1962 – Demolition of the “new” church

 
A scant eighty-four years after the “new” church was opened in 1878, the building had degraded, and was deemed to be beyond economic repair.

In Mar 1962 it was proposed to authorise the demolition of the old Church; services were held in the School meantime. The problem is said to have involved the roof, but there are apparent references to boiler trouble, damage by blasting during work on the new road bridge and possibly woodworm as well. On 27 June 1962 the Deacons Court notes that the National Church Extension Committee had now assumed full responsibility for the building project for a new Church and hall. On 27 Aug 1962 it was agreed to put “the old site” up for sale. The site was purchased by Fife Council in order to construct what is now Old Kirk Road and thus provide better access to the east side of the village.

The War Memorial was moved to its present location on Main Street in 1963.