Charles H. Hayward

For other people named Charles Hayward, see Charles Hayward (disambiguation).

Charles Harold Hayward (26 April 1898 – 5 July 1998) was an English cabinet maker, editor of The Woodworker magazine, illustrator, and author of numerous books on woodworking.^[1][2] Hayward has been described as "the most important workshop writer and editor of the 20th century".^[3]

Charles H. Hayward
Born	Charles Harold Hayward (1898-04-26)26 April 1898 Pimlico, London, England
Died	5 July 1998(1998-07-05) (aged 100)
Occupation	Cabinet maker, author, magazine editor
Subject	Woodworking, carpentry, cabinet making, turning
Years active	1923–1979
Spouse	Ivy Edith Milsom

Biography

Born in Pimlico, London in 1898, he apprenticed with Old Times Furniture Company. During the First World War Hayward served in the Royal Artillery as a horse driver.^[4][5] In 1923 he began his own cabinet making business alongside working as a technical illustrator; he also began contributing to The Woodworker. In 1925 he began contributing to Handicrafts magazine, before becoming its editor in 1930. In 1935 he left Handicrafts to become the associate editor of The Woodworker, and with the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 he became editor of the magazine. He remained editor until his retirement in 1968, though after that he continued contributing to the magazine.^{[Note 1]}

Publications

Alongside The Woodworker, Hayward authored, edited and illustrated over 30 books on woodworking,^[2] including:

• English Period Furniture (1936)
• Practical Veneering (1937)
• Charles Hayward's Carpentry Book (1938)
• Tools for Woodwork (1946)
• Cabinet Making for Beginners (1947)
• The Woodworkers' Pocketbook (1949)
• Woodwork Joints (1950)
• The Complete Book of Woodwork (1955)

Notes

1. There is disagreement between sources on the exact years of his editorship, see Honest Labour (Uhl, 2020) p.VII.

Further reading

• Fitzpatrick, Megan, ed. (2016). The Woodworker: the Charles H. Hayward years, 1939-1967. Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, USA: Lost Art Press LLC. ISBN 978-0-9906230-8-3. OCLC 944907327.
• Uhl, Kara Gebhart, ed. (2020). Honest Labour: The Charles H. Hayward Years, 1936-1966. Covington, Kentucky, USA: Lost Art Press LLC. ISBN 978-1-7333916-3-4. OCLC 1151052865.

External links

• Robert Wearing remembers Charles H Hayward at Lost Art Press

• Hero - Charles H Hayward on YouTube
• via Wayback Machine

References

1. Wearing, Bob (November 1998). "Charles Hayward: Editor 1936 - 1969". The Woodworker. Vol. 102, no. 12. p. 23. from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
2. McInnis, Raymond. "Charles Harold Hayward: "Self-Employed Carpenter" -- Prolific Author of Woodworker's Manuals -- Editor of Woodworker Magazines". woodworkinghistory.com. from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
3. Fitzpatrick, Megan, ed. (2016). "Foreword" (PDF). The Woodworker: the Charles H. Hayward Years: 1939-1967. Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, USA: Lost Art Press LLC. pp. VI. ISBN 978-0-9906230-8-3. OCLC 944907327. from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
4. "Robert Wearing Remembers Charles H. Hayward". Lost Art Press. 15 February 2011. from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
5. Uhl, Kara Gebhart, ed. (2020). "From the Publisher" (PDF). Honest Labour The Charles H. Hayward Years: 1936-1966. Covington, Kentucky, USA: Lost Art Press LLC. pp. VI–VII, 1. ISBN 978-1-7333916-3-4. OCLC 1151052865. from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2020.