San Pedro de Alcantara locksmiths have come a long way since the discovery of a 4000 year old door-lock in Nineveh in Egypt. It has been suggested that locksmithing is the second oldest profession in the world owing to the necessity of guarding one’s ‘valuables’ since the beginning of time.
However, Locks mean a lot of things to a lot of people, Lox to Yiddish people living in San Pedro de Alcantara is cured, cold smoked salmon, a favoured Jewish plate, locks of hair on peoples’ heads and there are locks on doors and safes etc. which are the province of the local San Pedro locksmiths or “Cerrajeros”.
The title locksmith or Cerrajero has been in antiquity allied closely to the blacksmith who traditionally worked in metals principally for royalty and the nobility owing to the necessity for armour, pieces of war etc. Today’s Blacksmiths and Locksmiths know little of each other’s trades and tools.
Owing to the tremendous popularity of horses in Spain, especially Andalucia, San Pedro de Alcantara is well placed for a plentiful supply of blacksmiths – Herreros – generally, some say, not that well known for their timekeeping.
Owing to the large amount of housing and apartments in San Pedro de Alcantara the towns locksmiths have a very busy time indeed ; people losing their keys to their homes even to their cars and scooters. Anything to do with a lock is the job of one man – the locksmith!
In San Pedro de Alcantara there appear to be less than ten locksmiths which, for the size and population would appear to be very few. However, knowing that most locksmiths work 24/7 your emergency ‘calls out’ at 2 am. will be handled promptly with as little fuss as possible turning panic into relief.
Apart from locksmith’s, San Pedro de Alcantara has a number of hardware shops, Ferreterias , which will cut ‘normal’ keys for you. If you are faced with the task of duplicating the comparatively new design of security keys you will need the written authority from the administrator or owner of the building and personal identification, passport etc. If the duplicate security key is required for your own house or villa you will be required to produce a utility or telephone bill with passport identifying you as the owner of the property.
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