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I think animal testing is cruel. They get all nervous and give silly answers . Possum in in the UK do door openers for disabled people but that...

I hate cruelty to animals.

Thanks! I have asked the seller and the man who has built it worked by Lips. So it is self made in lips factory by a man.

Turned out it was 6 Waterloo Place, the confusion being it was the actual Pall Mall address, normally referred to as 6 Pall Mall, but the building...

Yep, we’d be lost without it. Essential safe moving tool 👍

I have the exact same roller crowbar as seen in the photo ! Great piece of kit and brilliant for the initial lift.

Thank you very much!

Thanks for the Welcome!

Welcome aboard Wayne, post up lots of photos too- everyone loves pictures here.

What a Great Collection ! Thanks for showing it !

Briefly dipping back into this has reminded me how big a lottery it was. Both the name reference to Cox & King's Bank and the Waterloo Place...

The only Chatwood doors I have images for are the HSBC/Midland bank (now The Ned hotel), plus this one emergency door at an unknown location: ...

Thanks for that safeman, haven't seen that paper before but I reckon its probably the original source of what I'd previously read as the wording is...

This is possibly what you already have Huw,

Still hoping for anything that members might be able to add on these Chatwood's. Any British round bank doors from the early 1900's pre-dating the...

I had a copy of that book. I gave it away to a dealer whom I knew before I left UK. One thing that amazed me was the Chubb pillar box- how far...

the safe has a chubb planet badge, but is not a planet model though. Does look to be a genuine safe though, pictures of the lock innards would help...

the fraim slaymaker B&O with key looks orig and should fetch a fair price,the empire pancake with key is nice too and you should find like items on...

The safe that you have is maded by Schwab safe co. The Yale lock is a model #0700 3 wheel lock. This is safe was in production from the late 1940's...

Quite an unusual piece really since most of the New Patent Safe locks were double gated to allow the Detector to be reset should it become tripped. ...

I remembered seeing that and thinking they won't have tested the finished vault or door that way, but possibly a section of the plate. Shame we don't...

I attached more images of my empire 6 lever padlock and my b&o rr padlock as well as some of the keys that I have. I have no clue which keys i have...

more locks ,more pictures would help,you have any older lock please post.or not so old post to. As for selling you can SOMETIMES get a somewhat idea...