1923 – 1930 The Perth Nurses’ Club

In 1923, Arthur Kinmond Bell of Campsie Hill and James Morison, accountant, purchased No. 5. There were three public rooms, five bedrooms, a maid's room, kitchen, scullery, two bathrooms, three WCs, and a laundry and wash-house convertible to a garage, with a garden and moderate feu-duty of £2 2s. Mr Bell and Mr Morrison handed over the property, rent-free for five years, as a residential and social club for nurses and professional women.

Furnished from a capital of £2,000, the Club offered a drawing-room, dining-room, reading room, and beds for nine resident nurses.

“I expected to find a golden key with which to unlock the door — but I find instead a key which opens most doors, and that is the golden key of sympathy.”

— The Countess of Moray, opening the Club, 2 November 1923

Within its first year, 307 members had been registered and 6,225 meals served. The Perth and Perthshire Midwives' Association held its meetings here; nurses from across the county found a home and a refuge.

Despite its successes, the Club faced recurring financial pressures. The 1929 annual meeting reported a deficit of over £50. An allegation that professional women were being made to feel unwelcome provoked a public letter to the Perthshire Advertiser of 30 November 1929 defending the Club's welcoming attitude to all professional members. However, by 1930 it was clear that the Club was financially unsustainable, and the house was advertised for sale in October 1930.

The furniture was auctioned in January 1931 — a fine pianoforte, a gramophone, Turkish carpets, good linen.