Trowel presented to Keir Hardie

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This trowel was presented to J. Keir Hardie, M.P., by the Independent Labour Party of North Belfast I.L.P. when he laid the foundation stone of their new hall at Langley Street on the 5th of June 1909.

This trowel has a silver plated triangular blade and a handle of bone.

James Kier Hardie, 1856-1915, was a founding member and chairman of the Independent Labour Party between 1893 and 1900.

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• Online ID: 000-000-099-937-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: Innovators and Innovations (multimedia essay)
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.NT 243
• Date: 1908
  1908 - 1909
  
• Material: Silver; silver plating; bone. Inscription: Base: HA / EA / FA / EP [over] A / blade: PRESENTED TO / J. KEIR HARDIE, M.P. / by / North Belfast I.L.P. / on the occasion of his / LAYING THE / FOUNDATION STONE / OF THEIR / NEW HALL, LANG
  Trowel, presentation
  
• Dimensions: 302 mm L x 95 mm W
  
• What: Trowel, presentation
  
• Subject:
• Who: Keir Hardie (socialist politician)
  North Belfast Independent Labour Party (Presenter)
  
• Where: England, Yorkshire, Sheffield
  Ireland, Belfast (Langley Street)
  
• Event:
• Description: Presentation trowel presented to J. Keir Hardie, M.P., by North Belfast I.L.P. on the occasion of his laying the foundation stone of their new hall at Langley Street, 5 June 1909
  
• References:
  • Benn, Caroline. Keir Hardie. London: Hutchinson, 1992
  • Morgan, Kenneth O. Keir Hardie: radical and socialist. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1975
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