1896
John J Trueman - Cabinet maker (K1896). The Truemans are a Blythburgh family. According to Census data, John is born there in 1857. The family move to Birmingham and, by 1881, John is working in the city as a 'jobbing carpenter'. But, by 1891, he is back in Southwold, lodging in Arlington Villas, Stradbroke Road and billing himself as a 'cabinet maker'. He marries Florence in 1895. It is not clear whether 13 High Street becomes his home or just his workshop. Either way, he does not stay there long for, by the 1901 Census he has his own house at No 78 Stradbroke Road sharing it with his wife and mother-in-law.There seem to be no children. He is still there in 1911, by now employing two men. (C1881, 91, 1901, 11)

William Button - Rope and Twine maker.

1935
William Button - Rope and Twine maker, dies aged 90 when he is described as "England's last hand rope maker". Gaumont Films made a documentary about him in their 'Gaumont Mirror' series. (SMHS)

Note: Although Kelly's Directory of 1912 confirms William Button at 13 High Street there is some ambiguity about his address. An obituary at the time of his death in 1935 states that he had lived in the same house for 75 years which would mean that he would need to have taken up residence here in 1860. This is difficult to reconcile with the fact that John Trueman lived at No 13 until 1901 and the 1881 Census places William instead at No 3 Station Road with his wife Susannah and 4-year old son, Thomas. A probable reason for the anomaly is that between the opening of the railway in 1879 and the early 1900s, the part of the High Street between the Station and Victoria Street was named 'Station Road' . By 1904 Station Road had been shortened to exclude the stretch between Victoria Street and Field Stile Road, which became part of the HighStreet again. It is conceivable that No 13 High Street and No 3 Station Road refer to the same property.

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