Crooked House bricks more secure after heavy duty locks donated by historic firm

The bricks of the Crooked House will be more secure after a donation of heavy duty locks by a Black Country lockmaker.

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Published Oct 10, 2023

Last updated Oct 10, 2023

Marco Longhi MP, Ian Sanall, CEO John Squire, Paul Turner and Rob Gray join campaigners in celebrating the donation of the new locks

Members of the Save the Crooked House campaign group were in attendance at Squire Locks in Featherstone in Wolverhampton on Tuesday to receive the locks, which are stronghold locks weighing more than a kilogram and which cannot be cut open by saws or angle grinders.

John Squire and Paul Turner both said the donation was a great way of bringing two traditional companies together

They were met by CEO John Squire, who is the eighth generation of the Square family to run the company, and Dudley North MP Marco Longhi, who has campaigned tirelessly for the pub, which burned down and was then demolished at the start of August.

The group were presented with the locks by Mr Squire and then given a full tour of the factory, which lies just off Junction 1 of the M54.

Mr Squire said it was a privilege to be able to support the Crooked House and spoke about the history of both the company and the pub and how they were linked.