Digital Love-Locks Catalog

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1	Digital Catalogue of Love-locks (LL) and divergent deposits (DD, for ease of reference also presented in Appendix 2) catalogued on Oxford Road Bridge, Manchester, U, from February 2014 until April 2019, in chronological order. Make of padlock is provided where visible. Where the author can be confident that an inscribed date cannot signify the date of deposition, this is stated. All surnames in inscriptions have been redacted. From Unlocking the Love-Lock: The History and Heritage of a Contemporary Custom by Ceri Houlbrook, New York: Berghahn Books
2	Catalogue No.	Date Recorded	Bridge Panel	Description
3	LL1	2/13/2014	1	Brass padlock. The initials ‘DB’ written on one side in black marker with a love heart drawn on the reverse. Make: Sterling. Re-recorded on 26.04.2017. The message has been obscured by copper spray-paint, which was sprayed across the panel
4	LL2	2/13/2014	2	Heavily rusted, steel padlock, unadorned. Re-recorded on 04.03.14. ‘Phill + Shaino’ written on one side in black marker.
5	LL3	2/13/2014	2	Rusted steel padlock with a blue plastic base, unadorned. Re-recorded on 03.04.14. ‘JIMMY + DAVE’ written on one side in red marker. Re-recorded on 28.08.14. ‘18 July’ written on one side in black marker alongside a love-heart. Note: 18 July was not the date of inscription. See LL9 and LL14.
6	LL4	2/13/2014	2	Brass padlock. The words ‘CHRIS + GARY 2013’ written on one side with black marker, ‘2013’ written on an edge, ‘THE Bubbas’ written on the other edge, and ‘C&G’ in a love-heart on the reverse. Make: Cocraft 800B.
7	LL5	2/13/2014	3	A red padlock with a faded initial and a ‘B’ either side of a professionally engraved love-heart. The same on the reverse. Re-recorded on 28.08.14. The initials R and N have been written over the original initials in black marker.
8	LL6	2/13/2014	3	Brass padlock. ‘K + N 28 TQ’ written on one side in pen; ‘Te Quiero’ (Spanish: ‘I love you’) written on the reverse. Re-recorded on 30.06.2014. It has been removed.
9	LL7	2/13/2014	4	Brass padlock. ‘CAT + TOM 2013’ written on one side in black marker. Nothing on reverse. Make: Cocraft 300B. Re-recorded on 28.08.14. ‘RBS 2014’ written over original message in black marker. Something scribbled out on the back in black marker. Indecipherable word on the side in black marker.
10	LL8	2/18/2014	1	Brass padlock. ‘SP X –indecipherable’ written on one side in black marker. Nothing on reverse. Make: Abus 65/40.
11	LL9	3/11/2014	3	Brass padlock. ‘J + D’ scratched onto one side. ‘J <love-heart> D’ scratched onto the reverse. Re-recorded on 28.08.14. ‘July’ has been written over the original inscription in black marker. Note: July was not the date of inscription. See LL3 and LL14.
12	LL10	4/3/2014	2	Brass padlock. ‘Ana behibek Omri’ (Arabic: ‘I love Omri’) written on one side in black marker. Arabic word for ‘light’ – which is a boy’s or girl’s name, or could mean ‘enlightened, beautiful, radiant’ – on the other side. Make: Wilko. Re-recorded on 20.08.14. ‘&’ and additional, indecipherable Arabic added.
13	LL11	4/16/2014	3	Brass padlock. ‘Sara & Hessa’ written on one side in black marker. ‘S H <love-heart> 2014 10/4’ written on the reverse. Re-recorded on 30.06.2014. Has been removed.
14	LL12	5/29/2014	3	Brass padlock. ‘MAXWell + MEgan <love-heart>’ written on one side in black marker. ‘MEGWELL’ written on the reverse. Make: Blackspur.
15	LL13	5/30/2014	2	Blue and silver padlock. ‘K E’ written on one side in two different coloured pens.
16	LL14	5/30/2014	2	Brass padlock. ‘MARYAM SAHANA ITTBA’ scratched into the surface alongside ‘MSI X’ in black marker. ‘MSI 29/5/14 X’ written on the other side in black marker. Make: Shenguo. Re-recorded on 28.08.14. ‘July 18’ has been written over the original inscription in black marker. Note: July was not the date of inscription. See LL3 and LL9.
