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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Jess Molyneux

Liverpool man cutting keys on the markets for almost 60 years

A Liverpool man may possibly be the the city's oldest self-employed key cutter after nearly 60 years in business.

Frank Moran Jnr started working as a key cutter in the 1960s until he retired last year. Setting up his own business, Moran's Mobiles, Frank, from Liverpool 8, became a familiar face on Greatie Market as well as other markets across the UK selling everything from keys to engraved gifts.

In a time before health and safety and technology became what we know it to be today, Frank was keen to to keep up with the latest trends and new machinery to continue to offer new items to generations of customers. From starting out part-time in Woolworths to life on Greatie Market, Frank, now 75, said he's "a very rewarding life."

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