Excellent work with photos of happier times. Unfortunately, Heeley bottom has turned into a dystopian sprawl, just like many areas of this country.

Brilliant!. Thank you for sharing your photos. I do like how you present them here. Gives them so much more context

“ Made in England “ …phew …RIP

Very interesting man, as a carpenter of 40 years I could chat to him all day. Rest in peace Ken x

Here randomly 11years later. Delighted. Haha.

brilliant!

Thanks for sharing this, I really enjoyed it

wonderful!, i bet he doesn.t have a fret crowning file, only cos they didnt make guitars in UK, but there will be something like it, love this

Bought many tools from his shop down the moor no shops of that quality any more always a nice guy😊

I knew him shortly after this video was made. I gave him a plane I had made in 1941.

So much information in one head. Fantastic

Did you know Kier Starmers dad ?He was a tool maker .He made Kier so not much good.

One of natchor ones gentlemen

That looks like a Japanese dovetailing tool at the 5 min mark. Just saw something similar tonight studying the subject

There’s one in No10 if you want one !

"I'm glad i'm an Englishman" lol

Thank you Ken.As a semi retired carpenter who loves old tools.this video brought me a lot of joy.

Collect Starmer, he’s the biggest tool in the country.

3.18 Does anyone know what is the stick he is using to polish that countersink bit?

The offshore drilling industry still uses decimal feet. All drill pipe and well casing is measured and recorded in decimal feet using special measuring tapes.

It’s so exciting to see you and all of the absolutely beautiful tools that you have had come into your life. I’m only 65 and I have so much pride and genuine happiness in all of the beautiful hand tools that have come into my life. Thank you so much for sharing some of your collection with us. I definitely appreciate it. 😊

Thank The Lord Men such as Mr. Hawley (and others) take the time and effort to catalogue these treasures. His "bridge" of knowledge from a by-gone era to the present is irreplaceable and without such persons the intricacies of tooling and cutlery may have been lost to the ages. Thanks also to the kind volunteers... what a wonderful endeavor. God Bless you Mr Hawley...

I used to go in his shop. It was a quality place. No rubbish, top quality. There used to be a sign in the door saying “ put thi smoke out before tha comes in cus it meks us cough and we ate it “ . I once asked if they had any magnet strip tool holders and they said “never heard of them, sounds gimmicky “ that surprised me. But people who loved what they did and had enthusiasm. Try and find it now .

What a fabulous interesting guy and story 👍👍👍

I started by renovating an old Stanley-Bailey No4 wood plane that belonged to my father. Since then I’ve collected about 20 and got great pleasure from bringing them back to a useful working condition. Wood work wasn’t my strong point when at school.

9:25 that is Harry. A wonderful KZbinr. I have been enthusiastic about every one of his shows.

That was the most interesting video I have seen in some time. Excellent! Bravo!

Thank you to the Trust, the Museum and the Volunteers who preserve both the collection and Mr Hawley's legacy. I hope to have an opportunity one day to visit. I was particularly touched by Ken's attachment to his late father's micrometer. I am privileged to be the custodian of a few of my dear late father's tools, and I know exactly how Ken felt. It brought me to tears, in a good way. Thank you, and God bless. I

I started my toolmaker’s apprenticeship in January 1963, (the big freeze!), earning the equivalent of £1,13 shillings a week, (47 hrs), whereas I’d been getting £3 a week for a triple paper round! The first thing I was told was,..you need to save up for a one inch micrometer as all have to have their own! I bought a Moore and Wright square framed version which was around £2, so a week and a half wages gone before I got going! Still have it and it’s going strong like me at 77, so it is about 62 years old now! British quality at its best! Cheers

To all those responsible for preserving this important and fascinating part of history , thank you. As a woodworker I’ve always felt gratitude toward those involved in the development and producing of the tools I’m very fortunate to own and use. As a history buff these documentaries are priceless.

Hand tool heaven !

This is great Pete love your photography thank you for sharing this.

Fabulous stuff!

Oh my childhood in Sheffield untill i spent the next 40 year's travelling the globe now iam back worn out 😅 Love my city as it used to be Now they the council have raped the industrial heritage

Graham is an absolute gem and one of the funniest writers we’ve had the pleasure to meet.

Fascinating

Soem of it still looks the same born and brougt up in Sheffield and had good nights out back in the day but glad i have moived away

monotony!!!!

loving this jazz funk at its best

The thing I most remember from this time is the fact the local music journalists of the era were way more attractive than the bands themselves.

Damn, thought I'd be on at least one of these pics....

I used to buy stuff from Jackson's (3:20) more or less when that photo was taken. Lived at 377 Abbeydale Road.

That’s how I remember Sheffield when I was a kid. 👍👍

Thank you dear, Lord Jesus, for sending us Ken Hawley. And thank you Ken for preserving all of this knowledge for the world, it's priceless.

Sheffield was great in the 70s/80s and even the 90s but now it's not there's absolutely nothing the markets gone shops closing down pubs too and all because the rates are too high and people can't afford to go out anymore

Bustling town centre then now nothing apart from beggars

I can only see a decline..no improvement of this.

Pretty awesome

Artery were a special band in those days ..more uninhibited than the rest..especially Fiddler..who continued to be special in his own way till the end..Sheffield's Syd Barret.

Excellent work gents!