Mersey Lock

[Adrian Weber]

I have only seen this lock once Max and that was with my friend who is in the safe business as far as I can remember. I also believe that the plastic back cover makes it vulnerable to such malfunctions as you stated out.

The detail with the bolt is very interesting, I will pay attention to detail when I get my hands on one someday

Doug, that cutaway looks beautiful!
Really nice work my friend!

Adrian

[Arcade Al]

It's looking very promising at the moment.

Please could a Mod or Admin change the title of the thread so that it correctly says "Mersey" instead of mercy? Many thanks.

[Sprockets]

As Milner (or was it Chatwood-Milner) opted for punning names, such as the "Manifoil", perhaps they reckoned that "Mersea"-mercy! would be what a polite picker would utter when confronted with one, unless it was first specified for use in that area. Any ideas?

Also, was it ever patented, and, if so, would the numbers be known.
I have failed to locate any.
Thanks,
Martin.

[Tom Gordon]

As Milner (or was it Chatwood-Milner) opted for punning names, such as the "Manifoil", perhaps they reckoned that "Mersea"-mercy! would be what a polite picker would utter when confronted with one, unless it was first specified for use in that area. Any ideas?

Also, was it ever patented, and, if so, would the numbers be known.
I have failed to locate any.
Thanks,
Martin.

The Mersey was named after the river it would seem.

[Sprockets]

Thanks, Tom, I suppose that they had to acknowledge the river that made Liverpool great! Any idea if the lock was patented?

Thanks,Martin.

[Tom Gordon]

Thanks, Tom, I suppose that they had to acknowledge the river that made Liverpool great! Any idea if the lock was patented?

Thanks,Martin.

They named another lock Medway but I don’t think they patented anything because that would be a bit too easy for the Russians and Chinese to copy.

[Sprockets]

Thanks again, another M-----named lock, "Medway" of which I had not heard! Amazingly there is a church, St Peter and St Paul, at Aylesford, overlooking the Medway, which has inside an ancient monument dedicated to the local Milner family! Did they know about that at Liverpool?

Was the Medway a precursor to the Mersea, or a simpler form? Are there any other locks in the "M"series! They escape mention in the "High-Security Mechanical Locks" tome!

Many thanks,
Martin

[Gary Stephenson]

hiya John, yes I know Tim, he made decoder tools / picks for the Merseys. They weren't the first ones made as far as I know, and not sure if Tim sold them to safe engineers or just government.

[Gary Stephenson]

cheers Huw, I would be interested in seeing that info if you ever dig it out, do you know which company refurbed the Merseys? was it MD or someone else?
Gary

[safeman]

cheers Huw, I would be interested in seeing that info if you ever dig it out, do you know which company refurbed the Merseys? was it MD or someone else?
Gary

Gary, I don't have much knowledge on the subject except that many years ago Tim Taylor came up to my place in Aberdeen for a holiday break. He wanted to pick up old safe information and took lots of my stuff to be photocopied.
The Mersey lock came up in conversation of which I told him I knew nothing whatsoever. Next thing was a sample lock in the post. I had a feeling that he was involved with the lock in some way. Maybe that's garbage. Maybe not.

John.