http://www.simt.co.uk/kelham-island-museum/what-to-see/the-hawley-
gallery">http://www.simt.co.uk/kelham-island-museum/what-to-see/the-hawley-
gallery

Cheers 
John

John M. Johnston
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therefore I beg you to write and let me know.” - Sir Boyle Roche, M.P.

On Sep 1, 2014, at 9:41 PM, 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,
%20MBE%201927-2014">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
> 
> http://w
ww.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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