Career
The company was the largest employer in Leiston in the nineteenth century. Participant of the works is preserved as the Long Shop Museum in Leiston. When Elizabeth died in 1794, Garrett married Jemima Cottingham.
He became a bladesmith and gunsmith at a High Street forge rented from William Cracey.
He was soon employing eight men and by 1830 the works had 60 employees.
