He came to the museum I volunteered at, I showed him our archives, and
just happened to have my collection of adjustable spanners on site we
had a good conversation for a while.

Dave Caroline

On 02/09/2014, Ron Harper  wrote:
> 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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