I used to shop at a Victualler in Portobello in the 1970s. The shop sold things like flour, barley, oats, dried fruit, nuts and peas in sacks -a forerunner of a health food shop! There was no alcohol sold there. A victualler was a provision dealer. Victuals; Vittals; Vitals from the Latin 'vita' meaning 'Life'. Best Wishes, Jane ps pronounced: Vittler ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Barker" <jsbarker@gidgenet.com.au> To: <MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 6:26 AM Subject: RE: [Spam] Re: [MLN] 96 Pleasance > > Hello Archie, > Thank you for your advice, I already have a street map of the area. > I have always thought a Victual dealer was a spirit dealer as one of my > other ancestors was a Victual dealer and ran an Inn and called himself a > spirit dealer as one of his occupations. But on checking some of the > occupations sites I do see that it is a seller of food/drink > How would a Victual dealer sell his wares, from a shop? > Sue Barker > Gidgegannup Western Australia

I can remember as a child driving along, I think, Queen St in Edinburgh and seeing licensed victualler on a shop front. I was told then they sold food and drink (alcohol). A Google search on victualler gave up a number of results - here's one http://onlinedictionary.datasegment.com/word/victualler roger kelly <roger.kelly1@virgin.net> wrote: I used to shop at a Victualler in Portobello in the 1970s. The shop sold things like flour, barley, oats, dried fruit, nuts and peas in sacks -a forerunner of a health food shop! There was no alcohol sold there. A victualler was a provision dealer. Victuals; Vittals; Vitals from the Latin 'vita' meaning 'Life'. Best Wishes, Jane ps pronounced: Vittler ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Barker" To: Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 6:26 AM Subject: RE: [Spam] Re: [MLN] 96 Pleasance > > Hello Archie, > Thank you for your advice, I already have a street map of the area. > I have always thought a Victual dealer was a spirit dealer as one of my > other ancestors was a Victual dealer and ran an Inn and called himself a > spirit dealer as one of his occupations. But on checking some of the > occupations sites I do see that it is a seller of food/drink > How would a Victual dealer sell his wares, from a shop? > Sue Barker > Gidgegannup Western Australia --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun!