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John Chapman
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| SillyBilly wrote: | | You didn't tell everyone you dress like a victorian! You look very mutch like victorian people in books in that picture. |
Look like a Victorian, moi?
By the way the photo was taken at the Museum of Welsh Life at St Fagans near Cardiff. I can thoroughly recommend a vist. |
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SillyBilly
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| Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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Sandman
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Jeez John. No disrespect, but I thought you were Acker Bilk for a moment. (Pic with the organ) 
Great pic and interesting update. 
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Chris
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tmuir
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:16 am Post subject: |
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| John Chapman wrote: | | James wrote: | | How much would one of them organs cost in England? |
About £2300 James. That one was made by Peter Trueman in Derby but a guy called Alan Pell also makes them in Spalding http://www.alanpell.com/ |
Thanks for that.
The guy that makes them is only about a 45 minute drive from where I live but at a tad over $1400 with a 4 week old baby I may have to wait for a while. 
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Wallace
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:45 am Post subject: |
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Great to hear from you John, and I like the pics.
The 2nd one looks great 
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MooseMan
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What John leaves out is that he is one of the true gentlemen of steam toy collecting....he's one of the first steam collectors I corresponded with, and we've swapped the odd bits and pieces....John's a goldmine of information on many and varied subjects, and I daresay I know more Cornish now than when we started corresponding. 
In short, a bit of a diamond geezer all round! A pleasure to know you John!
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John Chapman
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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| MooseMan wrote: |
In short, a bit of a diamond geezer all round! A pleasure to know you John! |
Aw shucks  cheers mate. |
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erikl
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Thanks for the introduction John.
Those organs are nice to collect too, but you can buy a lot of Mamods for te price of one organ 
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oldstuff
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Hello John! Wonderful photos, mate. Your missus is quite fetching,
and does you proud...what's her views on your steam hobby?
I just can't help it...I must ask about the monkey with the tin cup!?
Do you rent one when you do shows?
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John Chapman
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| Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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| oldstuff wrote: | Hello John! Wonderful photos, mate. Your missus is quite fetching,
and does you proud...what's her views on your steam hobby?
I just can't help it...I must ask about the monkey with the tin cup!?
Do you rent one when you do shows? |
Jenny is very supportive of my hobbies and no we don't have a monkey. I've no idea where to rent one . Seriously, we collect for the Lifeboats so have one of their boxes with the organ. |
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Griffin
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| John Chapman wrote: | | oldstuff wrote: | Hello John! Wonderful photos, mate. Your missus is quite fetching,
and does you proud...what's her views on your steam hobby?
I just can't help it...I must ask about the monkey with the tin cup!?
Do you rent one when you do shows? |
Jenny is very supportive of my hobbies and no we don't have a monkey. I've no idea where to rent one . Seriously, we collect for the Lifeboats so have one of their boxes with the organ. |
That has got to be one of the most worthwhile charities going.
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IndianaRog
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John or Griffin...can you explain what the Lifeboat Charities are all about???
I envision funds collected to man boats at the beaches???
Just curious, we don't have such a thing over here.
Rog
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Graham-Jilly
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:36 am Post subject: |
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John we have visited the Museum of Welsh Life at St Fagans a couple of time and agree its a great visit.
Need more than one day to get it all in tho 
G-J
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MooseMan
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 7:28 am Post subject: |
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| Graham-Jilly wrote: | John we have visited the Museum of Welsh Life at St Fagans a couple of time and agree its a great visit.
Need more than one day to get it all in tho
G-J |
G-J, if you visit again, let me know - I live a couple of miles up the road!
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