Its owner from the 1950s until 2019 was William Houdini Bradley, known as Dini, whose grandfather, Simon,"Keys to the City of Savannah" – Garden & Gun, August 2, 2021 started the business. His father, Aaron, meanwhile, was a hypnotist who travelled with Houdini, hence William's middle name."Bradley Lock and Key, a Savannah institution" – WTOC, June 9, 2015 A third generation of Bradley family members, William retired in 2019 at the age of 85, at which point he handed the business over to his grandson, 24-year-old Andrew Bradley, extending the business's lifespan to five generations. Andrew and his sister, Caroline, used to work at the shop in the summers of their youth. Dini Bradley's son, Mark, is a Savannah attorney.
