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.
This cylinder rim nightlatch came off an outer London tower block of flats, built I guess c1960, in 1969, after a wave of burglaries in the block.
There is no deadlocking function, and no marking on...
The Brooking Collection appears to be approaching having a [permanent?] home and future
https://thebrooking.org.uk/?trk=public_profile_project-button
It was originally in Charles Brooking's home...
Here's two more locks that came from two different doors in the Sheffield area. Both buildings were owned by the same owner.
10/67 643 and 11/64 628
Both in a private UK collection.
Mine has a 'bolt' in form of a ring, to which was connected a shutter, which was moved vertically to cover the keyhole of an Invincible key lock below it. There was a long vertical safe plate (which...
Hi gentlemen,
yeah very interesting! I am wondering whether he will just build the door without hinges and frame or the whole package. Cause the latter is much more complicated than the former...
Made a good job of the key — how did you achieve that colour?
It's typical of French locks to have a bulleted keyhole and a plain key. These days, the collar is made by cold heading the shank,...
This lock landed on my desk on Friday, source is a French Farm House.
It uses a 'wing' on one side of the key bit instead of a collar to control key insertion.
To make the key I had to...
This is the apparently uncommon Sidleen nightlatch: has anyone else seen one in service?
Sidleen rim nightlatch and...