17	LL15	6/11/2014	1	Brass padlock: ‘RUD JONY’ written on one side with white correction fluid. Nothing on the reverse. Make: Jinye Top Security. Re-recorded on 30.06.2014. Has been removed.
18	LL16	6/18/2014	3	Brass padlock, unadorned. Make: Green Jem Security. Re-recorded 30.06.2014. Has been removed.
19	DD1	6/30/2014	4	A pink lighter and a blue lighter, both missing their igniters, attached to the bridge via a black cable tie and a strip of lime-green plastic carrier bag. Re-recorded 07.07.2014. Have been removed.
20	LL17	7/7/2017	3	Brass padlock. ‘CH + MD 4.10/14’ written on both sides on black marker. Make: Cocraft 400B. Re-recorded on 23.07.2014. ‘CH + MD’ has been scribbled over with silver marker on one side. Re-recorded on 28.08.14. ‘MFS RBS 14’ along with some possible Farsi or Arabic has been written over the original writing in black marker.
21	LL18	7/23/2014	3	Brass padlock. ‘KR <love-hearts> GD’ professionally engraved onto both sides. Make: Hardened. Re-recorded on 28.08.14. Possible Farsi along with ‘555’ have been written over the original inscription in black marker. Re-recorded on 13.10.14. ‘RORY + VINCE’ written on the reverse in black marker.
22	LL19	7/29/2014	3	Silver combination padlock. ‘Chelle + Livv 2009-2014’ written on one side in black marker. Make:Brass padlock. ‘14.03.14
23	LL20	8/13/2014	3	Brass padlock. ‘14.03.14 ∞’ on one side in black marker. ‘B <love-heart> i’ on the reverse. Make: Powerplus. Note: the date cannot be date of deposition.
24	LL21	8/13/2014	3	Brass padlock. ‘Ana <love-heart> Zelay’ with either an ampersand, an 8, or a rotated ∞, written in black marker. ‘4 EVER’ on the reverse. Make: Powerplus.
25	LL22	8/19/2014	2	Red padlock. ‘W3 MARCH 2012 JULY 2014’ written on one side in black marker. ‘P. R <love-heart> S. G’ on the reverse. Make: Abus.
26	LL23	8/13/2014	1	Grey padlock with un-engraved plaque on one side. ‘R S Real <love-heart> 2014’ written on the other side in white correction fluid. Re-recorded on 30.10.14. ‘MREH’ written on one side in red marker.
27	LL24	8/28/2014	3	Brass padlock. ‘136’ written on one side in black marker. ‘XXXVII’ written on the other side. ‘162’ written on one edge; 119 or two dashes and a 9(?) written on the other edge. Make: Colddoor.
28	LL25	8/13/2014	3	Brass padlock. ‘108’ written on both sides in black marker. Make: Colddoor.
29	LL26	8/13/2014	3	Brass padlock. ‘Always & Forever’ written on one side in black marker. ‘108’ written on the other side. Make: Colddoor.
30	LL27	8/13/2014	3	Brass padlock. ‘MFS <love-heart>’ written on one side in black marker. ‘187’ written on the other side. Make: Colddoor.
31	LL28	8/13/2014	3	Brass padlock. ‘KMB <love-heart>’ written on both sides in black marker. Make: Colddoor.
32	LL29	8/13/2014	3	Grey padlock with ‘Sarah & Joahl 15/03/14’ written on one side in black marker. ‘ily’ is written on other side in black marker and ‘OXOXOXOXO’ in blue marker. A love-heart has been drawn over the key-hole in red marker. Make: Edwards.
33	LL30	8/13/2014	4	Brass padlock. ‘M’ scratched into its surface. Make: Egret. Re-recorded on 27.04.2015. ‘LOIS <love-heart>’s CHICKEN’ in black marker, over the scratched ‘M’.
34	LL31	9/3/2014	2	Gold and glittery padlock. ‘Sara y Paula’ (Spanish: ‘Sara and Paula’) written on one side with black marker along with a flower. ‘30 Agosto 14 Friends foreveR’ written on the reverse in black marker, alongside a red love-heart.
35	LL32	9/3/2014	2	Gold and glittery padlock. ‘Paula y guiseppe’ (Spanish: ‘Paula and guiseppe) written on one side with black marker along with a red love-heart. ‘10 Agosto 14’ written on the reverse in black marker, a drawing of two people holding hands.
