Tom Fleming archive to come to West Lothian The well-known calligrapher, Tom Fleming is to deposit his archive of calligraphy and other records with West Lothian Council Archives and Records Centre. The archive will come to West Lothian after a touring exhibiton which will take Tom's calligraphy across Britain. Tom was born in Armadale in 1921. He left school at 14, becoming a despatch clerk for United Collieries. The beautiful plans which Tom saw in the mine surveyors' office caught his eye and he a took a job there. Tom was also a keen member of the scouts in Armadale and saved up to go the 5th World Scout Jamboree in Holland in 1937. Tom kept a diary of this event, which forms part of the archive that will come to West Lothian. In 1940 Tom volunteered for the Royal Army Medical Corps. Tom served in the Middle East and North Africa before joining the invasion of Europe and was part of the first British unit to enter Berlin. One of Tom's fellow mine surveyors sent art material out to him and when his army unit passed through Europe in 1944-45, he made a series of pictures of people and places he encountered. He also wrote diaries documeting his experience which also form part of Tom's rich archive. In the 1960s, Tom began to attend evening classes in calligraphy before eventually leading his own classes. After retirement in 1979, Tom continue to develop his technique, making illustrated maps including of