The memory of a wee ghost girl called Annie at one of Edinburgh’s leading visitor attractions, Mary King’s Close, has helped to raise over £10,000 for the Sick Children’s Foundation at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh in less than a year. 

Visitors to the award winning attraction are so moved by the story of Annie, which they learn about as they are guided under Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, that they often leave small gifts, toys and money. The collection has amassed to a staggering £10,000 since last summer and is now set to help fund the work of the Sick Kids Foundation Drop-In Centre which provides extra support, networking opportunities, complementary therapies, counselling and activities for both younger children and teenagers with life-impacting illnesses.

Jonet Nimmo, Mary King's Daughter and Walter King, the Foul Clengeris were on hand to present the cheque to Lorraine Pratt, Staff Nurse and Alex Mitchell, Aged 5.  Jonet (aka Louise Carson) and Walter (aka Colin Willamson)  then led a special storytelling session for children at the hospital as they retold and brought to life some of the Closes most famous stories including the story of Annie herself.