36	LL33	9/3/2014	2	Gold and glittery padlock. ‘Montse y Guitian 30.8.14’ (Spanish: ‘Montse and Guitian’) written on one side with black marker along with red love-hearts. ‘CRiSTiAN Y MONTSE’ written on the reverse in black marker, alongside a red love-heart. ‘4EVER’ written on the top of the padlock with red marker. Re-recorded on 26.04.2017. The message is obscured behind copper spray-paint, which has been sprayed across the panel.
37	LL34	9/29/2014	3	Grey padlock with ‘COLOMBIA’ scratched onto one side and ‘PAO JUAN’ scratched onto the reverse. Make: Edwards.
38	LL35	9/29/2014	2	Brass padlock with ‘A+B 4.12.13 MOYƩT’ on one side, ‘B+A 4.12.13 KAƩ’ on the other, and ‘A’ on an edge written in black marker. Make: Colddoor. Note: 4.12.13 cannot be date of deposition.
39	LL36	10/1/2014	3	Silver padlock with ‘P+D’ within a love-heart on one side in black marker, and ‘Pum+Davd(?) P+D’ within a love-heart on the reverse. Make: Blue Spot.
40	LL37	10/13/2014	2	Brass padlock. ‘Stephen [surname redacted]’ written on one side in black felt-tip. Two love-hearts drawn on the reverse. Make: Wilko.
41	LL38	10/13/2014	3	Gold padlock. ‘WYAN + WIV’ written on both sides in white correction fluid.
42	LL39	10/13/2014	3	Grey padlock. Decorated with glitter nail varnish on both sides. ‘M + F’ and a love-heart drawn on in red nail varnish.
43	LL40	10/13/2014	3	Brass padlock. ‘IT <love-heart> MT’ written on one side in black marker. ‘3.10.14’ written on the reverse in black marker. Make: Blackspur.
44	LL41	10/13/2014	3	Brass padlock. ‘A + D <love-heart>’ written on one side in black marker. ‘3/10/14’ written on the reverse in black marker. Make: Blackspur.
45	LL42	10/28/2014	3	Brass padlock, unadorned. Make: GOLDDOOR Re-recorded on 01.12.2014. ‘MARTIN <love-heart> CALLY’ has been written on one side in black marker.
46	LL43	10/28/2014	3	Brass padlock. ‘ANDER’ (?) and indecipherable word scratched into both sides. Make: Tri-Angle.
47	LL44	10/28/2014	3	Brass padlock with ‘Emma + FRASER’ and two love-hearts on one side in black marker, and a love-heart on the reverse in black marker. Make: Tri-Circle.
48	LL45	10/30/2014	3	Green plastic padlock. ‘IVAN <love-heart> DANIELLE’ written on one side in black marker. ‘29 OCT 14 TAMPS’ written on the reverse. Make: Go Travel.
49	LL46	11/10/2014	3	Grey padlock with brass plaque. A love-heart and the symbol
50				have been drawn onto one side with white correction fluid. ‘Bubito y Bubita 09-00(?)’ (Spanish: ‘dear and dear’) has been written on the reverse in white correction fluid. Make: Hardened.
51	LL47	11/10/2014	2	Silver and blue padlock. ‘sisterly sisters Mog + Pog’ written on one side in black marker. ‘Mog + Pog’ written on the reverse. ‘M + P’ written on the top. ‘6th Nov 2014’ written on the bottom. Black stripes adorning the front of the shackle. Make: Hardened.
52	LL48	11/18/2014	3	Grey padlock with gold-coloured plate. ‘MATT + BRENDA’ written on one side in black marker. ‘MATT & Brenda’ written on the reverse. Make: Edwards.
53	LL49	11/25/2014	2	Brass padlock. ‘xxxx M&S’ written on one side in black marker. ‘20/10/11 xxx 21/11/14’ written on the other side. A professionally engraved love-heart on one side. Make: Timpson.
54	LL50	11/25/2014	1	Grey padlock. Three love-hearts drawn on one side in black marker, along with the letters ‘OTA go<backwards R>’. Make: Edwards. Re-recorded on 13.04.2015. ‘GABI’ has been inscribed below original markings.
55	LL51	12/2/2014	3	Brass padlock. ‘NUESTRO AMOR SERA LEYENDA <love-heart>’ (Spanish: ‘Our love will be legend’, the title of a song written by Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz) written on one side in black marker. ‘TRHOS J <love-heart> P 19’ written on reverse. Make: Golddoor.
