Shoe Repair Carlisle | Key Cutting Carlisle

***August Special Offers***

This August (in fact with immediate effect) Keyishoes have a number of special offers.  To benefit from these visit us on either Facebook, Scoot or The Best of Carlisle.

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New out of town drop off points in Brampton and Haltwhistle!

Keyishoes now have two new agents for our Shoe Repair services. These are Richard Skeet Electrical Store in Haltwhistle and ABW Hardware in Brampton. Can’t get in to Carlisle? Then drop your shoes in to either of these businesses and they will be returned one week later.

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New Service! Pet Tags!

Did you know that under the Control of Dogs Order 1992, it’s a legal requirement to ensure that your dog must wear a collar in a public place showing the identity of the owner and contact details?  The fine on the owner for not adhering to this requirement is up to £5000!

Some owners prefer to include their pets name on the tag to make it easier for anyone finding a lost pet to call it to them for capture and return, while other owners are more cautious, aware that less desirable individuals may use this to coax the dog to them so that they can steal them!  The fact is, it’s true!  Thousands of pets are stolen each year!  The Kennel Club doesn’t appear to advocate either option but it certainly something worth considering.

Here at Keyishoes, we don’t have any fancy modern engraving machines but we can hand engrave a legible pet disc in either nickel or brass for only £2.50 each!  This compares to as much as £7.50 for machine engraved pet discs in some pet retailers!  So if you need an identity tag for your dog or cat, then why not pop in to Keyishoes in the PC World/Homebase car park, Kingstown, Carlisle?

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‘On the road!’

Now that Martin has had a chance to settle in at our unit in Homebase / PC World Car Park, Kingstown, Carlisle, Simon is going ‘on the road’ from today!  I’ll be expanding out Car Key Programming service as well as our Shoe Repair & Dry Cleaning Collection and Delivery Service to businesses.  So if you and your colleagues would like us to collect from you…just get in touch!

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New addition to our team!

We are pleased to announce the appointment of a new member to our team!  Martin Gibbs will be joining Keyishoes as a fully qualified Shoe Repairer / Key Cutter from Monday 17th of May.  He will be working from our shop positioned in the Homebase/PC World Car Park.  This will allow us to extend our mobile collection and delivery service and also our car key programming.

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Bank Holiday Opening

Keyishoes will be open Bank Holiday Monday 3rd of May. However, we will be closed on Friday 30th April. We apologise for any inconvenience.

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***SPECIAL OFFERS***

Here are our latest Special Offers:

  • Cylinder (Yale type) House Keys £3.75 each or 2 for £5
  • Mortice (Skeleton type) House Keys £5.00 each or 2 for £8
  • FREE Ladies heels with any sole
  • HALF PRICE Gents heels with any sole
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Keyishoes on Tesco TV!

Keyishoes are really pleased to have been invited to advertise on Tesco TV in it largest Carlisle store! In it’s relaunch of Tesco TV, Tesco’s have chosen to invite a limited number of local businesses to advertise on it TV channel.

Keyishoes have been chosen as one of those companies because of its enviromental and ethical focus. At keyishoes we are working to promote the concept of recycling shoes. This reduces landfill, the environmental footprint (if you’ll forgive the pun) in producing new shoes, creates employment for tradesman in developing countries and a source of cheap shoes for people in developing countries who may otherwise not be able to afford shoes at all!  On top of that recycling your shoes provides financial support to the Variety Club Childrens Charity, which for over 60 years has been helping sick, disabled and disadvantaged children throughout the UK.

Remember, you can recycle your shoes in 2 main ways:

  1. Bring them to Keyishoes for repair -Did you know… over 90% of shoes can be repaired?
  2. Deposit your old shoes hatever condition in our recycling bin at Homebase Car Park, Kingstown, Carlisle – Did you know over 660 million shoes are buried in landfill each year?

Our advertising is now in the design stage but we will post again when it’s due to go live.  Keyishoes 20 second advert will be displayed every 20 minutes during Tesco’s opening hours.

save your shoes|save money|save the environment

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Another lock picking course!

Today I attended another course specialising in the use of picks especially designed for entry into vehicles with ‘laser’ keys.

Laser Car Key

Laser Car Key

In fact, the term ‘laser key’ is a little misleading as in fact they are produced on a precision milling machine, Keyishoes being one of the few companies locally to own one!  Even the the franchise car dealers whose own vehicles use these keys bring them to us to be duplicated when a spare is needed.  Vehicles that use these keys include: Volkswagon, Audi, Seat, Skoda, Vauxhall and Saab to name a few.

SKS Hurricane Laser key cutting machine

SKS Hurricane Laser key cutting machine

It is a myth that cars that use these keys are any more secure.  In fact car locks have changed very little over the years and the vast majority still operate on a disc (Ford Tibbe) or wafer tumbler system with a few that use pin tumblers.  They all use the same principle that the tumblers must all clear the ’shear line’ of the barrel core in order to operate the lock.  Manufacturers have invested the majority of resources into engine immobilization rather then increasing the security of the locks themselves.  After all if a thief wants to break into your car then if they cannot enter by operating the lock they will just break the window!  At the end of the day it is the immobiliser that makes the vehicle virtually impossible to steal without a working transponder key.

Today I travelled to Bury in order to receive training on using the latest lock pick designed to gain entry to vehicles using the laser key system.  Keyishoes have invested in a 23 piece Lishi pick set specially designed for the purpose, covering the majority of vehicles using laser locks.  The course was mainly straight forward hands on training using locks from a variety of vehicles.  It became clear during the day that lock picking takes more than just tools but plenty of practice and practice we did during the 6 hours of the course!

Specialist picks for laser key locks

Specialist picks for laser key locks

So, what application will this training have for our business and how does it help you our customer?  Have you ever made the mistake of putting your keys down in the boot while loading your shopping and had that sinking feeling as you slam the boot shut and realise that your key is in the boot?  Or have you started the car early on a cold winter morning to allow it time to defrost.  When you return, you find that your car has locked itself with the key still in the ignition?  Believe me it happens!  In fact, it happened to me just a few weeks ago!  Well now you know who you can call to get into your car and retrieve your keys!

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Have you tried our mobile collection and delivery service yet?

Have you tried our mobile collection and delivery service yet?  If not, a chance to do so is coming up soon!  Our collection & delivery service is not normally offered house to house but rather business to business.  This means we can reach more people in less time and bring valuable services to your place of work.  So we can provide our services to the business itself and to its employees!  Our full range of services are available using this facility as follows:

  • Shoe Repairs
  • Shoe Recycling
  • Key Cutting (non-urgent)
  • Car Key Programming
  • Watch Batteries & Straps
  • Dry Cleaning
  • Clothes Alterations & Repairs
  • Knife, Scissor & Garden Tool sharpening (as well as many other items)

Our next collection is scheduled for Wednesday 10th March in the Carlisle area (approx. 10 miles radius). If you want us to visit your work place, then please email us using the contact form or call Simon on mobile:  07584135177

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