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.
Yes. Strongboxes or Chests. Used by Merchants who took them on their travels in coaches and Inns hence the handles.
The Marr Patent was a laughing stock at the time. The early makers such as Edward...
Firstly, not all the older patents have been digitised, so Internet searches do not find them.
Pre-1851 or 1852, patents were not numbered. A new Commissioner of Patents had all existing records of...
There's often mention of one discovered with Ramesses II, which would predate the Roman arca ferrata's by well over 1,000 years, but not sure where it is or what happened to it.
Always assumed it...
It's worthwhile for anyone who's collecting those sort of padlocks to scour online shops like scaramanga to get familiar with the sort of repro stuff that's constantly being churned out of those...
The patent, concerning ease of production, is 1939:
https://patents.google.com/patent/GB508247A/en?oq=gb508247
Thes push-key padlocks were common in America than Britain. Their ancestor is Strutt's...
Iran is another country where locks were made using centuries-old techniques and patterns. Makes dating difficult, but when an 'antique' lock comes with two original keys, be wary. 'Rare' is another...
Well done- very nearly right!
It would not have survived at all in Pompeii- which was incinerated , but along the coast about 10 miles is Herculaneum which was engulfed in a volcanic mudslide at the...
Yes. Strongboxes or Chests. Used by Merchants who took them on their travels in coaches and Inns hence the handles. The Marr Patent was a laughing stock at the time. The early makers such as Edward...
Oldest safes in the world