56	LL52	12/9/2014	3	Brass padlock. ‘Hammadi Sarah <love-heart> 27’ written on one side in black marker. ‘forever and always <love-heart>’ written on the reverse.
57	LL53	12/17/2014	3	Blue combination lock, unadorned. Make: Lewis Clark.
58	LL54	1/5/2015	3	Silver padlock. ‘Pat + Sophie’ written on one side in black marker. Make: Edwards.
59	LL55	1/5/2015	3	Small yellow plastic padlock, unadorned.
60	LL56	1/5/2015	2	Brass padlock. ‘M + A <love-heart> 24/12/12’ written on one side in black marker.
61	LL57	1/5/2015	2	Brass padlock. ‘JACK <love-heart> DEVON 22 9 14’ written on one side in black marker. Nothing on reverse. Make: Zone UK. Note: 22 9 14 cannot be date of deposition.
62	LL58	1/14/2015	3	Brass padlock, unadorned. Make: Firaco Cration.
63	LL59	1/14/2015	3	Brass padlock., unadorned. Make: Marksman.
64	LL60	1/14/2015	1	Brass padlock, unadorned. Loosely attached to the railings, easy to remove. Make: Colddoor. Re-recorded on 02.03.2015. Has been removed.
65	LL61	1/19/2015	2	Glittery gold padlock. ‘F <love-heart> W’ written on both sides in black marker.
66	LL62	1/19/2015	2	Glittery gold padlock. Possible Arabic written on both sides in black marker. ‘PMU’ written on the other side.
67	LL63	1/19/2015	2	Glittery gold padlock. ‘Z <love-heart> M’ written on both sides in black marker, together with two dots. Undecipherable writing on one edge. ‘Z M’ written on the bottom.
68	LL64	1/19/2015	3	Blue combination padlock. ‘K J G O’ scratched onto both sides. Make: TSA007 YiF.
69	DD2	2/2/2015	4	White ribbon.
70	LL65	2/2/2015	3	Brass padlock. ‘GR CC’ written on one side in faded green marker. ‘I’ll never forget’ written on the reverse.
71	LL66	2/9/2015	1	Silver padlock. ‘John Helen’ written on both sides in black marker. Make: Master. Re-recorded on 01.06.2015. Names obscured behind scribbled black marker.
72	LL67	2/9/2015	2	Brass padlock. ‘5.8.14 I love you’ written on one side in faded black marker. ‘I <love-heart> EM CA <smiley face>’ written on the other side. Note: 5.8.14 cannot have been the date of deposition.
73	LL68	2/9/2015	2	Brass padlock. ‘Pem <smiley face>’ on one side in black marker. ‘Emily + Piers <love-heart>’ on the other side. Note: Attached to LL67.
74	LL69	2/12/2015	3	Brass padlock, ‘Cat + Moon’ written on one side and ‘Billy + Elliott’ written on the other in black marker, accompanied by three love-hearts. Make: Hardened Gocraft 500.
75	LL70	2/19/2015	4	Silver padlock. ‘ALISON + STEVE 4 EVER X X X’ written on one side in blue marker. ‘STEVE + ALISON 4 EVER X X’ on the reverse. ‘X X X’ on both edges. Make: Hardened. Re-recorded on 26.06.2015. ‘P7’written on one side in black marker. See LL88.
76	LL71	2/19/2015	3	Brass padlock. Professionally engraved with a love-heart containing the word ‘love’, beside the words ‘with love always The [surname redacted] 14-02-2015’. Nothing on reverse.
77	LL72	2/19/2015	3	Glittery gold padlock. ‘LIV <love-heart> Eddie’ written on one side in black marker. ‘E + L XXX’ written on the reverse within a love-heart, surrounded by three ‘X’s. ‘14-2-15’ written on one edge; ‘ILU’ [I love you?] written on the other.
78	LL73	2/19/2015	3	Silver padlock. ‘Ellie <love-heart> Harry’ written on one side in black marker. ‘14/2/15’ and the eternity symbol on the reverse. Make: QOD Sturdy.
79	LL74	2/19/2015	2	Silver padlock, unadorned. Make: Unique World Ball. Re-recorded on 27.04.2015. ‘LOIS + ALEX BFF’ added on one side in black marker, ‘2012’ written on the edge. Note: 2012 cannot refer to date of inscription.
