Yorkshire oil entrepreneur David Kerfoot invited us into his home to view his fascinating collection of political memorabilia - featuring prime ministers from the 1750s to the 1930s
David Kerfoot, MBE, and his collection of Politcal antique's collection. David pictured with a bust of Sir Titus Salt.
They blended and packed vegetable oils but later expanded, with offices in Bedale and Northallerton, by making their own oils for the food, cosmetics and aromatherapy industries, building the company into a £90m business. So, then, a busy man. But David, 69, always finds time for his passion, buying from antique shops, contacts and auction houses.
One thing soon became obvious though; “Souvenirs relating to Conservative MPs are far easier to find than Labour ones. It’s almost impossible, for instance, to find anything relating to Keir Hardie, who was a founder of the Labour Party and its first leader from 1906 to 1908,” David adds.
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