Robert J. Strain

Reference code: HOYFM.ACL2025.74
Level of description: Fonds
Title: Robert J. Strain
Scope and content: This is an archive for Robert J. Strain's family grocery at Flush House, Ballyroney, Banbridge. This collection spans several generations and includes ledgers, cash books, receipts on headed paper, and a photograph of Lissie Strain by a school in Drumadonald, near Rathfriland. The ledgers detail transactions of goods, such as flour, barley, and sugar, sold to individuals in nearby areas like Moneyslane, Ballyward, Drumlee, and Lackan. One ledger records the sale of whiskey, tobacco, and poitín, while another documents goods received from Mason's Fancy Linen of Belfast.