Number 38a is now a side door to number 36 but in Kelly’s directories up to 1898 this was the entrance to Mr Sweeting’s timber store. Presumably the door led through to a back yard which is probably now the yard the Blissetts use as their timber store although accessed through a different route now.
I wonder if this Mr Sweeting is any relation to the Sweeting family who at the same time were running the local undertakers over on what is now Caldwell Street? There is a Roberson Sweeting listed on the Census of what was then Holland Street (Now Caldwell Street) however he would have only been 12 back in 1881, unless in those days they could run a business from a very young age, I am doubtful however. Perhaps it was a relative with the same name. See here for more info on the other Sweeting Family. Perhaps being in the timber trade meant that this side of the family made the coffins? Who knows?
Year | Name | Business |
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1881 | Roberson Sweeting | Timber Merchant |
1886 | R Sweeting & Sons | Timber Merchant |
1888 | R Sweeting & Sons | Timber Merchant |
1889 | R Sweeting & Sons | Timber Merchant |
1890 | R Sweeting & Sons | Timber Merchant |
1891 | R Sweeting & Sons | Timber Merchant |
1892 | R Sweeting & Sons | Timber Merchant |
1894 | R Sweeting & Sons | Timber Merchant |
1895 | R Sweeting & Sons | Timber Merchant |
1897 | R Sweeting & Sons | Timber Merchant |
1898 | Property no longer listed | |
1903 | Property no longer listed | |
1904 | Property no longer listed | |
1909 | Property no longer listed | |
1915 | Property no longer listed | |
1920 | Property no longer listed | |
1923 | Property no longer listed | |
1926 | Property no longer listed | |
1928 | Property no longer listed |