80	LL75	2/23/2015	3	Brass padlock. ‘FI JU’ written on one side in black pen, alongside a decorative love-heart. Nothing on reverse.
81	LL76	3/10/2015	2	Brass padlock. ‘JO & TOM 260414’ professionally engraved on one side. ‘I LOVE YOU’ professionally engraved on the other. Make: Cocraft 400. Note: 260414 cannot have been date of deposition.
82	LL77	3/10/2015	2	Brass padlock. ‘Osvin & Emily 5.3.2015 1 Year Together’ professionally engraved on one side. Nothing on reverse.
83	LL78	3/16/2015	3	Brass padlock. ‘…You are not alone…Never!’ written in Italian in blue marker alongside a love-heart in red. ‘I love you – you’re grumpy’ written in Italian on the reverse. ‘S’ written on one edge in red marker, ‘C’ written on the other.
84	LL79	3/16/2015	2	Grey padlock. ‘L + E USA’ written on one side in black marker. ‘FOREVER and a Day’ written on the reverse. Make: Hardened.
85	LL80	3/26/2015	3	Grey padlock with green and gold plaque. ‘Chloé c RX(?)A <love-heart> 20.3.15’ written on one side in white correction fluid. Make: GHS China.
86	LL81	3/26/2015	2	Brass padlock. Indecipherable Arabic written on one side in red marker. ‘Hsaed Fatima love forever <love-heart>’ written on the reverse in black marker. Make: T. C. Hardware.
87	LL82	4/7/2015	3	Purple padlock, unadorned and unlocked. Re-recorded 04.05.2015. Has been removed.
88	LL83	4/7/2015	3	Brass padlock. ‘C + J’ written on one side in black marker. ‘X + K’ written on the other side. Make: Colddoor. Re-recorded on 27.07.2015. Has been removed.
89	LL84	4/13/2015	3	Brass padlock. ‘9 linny’ written on one side in black marker. ‘Nic <love-heart>’ written on the other side. ‘NIC’ written on one edge and indecipherable writing on the other.
90	LL85	4/13/2015	2	Silver padlock. ‘PIP ‘N’ SHELL 2015’ written on one side in black marker. Nothing on reverse. Re-recorded on 11.10.2016. ‘MATT JACOB JAZZ’ written on one side in black marker. Re-recorded on 26.04.2017. Some of the inscriptions obscured beneath copper spray-paint.
91	DD3	4/13/2015	3	Heavily tied elastic band.
92	LL86	4/20/2015	3	Silver and blue padlock. ‘K <love-heart> N’ written on one side in green marker. ‘M <love-heart? Y’ written on the reverse. Make: SelfPak.
93	LL87	4/20/2015	2	Grey padlock. ‘Y’ and ‘S’ written on one side in black marker. ‘Yasmin <love-heart> Sufian’ written on the reverse. Make: Guard.
94	LL88	4/27/2015	4	Brass padlock, unadorned. Re-recorded on 26.06.2015. ‘P7’ written on one side in black marker. See LL70.
95	LL89	5/4/2015	1	Brass padlock. ‘LK MAH &’ written on one side in black marker. ‘∞15 Always’ written on the other side in black marker. Love-hearts drawn on in red marker. Make: Sterling.
96	LL90	5/4/2015	2	Grey padlock. ‘JAKE + INDIE 04 05 15’ written on one side in black pen. Nothing on the reverse. Make: Hardened.
97	LL91	5/11/2015	3	Grey padlock with brass plaque. ‘PA’ written above the plaque in black marker; ‘CB’ written below. Stars drawn on in yellow marker. ‘PA + CB 08-05-15’ written on the reverse in black marker, with a border of purple marker. Make: Edwards.
98	LL92	5/19/2015	3	Brass padlock. ‘B’ written on one side in black marker. ‘B’ and a love-heart on the other side. ‘17/4/15’ written on one edge. ‘Baabaa’ written on the other edge. Make: Blossom Top Security.
99	LL93	5/26/2015	1	Brass padlock. ‘PAT <love-heart> STEPHEN 2015’ written on one side in black marker. Nothing on reverse. Make: Master.
100	LL94	5/26/2015	1	Brass padlock. ‘Beth xx’ along with two love-hearts written on one side in black marker. Nothing on reverse. Note: Attached with LL95.