Tuesday 29 May 2012

John Woods Locksmiths

John Woods is on Watergate Street, and, I am told, the shop longest occupied by the same trade in the city centre, and also the oldest locksmith's shop in Britain. In the city archives is an invoice for work done at Chester Castle on the Second Day of December 1595 - cost of mending a locke (sic) for a kitchen door was then 6d (or 2.5p in todays money).


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  1. In the city archives is an invoice for work done at Chester Castle on the Second Day of December 1595 - cost of mending a locke (sic) for a kitchen door was then 6d (or 2.5p in todays money). indianapolis locksmith

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