Originally Posted by
jimbews
I assume you mean the "West Church", which was on Francis Street between Dempster Street and Moray Street.
I know in my father's time (he was minister of the Central and West churches from about 1950 to 1967) the Central Church was used for the morning service, and the West Church for the evening service.
And the BB Bible Class was held in the West Church hall on Sunday mornings (at 10.15am). Sunday School in the Central at 11am, then Central Church at noon! Then possibly a service in a country hall. Then evening service in the West. Guess how often I go to church now?
I have seldom been back in Wick, but remember the shock at seeing the site of the West Church having been converted to a petrol station.
I think the last time I visited was with my parents for the dedication of the pipe organ in Pulteneytown Church, after the organ was moved from the Central Church following its sale to the Baptist Church.
These moves are typical of what is happening throughout Scotland, with the decline in church attendance.
The manse in Thurso Road where we stayed was actually the West Church manse, the Central manse having been sold and converted into the Queens hotel.
JimBews
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