These saws — Ryobi bandsaw and a DeWalt fretsaw, both bought in the United States five years ago — are his trusted aides in a fretsaw-based art hobby, being practised assiduously since retirement.

The once-famous firm of Hobbies of Dereham provided fretsaw products to the world until its closure in the 1960s. In this picture from 1954, Mr T Whitney is verifying assembled fretsaw frames.