Life in Beckworth » Allen Key http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth Bringing you the (almost) everyday comings and goings of the residents of Beckworth, a typical English market town. Informing you about their lives through the mediums of words, images, an interactive map and stereophonic sound recordings Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:56:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Allen Key Celebrations http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/town-council/allen-key-celebrations-2/ http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/town-council/allen-key-celebrations-2/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2015 09:15:42 +0000 a resident of Beckworth http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/?p=5724 Continue reading →]]> Hello all. Just a reminder that due to the success of last years’ Allen Key Centenary Celebrations we are doing the same again this year. Tomorrow afternoon Floyd Street will be partially closed to allow descendants of the Allen and Key families to sing allen key based songs from a stage made of old pallets. They’ll also give away allen key shaped balloons they had left over from last year and be selling souvenirs made from recycled allen keys. The families also hope to break the Guinness World Record for the most allen keys in one place. Once again the big draw will be the rarely seen original Allen Key Display team, reforming for the day, they hope to wow crowds with their death defying allen key based stunts. Unfortunately we’re unsure if their famed leader Michael Crawford will be taking part as he has a cold. For the full story on local lock-smiths Cyril Key and Norris Allen world famous invention please see my blog from 21 October 2014. So come on down, and bring your allen keys for the record attempt. Yours Gary Grimsby. Mayor. Beckworth Town Council

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(Above) One of Allen and Key’s descendants demonstrates an allen key in the family’s private Allen Key Museum

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