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.)