John Chapman

John Chapman · John Chapman

Hi Folks,

I’m John Chapman and I was born in St Columb Minor in Cornwall in 1947. I presume that makes me an early post war utility model. The family moved to Bexleyheath in Kent when I was still at school. On leaving school I joined the Post Office and became a telecomms. engineer, a career that took me to Nottingham in the mid seventies. A couple of years ago I took early retirement. Recently I moved back to Cornwall with my wife Jenny, this time to St Columb Major.

My first steam engine was an SEL Junior I was given as a Christmas present when I was ten years old, back in 1957. I have always had an interest in steam, presumably kindled during train spotting days in the fifties and early sixties. About four years ago I visited Steam Toys In Action in Leicester and that re-kindled my interest and started me collecting. I have exhibited a couple of times at STIA and in the process made some good friends. Whilst doing an Open University course I learned HTML and that led to me creating a website as a project. It is still going so please feel free to visit www.steamtoys.co.uk

Spokesmann

Hello John,

thanks for taking the time to join the forum. Hope you are able to share your knowledge here.

Mike

Smile

Mamod Collector

Interesting read john, I often use your website for reference
Very informative .................. Very Happy

oldstuff

Great to see you here, John. Your website is wonderful and often used for reference.
I'm looking forward to reading your posts, mate. Smile

John Chapman

Thanks for the welcome gents.