chatwood cylinder keys

Gary Stephenson

Anyone have any idea what these may have been used for?

My guess would have been for a firefile or something similar, but the keys are identical except for the chatwood number, so I assume individual keys of a numbered set, so whatever It was had a lot of keys out for it.

Tom Gordon

Gary Stephenson wrote
Anyone have any idea what these may have been used for?

My guess would have been for a firefile or something similar, but the keys are identical except for the chatwood number, so I assume individual keys of a numbered set, so whatever It was had a lot of keys out for it.

The nightsafe lock shown all had this key (MB= Midland Bank)and the little lock is off the pan of an emergency escape door while there may have been safe deposit boxes that used a cylinder key after the move to Shrewsbury in 1928. I think that their office cupboard ranges of cabinets and cages are the most likely answer.

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Tom Gordon

I forgot to show you the other side of the key that would seem to date yours at the same time as the deposit drops

Gary Stephenson

Cheers Tom, I have some of those locks somewhere, but didn’t know what they were off.

Tom Gordon

Gary Stephenson wrote
Cheers Tom, I have some of those locks somewhere, but didn’t know what they were off.

I have the bronze deposit frame and door which this lock fits on, but if you came across the complete thing I would be very interested.

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Gary Stephenson

I have never seen one in situ Tom, but will keep my eyes open just in case.

Tom Gordon

Gary Stephenson wrote
I have never seen one in situ Tom, but will keep my eyes open just in case.

I saw one in the middle of Manchester near the old Corn Exchange on the corner of the bank.

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Gary Stephenson

Turned up some more differently stamped versions today