William Booth and Caistor

- Major Howard Webber in JAC online - 

Flags and bunting and a festive air greeted General William Booth as he entered Caistor, north Lincolnshire, on Saturday 2nd September 1905. Huge crowds greeted him. Traps, (two wheeled carriages), had come from all over the neighbourhood to this little town of less than 2,300 souls, and a civic reception was prepared for him. Nothing unusual about this. In his later years Booth was greeted in similar fashion wherever he went.

What made his visit to Caistor different to any other was what he said there. He spoke of coming to Caistor over 50 years ago, a young man with few friends, and the lasting impressions that it made, 'It was at Caistor that he first commenced the work that was to become so dear to him,' he said.

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