HoLRSG History of Locks Research & Social Group Meeting at:- MLA HQ, Rugby, UK, CV21 1TF All welcome
Gatherings:3rd Sunday of the month. Next meeting: 19th May from 10am
Itinery: 10:00am -12:30 Archive-Artefact access and research/Networking wiith other members. 12:30 - 1:30: Lunch Break (bring your own sandwiches (tea, coffee & biscuits provided) 1:30 - 4:00Researching Chubb – from that moment the first lock, patented in 1818 by Jerimiah Chubb, the company as well as the people involved is full of twists and turns, adventure and intrigue, emotion and passion and all set against a backdrop of world events… We start to put together the definitive story starting our first Group project. There is allways time after a meeting for further socialising & networking.
We have this one in the Heritage Rooms Colection which we know little about: it was one of many items we aquired from the Dutch Frima collection so asume its European. Peter Frima was in charge of...
Mallet was likely a large retailer. Early in the last century, Yale badged locks for several large retailers. Some of these had started out as ironmongery makers, but gradually moved to having...
Not sure if I should post here. Recently I was gifted some junk from Harry Millers collection. Well some might call it junk. It was stuff that was either incomplete or just not considered worthy...
I am honoured to be invited to this forum. I am Chris Gower and my speciality is handcuffs and restraints. I started collecting over 50 years ago and my name was in the Guinness Book of Records for 4...
Looks like another attempt to compete with Yale pintumbler nightlatch ... .
CODE lock Made in England