Scottish tenement night latch keys. These odd-looking keys were used to open the latch on the communal close doors in Scottish tenements between the late 1700s and the early 1900s. Some were still in use as recently as the 1980s.

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For those who might be interested, I've just dropped off a new batch of frames with the handmade replica Odell's Tenement Latch Keys that I make at the @partickminimarket on Dumbarton Road in Glasgow. This includes this new collection which features some very rare key patterns, including two oval ones I've never seen elsewhere.

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Now just wait a minute (or I did to take a picture so I could read what's on all these stickers on a wall on Iona Street in #leith ) what's all this about #edinburghcity #edinburghtenements #edinburgh #streetart #stickers #vandals #leith
Is someone genuinely asking people to send them money on kofi for putting up Hello stickers...gotta love a tryer!

For anyone who is interested, I've just dropped a new batch of the limited edition frames of handmade replica Odell Tenement Latch Keys at the Partick Mini Market on Dumbarton Road.

For those who don't know, these Odell keys were used between the late 1700s and early 1900s to open the latches on the communal close doors of tenements in Glasgow and Edinburgh.

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