THE Salvation Army is a  massive, multi-national organisation but it is still quick to deliver help wherever it is needed.
In May 1960, that meant  being on hand to serve up tea to passers-by, workmen and those invovled in the rescue operation in Glasgow’s Argyle Street, when scaffolding collapsed outside Lewis’s department store.
The immediate response to help those  shocked by an accident, in which two men died and two were injured,  complements the Army’s work around the world.
It currently operates in hundreds of countries, helping the homeless, people living
in poverty and the elderly as well as the victims of trafficking. 
The organisation is marking its 150th anniversary, having been founded in 1865 in London by William and Catherine Booth to help the homeless sleeping rough.
Nowadays it aims to represent the needs of the vulnerable at local
government, Westminster and EU level. 
But it will always be ready to offer a cuppa to those left shocked by catastrophe.

Glasgow Times:

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