Posted on behalf of Nigel Spencer ........ Well , my thoughts are something like this :- My earliest memory of Tom was through Dot, who met my mum when they were in the Princess Christian maternity home in Windsor in October 1951. Roger came first, I appeared 8 days later. The friendship between the Smiths and Spencers stemmed from this, living in the Bulkeley Avenue/Springfield Road area helped. My first impression of Tom was that he was a big man, and that Dot was was the opposite. My first definite memory was of his work with and at All Saints Church while attending Sunday School in the late 50s, to a small deaf boy he was a figure of authority. The sixties saw Tom and my late father working tirelessly towards obtaining a new, permanent, headquarters for the 2nd Windsor Scouts via a redundant site hut despite the opposition of the local council. Roger, David and I spent many a happy hour with the Scouts and Venture Scouts. Tom and Dot somehow managed to find the time and energy to run the All Saints Youth Club in the late sixties on a Friday night. I remember some epic games of table tennis against Tom, who was a tough opponent who won more often than not. The seventies passed, the eighties saw me move to Warrington, visiting the Stag and Hound on a monthly basis keeping up on news through the Scouts Roger, Adrian and Neil. Dot's death in 1989 of cancer was a shock, Dot's funeral at All Saints was very well attended, my abiding memory was the number of times the phrase "Tom and Dot" was used in Dot's eulogy. As I was away, I did not hear much about Tom's marriage to June so I cannot say much. My last memory of Tom was at two of the Old Gits reunions last year where we exchanged pleasantries over food and drinks. Tom was obviously showing his age but was still lucid. Well Tom had a good innings, he did so much for the church, scouts, and allotments, rest in peace. Nigel Spencer