Background
A & E Squire was founded around 1930 and in 1987 employed 25 people making cabinet locks in Little Lane, Short Heath.

It is a good example of a medium sized family run firm using hand skills alongside machine tools to make small locks of a high quality.

Now forms part of the extended Compilation No. 7: "Locksmiths", which also includes two other compilations, 7a and 7b.