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Ex-RN Gavin Notches
Up A First For Lockex!
The first locksmith to register for LOCKEX
2016 – who wins a free subscription to
The Locksmith journal – is Gavin McNae,
who runs LockRite in sunny Torbay in
glorious South Devon. Our congratulations
go to Gavin, who has successfully run
the franchised business for four years,
following his career in the Royal Navy.
»»Gavin joined the RN at 16
straight from school, starting in
communications and subsequently
becoming a weapons engineer, moving up
through small arms, more serious artillery
and then into missiles including Exocet
and Trident.
So after that level of excitement, what
led him to locksmithing?
“One of my first jobs in the Royal Navy
was to sort out a problem with a massive
brass ammunition locker,” he told me.
“They told me to fix it, so I took it to pieces,
found out what the snag was, had the parts
made up – and it worked!”
But he admits that what he really
wanted initially after leaving the Senior
Service was to join the Police. Then
a chance conversation with a man
from Keytec led him to consider to the
possibility of locksmithing – after which
LockRite gave him the opportunity to run
their South Devon franchise. The rest, as
they say, is history.
“It worked out very well,” he said. “I
loved my time in the RN and I love my
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work now. It may seem corny but my job
satisfaction comes from helping people,
making them feel more secure in their
own homes. We get lots of work here from
PVCu to lock snapping, which is now
becoming an issue here.”
‘I loved my time in the RN
and I love my work now’
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Gavin is well aware of the lock snapping
problems in West Yorkshire because he
lived in Huddersfield for some years after
his family moved there from Scotland.
He missed LockExpo in Nottingham but
will be at the MLA Expo this year and is
now really looking forward to LOCKEX in
2016.
We are certainly happy to welcome
Gavin “on board” and have “pressganged” him into another feature in our
next issue, when we will find out more
about his business and his life.
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