The Locksmith Journal Jul-Aug 2013 - Issue 27 | Page 70

SAFES SPONSORED BY M. MARCUS THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST SAFE CRACKER Popular LSj contributor, MIKE PALMER of Eurosafe has put his well-honed skills as a writer to good use in his latest venture – an extraordinary biography of a London man whom many reckon was the world’s greatest safe cracker, Peckham boy, Roy Saunders. When you open the door to a legitimate safe engineer you do so with a unique understanding that you have total trust in his honesty and integrity. You recognise that when his job is done, he will know what you have, where you keep it and more importantly, how to get at it. It is remarkable that this trust is so seldom violated. A FASCINATING CHAIN OF EVENTS Roy Saunders was said by many to have been the world’s greatest legitimate safe cracker, a claim that he would certainly be in no hurry to dispel. Yet a single act of bravery; a spontaneous moment of heroism, began a chain of events that would lead this otherwise honest man to find himself in the dead of night, standing on the roof of one of the world’s most famous jewellers, preparing to cross the line into criminality. ‘When his job is done, he will know what you have, where you keep it and more importantly, how to get at it’ Following a series of interviews conducted over a period of more than a year, Roy’s fascinating biography by Mike Palmer is now available through Lulu Publishing. Go to www.lulu.com and search for Peckham Boy. Delboy and Rodney may have been famous, fictional Peckham boys, but Roy Saunders was real – and many LSj readers may well remember him. Roy’s story makes compulsive and entertaining reading for anyone involved in this business. Safes, key cabinets, deposit safes fire resistant storage No problem! De Raat Security has a solution Don’t be the last to find us 01691 626900 www.deraat.co.uk [email protected] 70 THE JUL/AUG 2013 ISSUE SPONSORED BY ALDRIDGE To read more, visit www.locksmithjournal.co.uk