Shop Opening Hours
Weekdays: 08.30 - 17.30
Saturday: 10.00 - 13.00
Sunday: closed
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By Bernard Hatt
Mr Bernard Hatt
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I was born in Suffield Road, High Wycombe. When I left school I worked for the well known Ironmonger’s called ‘Georges’ in Frogmore in the late 1950’s, where I learnt to cut keys by hand. In the early 1960’s tragedy struck - a serious motorbike accident in which I suffered with serious brain damage. I was then classed as a green card worker.
After a few years at home with no job, I was asked by a relative if I could cut a key for her, and from then on I started Locksmithing. Then High Wycombe District Council gave me permission to work from the shed in my parents back garden. |
I would like to give thanks to my Mum and Dad, especially my father, who at the end of a days work, would remove the back seat of his car for me to use for carrying my tools so we could fit locks in the evenings and weekends.
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Later I purchased a house in West Wycombe Road where I worked in the basement, and from then on the business started to grow. At the time I became a Member of the Master Locksmiths Association in London, followed by courses in American Locksmithing.
We have always been a family business, my wife Kathy and daughter Gina run the office. My nephew Luke is a locksmith and will carry on the family business when I retire. Tracy is our female locksmith. |
Luke Baxter Hatt
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