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James Colmer was a small group of English department stores based in the West Country with its flagship store bing located in Bath, Somerset. ==History== James Butler Colmer was a draper, born in Devon but learnt his trade in London.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gumbleton Family History )〕 He married Fanny Jarvis in 1853 and they had six children before Fanny died. He married Lydia Gumbleton, his neighbour in 1863 before moving from Hampstead to Bath, Somerset in 1870 to take over a struggling drapery and furnishing business based on Union Street in 1870.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wasn't it Grand! The Virtual Museum of Bath )〕 The business was successful and the building facade was rebuilt,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=British Listed Buildings website )〕 even though it had established competitors in Jolly & Son and Evan & Owen. In 1897, James Butler Colmer died, and his son James Henry Colmer took over the business as Managing Director.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gumbleton Family History )〕 In 1914 a new shop front was added which joined all the units together. In 1920 James Henry Colmer was the Mayor of Bath.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mayors of Bath Since 1230 )〕 The store was completely refurbished during the 1930s. During the Second World War the store only received shrapnel damage.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wasn't it Grand! The Virtual Museum of Bath )〕 After the Second World War the business grew with new stores being opened in Bristol, Weston-Super-Mare (formerly B T Butler), Taunton (formerly Clements & Brown) and West Penwith〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Businesses on Gloucester Road - West Penrith Website )〕 (formerly Morgans Department Store) while the Bath store was extended with two new floors. In 1954, the business leased land at Bath's Recreation Ground to build a pavilion to be used as a Tennis club.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History - Bathrec.com )〕 However in 1973, the business was purchased by the Owen Owen department store group and business ceased to trade under the James Colmer name. The building was listed in 1975 as Grade II.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=British Listed Buildings website )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Colmer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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