Concluding our tour of late 19th century Lundin Mill, courtesy of memoirs by Esther Menzies, written in 1974, we end up on 'The Wynd'. I don't know whether anyone still uses this name for the section of Largo Road that runs from the Lundin Links Hotel down the dip and over the bridge to the junction with the Cupar Road, but for a very long time it was known as The Wynd or Well Wynd. Starting at the hotel, Mrs Menzies spoke of "The Wynd with its bastion of fir trees on the left. The Fir Park is a landmark far and wide. Indeed it looks more impressive from a distance," On the right, behind the hotel, she speaks of a garage which had been converted from old house. Then of course was the well - originally a proper well and later on a water pump.
Her account continues... "The road was joined by another leading from the foot of the Hillhead. On the north side of this the buildings were old, even then. Some bits have been demolished, others altered...Back to the main road again where the houses are below the road level on both sides. On the right was Adam's busy painting business and on the left with a level entry from the road was John Young's mother's shop. She sold toys along with other things. Indeed at that early stage, I don't remember any other place from which we could buy toys."
The shop to which the writer refers was a Newsagent and Stationery shop run by Mrs Christina Young. She lived at 2 Bridge House and was a widow with three young children. Mrs Menzies said of this shop-keeper "her patience was inexhaustible." These valuable recollections, covered over the past several posts, finish with the following words:
"Down to the left was that block of houses near the burn. I have been told that the reason the houses are below road level was that there was a ford across the burn and that the road was raised for the bridge over the burn....The baker's shop with the bakehouse down the steps was there and up on the hill was Lundin Mill farmhouse looking solid and substantial as it does now. The cottage was behind it and the bothy at the end of the outbuildings. The road went on past Jimmie Brown's garden and house and on to Cupar, where they say all roads in Fife lead."
The shop to which the writer refers was a Newsagent and Stationery shop run by Mrs Christina Young. She lived at 2 Bridge House and was a widow with three young children. Mrs Menzies said of this shop-keeper "her patience was inexhaustible." These valuable recollections, covered over the past several posts, finish with the following words:
"Down to the left was that block of houses near the burn. I have been told that the reason the houses are below road level was that there was a ford across the burn and that the road was raised for the bridge over the burn....The baker's shop with the bakehouse down the steps was there and up on the hill was Lundin Mill farmhouse looking solid and substantial as it does now. The cottage was behind it and the bothy at the end of the outbuildings. The road went on past Jimmie Brown's garden and house and on to Cupar, where they say all roads in Fife lead."
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