Safe Cracking

[poliphilo]

 My father left behind a portable, fireproof safe- and no word as to where he'd hidden the key. We've been searching for it over the past week and it's amazing how many keys we have and how few of them open anything we still own.  In the end I emailed the manufacturers and they told me they'd want a notarised document to prove I was the safe's legitimate owner before they'd sell me a key- so I decided to open it with a axe. It was surprisingly easy. A couple of taps and the lock no longer held. 

Did it contain bundles of crisp banknotes? Actually no. It contained my father's passport, vaccination certificates for a trip he took to Aden in 1958, his birth and baptism certificates, his postwar ID card and other things of that sort. Ah well....

Comments

[cmcmck]

Keys, especially interestingly shaped keys do have a surprisingly high sale value as antiques, that said!

[athenais]

Well, interesting documents to a genealogist, anyway!

[poliphilo]

Most of ours are modern, I think.

[poliphilo]

I've learned the address of the flat in Wimbledon where I spent my first few months- not that it's of any use to me...

[sovay]

It contained my father's passport, vaccination certificates for a trip he took to Aden in 1958, his birth and baptism certificates, his postwar ID card and other things of that sort.

I don't think that's a complete bust!

[chochiyo_sama]

Well, a bag of diamonds or a treasure map would be more exciting, but those other items are interesting.

I helped my Grandmother clean out some drawers years ago and found their old sugar and gas ration cards from WWII and some other memorabilia from that era. Interesting stuff.

Tucked in the pages of one of my Great=Grandfather's books were some currency from the Confederacy. I know we had relatives on both sides of that war, but I didn't think that grandfather would have had money from them.