. Firms like Methven of Colinsburgh, Montgomery of Methil and Tarvet

of St. Monans added nearly twenty operators’ licences to the Danskin fleet,

which by 1947 had grown into one of the largest in Fife. In 1948 Danskins

came under the ‘Natonalisation Act’ and were bought out by British Road

Services with the vehicles and premises being operated by new management.

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