I was just looking again at that postcard picture o f Wimborne St. in Cranborne that I put on the last posting, and it looks like the shop with the man and boys standing in front of it might say "Adams". I increased the size and looked hard at it, but I could not tell. The Adams family in Cranborne counted tailors, boot makers, and other merchant folk among them, so it is more than a mere possibility.
That would be fantastic if there was a family shop right opposite the Fleur de Lys Hotel (a.k.a the Flower de Luce by the locals), which was mentioned in Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
Oh, this is so much fun. Looking on Google Street View today, one can see that the old shop (Adams's or not) is now a veterinarian clinic.
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| Modern view of the Fleur de Lys Inn |
Photo credit: http://www.homesteadbb.free-online.co.uk/dorset.html
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