Sad to see the passing of such a trove of information



On Monday, September 1, 2014, Tony Blanks  wrote:

> Friends,
>
> I haven't seen a note of this on the Porch, but for those who knew him, or
> knew of him, Ken Hawley died in Sheffield UK on the 15th of August.
>
> There is a tribute to Ken on Joel's blog at:
>
> http://www.toolsforworkingwood.com/store/blog/682/title/Ken%20Hawley,
%">http://www.toolsforworkingwood.com/store/blog/682/title/Ken%20Hawley,%
> 20MBE%201927-2014
>
> and some further information on the Hawley Collection Website at:
>
> http://www.hawleytoolcollection.com/index.php?sheffield-
tool=trustees">http://www.hawleytoolcollection.com/index.php?sheffield-
tool=trustees
>
> which provides a link
>
> Ken Hawley Tool Collector
> <http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijCEeRIdQSo&feature=youtu.be>
>
> to a youtube video of Ken among some of his and the Collection's tools,
> chopping and changing between his garden workshop and the Collection's
> display and store rooms in Sheffield's  Kelham Island Museum.
>
> I was fortunate to meet Ken in October 2013, (about the time this video
> was made) while visiting Kelham Island Museum specifically to see the
> Collection's display there. My wife, who has limited interest in old tools
> was getting directions to go shopping from the Receptionist, when Ken
> passed behind us and on into the Museum.  I followed and introduced myself
> and then spent a wonderful couple of hours with him and some of his friends
> behind the scenes.  My primary interest was Preston tools, and despite
> their having been a Birmingham firm Ken was happy to show me some wonderful
> examples of their tools from the "behind the scenes" portion of the
> collection.
>
> I was especially privileged in that while he was showing me the
> collection, introducing me to his friends, drinking tea and generally
> yarning Ken should have been at home to meet a locksmith and security
> adviser, his home having been burgled a few days before.  A kind and
> generous man, possessed of immense knowledge in his field and an amazing
> collection of anecdotes.
>
> Tony B
> Hobart, Tasmania
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