James BELL General Merchant Shop grocer in Crawfordjohn

[001uk]

Hello!

Any ideas please as to the location of this

Country street with James BELL General Merchant shop

The girl at left stands in the doorway of James BELL, General Merchant, Licensed Retailer of Tobacco. Last three properties also have signs above their doors but totally unreadable due to angle .

The photo is a postcard.The stamp has been removed so nothing remains but the postmark looks like that of a small village. On the message side, opposite the date (28/6/11) is possibly the location but I am unable to decipher1 Could it be "C- John"?

With thanks~001uk

[GMCT_archivist]

The first letter after the hyphen is almost identical to the capital I on the next line.  The letter after the "o" could be a lower-case "L".  I have seen many documents from the 1800s recently where, what looks like "uu" (as here) is actually the letter "m".  Could this be, then, "*OLM"?

[001uk]

Could this be, then, "*OLM"?

Yes indeed, I can see what you mean. The village could be something "C- HOLM" but what is the first letter I wonder?
Could the village be in Scotland?
Thanks GMCT_archivist

[Geoff-E]

"My native heath" is a piece of music relating to Yorkshire ... not sure when it was published though. 

EDIT: Published in 1924 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barwick_Green

[arthurk]

"My native heath" could still be an important clue: the earliest quotation found in the OED is "Do not Master or Campbell me—my foot is on my native heath, and my name is MacGregor." (Rob Roy, Walter Scott, 1817). There are a few later examples from American writers, but as far as I could tell, no English ones.

So I'd think Scotland could be quite a strong possibility.

[ShaunJ]

There was a James Bell who was a grocer in Crawfordjohn around that time

[osprey]

think you have it there, ShaunJ!

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01imt/ 

[Treetotal]

There was a James Bell who was a grocer in Crawfordjohn around that time

Wow nice one Shaun...I have been trawling through 1911 censuses for a while but didn't find him...nor did I find and image match on google....well done.
Carol

[arthurk]

Excellent, ShaunJ, and lovely photo, osprey. I wonder if any of the people are the same?