Ballywalter Directory 1927:
Beggs, T. Smith
Belfast Banking Co., Ltd.*
Brown, Samuel General Merchant
Carson, James Carpenter
Clint, J., Shoemaker
Dunleath Arms** Main Street
Eccles, S. Laundry
Filson, William Blacksmith***
Fowler, R. Newsagent
Glover, James B. Jun. Woolen Draper****
Gunning, Miss A. Select Grocer
Keenan, Charles Grocer
Little, Robert Posting Establishment and Grocer
McCloy, J. Saddler
McCullough, S. Restaurant
McDowell, Miss Dressmaker
Mawhinney, Samuel Butcher
Skillen, John***** Butcher
Ulster Bank, Ltd.
Walker, R. Grocer
Watson, Miss Grocer
*Sub-branch open one day a week. It is now The Northern Bank, and now there is no day in Ballywalter. The nearest bank is Kircubbin. Lena
**Hotel/Boarding House, now 2 private houses, but the front looks just the same. Lena
***May have been the brother-in-law of Sarah McCarthy Lawther. Her sister Maggie nee McCarthy emigrated to the USA. Lena
****Note the Glover/Palmer connection in the "Brennen Family Chronicles." Lena
*****Another name in the Palmer story. Lena
Contributed by Lena McVea
Posted by Mary Becker
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