Chapter 13
THURSO
The town of Thurso lies west of the well-known landmark of Dunnet Head.As in many other places at that time, the spiritual temperature was low.One bright spot was the Salvation Army which had been established around the turn of the century.Thurso Salvation Army had produced a young man by the name of Willie Leed, whom God used mightily in the salvation of souls particularly in Portsoy, Banffshire in 1923.Willie Leed was converted in 1915.He was a signalman during the war, sailing mainly in armed trawlers.He left Thurso to become a Salvation Army Officer in 1919 and subsequently rose through the ranks to become a Commisioner.
Salvation Army Hall, Thurso. (Picture: G. NIcolson, Peterhead.)