Twenty years ago, when most headstones were still made in the UK, there were not many of them produced without the contribution of a flexible drive tool made by Flextol and many who can remember those days will have fond memories of Tom Marshall, the Chairman of Flextol, especially those who used to attend the NAMM Tradex exhibitions.

Tom died on 18 September. His funeral is taking place at St Cuthbert’s, Great Glen in Leicestershire, on Thursday (3 October).