The Locksmith Journal Sep-Oct 2014 - Issue 34 | Page 32

PROUD SPONSORS OF THIS PAGE historyoflocks There is Something About Wood This month, Brian Morland, Curator of The History of Locks Museum, provides a fascinating account of how wood has historically been used in the locksmith trade – and still is today in some situations. There are trees alive and growing today that first sent down their roots around 5,000 years ago, that makes them the oldest living things on the planet. The Methuselah tree of North America, considered the oldest in the world, or a Yew in