I worked very closely with Tom when he gradually handed over to me the woodwork at Brandeston (later to become Technology of course.) We became very good friends but I don\'t think that he ever knew that I learnt all my woodwork from him years before when my three sons were at Brandeston and the College. \'You can\'t hold a chisel like that, Dad, T.Flem says ....etc.\' My three sons, and I am sure many many others, learnt a great deal from Tom - a skill that they doubtless still use - unlike so much we learnt at school! He was a perfectionist and a \'good copy\' was not easy to obtain. I tried to follow this tradition and if you ever received an A from me, I expect you were, and probably still are, a useful crafsman (or woman). Brian Rosen S.40-46 BH 78-93

I remember the change over from the happy chaos of the previous carpentry workshop to the neat and organised arrangements introduced by Tom Fleming seemingly overnight but in reality during a holiday. There was much grumbling initially but the sound principles and practices that he dinned into me have stood me in good stead all my life. Was it 1954 he started? I feel it may have been the following year.

2 in a week sad news indeed. Carpentry was never a strong suit for me, I can still hear Tom Fleming cry \"saw it off and start again!\"