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John Tuckley [1805 to 1878] locksmith seems to have run into financial problems. John took out a mortgage from a neighbour Benjamin Walker [ a Willenhall Butcher] in 1845 on his property at Lane Head for the principal of £13 with interest of £5 per cent per annum. By 1847 he had not paid any interest and was being chased for the money. In a note from John to Benjamin regarding his failure to pay he states that "I can not get any place to go to and therefore I have no desire whatever to defraud you I have been almost lost for [worry] and not able to pay you any interest If please god things are better I will pay some interest as soon as I can ".He was pursued to Walsall and Birmingham and served notice of a final warning. A duplicate notice was served on John's neighbour John Duncomb who was married to Elizabeth Tuckley and probably knew where John was living. Benjamin was still not paid by 1854 and consequently he gave John notice that "I shall proceed to sell the land and property to recover my debt". John died in Birmingham in 1878.

George Tuckley [1818 to 1884] locksmith was living in New Invention in 1851 and 1861 and was employing 2 apprentices. In 1870 he moved to Lane Head, perhaps, upon the death of his father Isaac Tuckley. The 1871 Census lists George as employing 9 men and 6 boys. Some of his boys came from the Workhouse at Ampthill, Bedford.The Indentures for 3 young boys who were taken on as apprentice locksmiths to George Tuckley have survived and are to be found in the Bedfordshire and Luton Archives.Their papers state that their mother's were dead and that they had been deserted by their father's.

Alfred Jordan aged 15 years in 1865 bound for 5 years.
David Gudgin aged 13 years in 1871 bound for 8 years.
James Dudley aged 14 years in 1872 bound for 7 years

They were provided with board and lodging and an outfit [clothes] but not wages. There was correspondence in 1871 between the Master of the Workhouse at Ampthill asking George Tuckley to pay James Dudley a weekly sum which should be increased annually when he reaches 17 years of age. George replies " that it is an imposition and he cannot agree." However a year later he does agree " to have the boy Dudley bound, [indentured] even though he is very unruly."

Thomas Tuckley [1815 to 1890] locksmith, shown in the photograph, was the son of Thomas and Lucy [Hawkins]. He made locks in Short Heath. and the Census records show that he was employing at least 1 man in 1851, 1 man and 3 boys in 1861, 6 men, 2 boys in 1871 and 3 men in 1881.

	Thomas Tuckley                         Master Locksmith                              1815 to 1890