Municipal money box "Home safe"

Well here is the next item to appear on my blog it looks like an old iron and is rather heavy, but in fact its a money box or a home safe. These where first introduced in 1922 for the Birmingham municipal bank which was originally set up in 1916 by the Lord Mayor Neville Chamberlain and started its life in the council House the idea was so that working class people could save money and help with the war effort.

http://www.qlhs.org.uk/oracle/birmingham-bank/birmingham-bank.htm

Quite a bit more info on here.

 The box was made by a company called Wilkins and Right in Birmingham, It has a slot in one side and a round hole in the other, so I knew what the slot was for obviously coins but thought whats the hole for and it turns out if you were lucky enough to have a pound note you would roll them up and post them in.

The key slot is at the bottom and its quite a sturdy lock, next thought ok where's the key after doing some digging I read a thread that apparently the keys were held at the bank so you would take your full money box to the bank they would open it and put any money inside into your account.