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Devout Adam dedicated his life to repairing cars and people
Adam McLean, a Musselburgh mechanic who received an American award for bravery during the Second World War, has died aged 92.Mr McLean, the son of a devout Christian coal miner, was born in Musselburgh on March 9, 1916. After a short spell as a lift boy at Edinburgh's NB Hotel, now The Balmoral, he began his trade after answering a job advert for a mechanic.
His boss, Sam Reid, was also a devout Christian and taught him about matters of the spirit alongside the nuts and bolts of car engines.
However, he was also devoted to repairing souls through a religious movement known as Moral Rearmament, which would take him to Canada in April 1939.
Mr McLean wrote a book about his experiences and particularly recalled the day he introduced Moral Rearmament to a crowd of thousands at Madison Square Gardens.
Full story at the Edinburgh Evening News.
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