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John and Katie Tappy's Home Site This is the Home page of John and Katie Tappy of Hayling Island, Hampshire, England. Welcome to our site, we hope you find it interesting and/or useful. This page is designed to be viewed by a browser which supports Netscape's Frames extension. This text will be shown by browsers which do not support the Frames... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/index.htm	1.9k
Admirals Table Restaurant - Bognor Regis THE ADMIRALS TABLE RESTAURANT Bognor Regis Tel: 01243 820920 5 Argyle Circus Bognor Regis West Sussex PO21 1DS Proprieters: Armin Waldkoetter and Cyrena Waldkoetter-Tappy We specialise in interesting, high quality food, served in a warm, friendly atmosphere. With room for up to thirty five covers, we can cater... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/admiralstable.html	3.0k
A Blanket Chest in Faux Walnut A Blanket Chest in Faux Walnut Our daughter Thea has a 1930's bedroom suite in Walnut Veneer, and asked John if he could make a Blanket Box to match. It is made out of 12mm MDF and then painted with several layers of undercoat to bring up the surface to a high degree of smoothness. The faux Walnut glazes were... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/blanketchest.html	1.6k
BTec in Decoration The BTec in Decoration and Restoration Studies This is a full time two year course at , School of Art, Design and Further Education. It covers many of the practical aspects of decoration including Paint finishes Faux finishes Gilding Raised Gesso work An introduction to Wood Carving Running Plaster coving etc... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/btec.html	1.6k
College Carving Examples Typical Pieces from Architectural Carving Course at Portsmouth University Designed as a progression of pieces to build wood carving skill during the first year of the HND course in Restoration and Decoration Studies. http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/carapcs1.html	1.0k
carclan1 Clan Badge This commission was to supply the Macgillivray Clan badge in a form suitable to be used on the exterior of the cabin door of a catamaran. The wood was reclaimed from the local sea defences, and I soaked the finished work in 50/50 Linseed Oil and white spirit, before applying four coats of Danish Oil... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/carclan1.html	1.3k
Untitled Linen Fold Mock-up A simple example of Linen-fold to act as a guide to students who wish to develop the idea. Pirana Pine polished with wax polish. http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/carlinen.html	0.9k
Untitled Love Spoon for a Wedding Designed as a wedding present for our niece, the basic design was an adaptation of a typical Welsh Love Spoon. The wood was mahogany inlaid with spalted lime. The piece was sealed with Melamine lacquer and then polished with wax polish. http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/carlove1.html	1.1k
Johns Carving Carving out a Future? Turning Some years ago I went on an excellent weekend course with Oliver Plant near Honiton to learn how to use a woodturning lathe. Since then I have spent many happy hours preparing turned items for sale at fairs or to commission. Wood and Stone Carving My Portfolio I started carving wood... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/carving.html	4.0k
Untitled Decoration for a Wash Stand During the rebuilding of a Wash Stand as part of a College project I carved these two shells in Mahogany. The piece was displayed at the University of Portsmouth Exhibition in 1995. http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/carwash.html	1.2k
BTec in Decoration - Examples The BTec in Decoration and Restoration Studies Examples of completed work: Page added 9 May 2000 http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/collegeexamples.html	1.5k
Portsmouth University Architectural Pieces Introductory Piece of Cresting Portsmouth University. (Decorative Carving) This is a 12" piece of cresting which is carved by all students doing the BTec in Decorative and Restoration Studies. It is a 13 hour project, intended for students who have no previous experiece. http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/collegepiece1.html	0.8k
Portsmouth University Architectural Pieces Introductory Piece of Cresting Portsmouth University. (Decorative Carving) This is a 12" piece of cresting which is carved by all students doing the BTec in Decorative and Restoration Studies. It is a 13 hour project, intended for students who have no previous experiece. http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/collegepieces.html	0.8k
Portsmouth University Omega St Carving Workshop Carving at Omega Street, Portsmouth University. The Workshop at the Omega Centre has ten workbenches, fairly closely placed so that it is not really possible to have more than ten students working at a time. Carving is done on the benches usually by supporting the work on a wooden support which is held in the... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/collegework.html	1.8k
Cyrena's Wedding Cyrena's Wedding Cyrena, John (her Dad) and Thea (her Sister) Page updated 21 January 1998 (Caption added) http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/cywed.html	0.8k
Katie's work on interior design Katie's Work as a Decorative Designer I will build this page with examples of work that I have been involved with. In the meantime here is an example of a fire screen that I designed, built and decorated using paints and gilding techniques on glass and MDF. It was exhibited at the University of Portsmouth summer... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/design.html	1.2k
Our Families Our Families We have done a little work trying to connect the various people we know who are related to us however we hope to do more. In the meantime anyone who thinks they might be related to us or know anyone who is then please click here to Email us. John's family name is Tappy Katie's family name is Fullylove... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/families.html	3.5k
faux marble fireplace for stage set A Faux Marble Fireplace for a stage set. The local theatre needed a fireplace of a particular Victorian style so I built this with chipboard and paint. Page added 9 May 2000 (new info) http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/fauxmarblefireplace.html	0.8k
John and Katie Tappy's Home Site - the Gorron Area The Area around or on the way to Gorron, Mayenne, France Gorron is in the northern area af the Mayenne departement, just south of Normandy. It is a beautiful area with a very special type of countryside called the 'Bocage'. The Mairie at St Frambault Page added 14 March 2001 http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/gorronarea.html	4.1k
John and Katie Tappy's Home Site - Our House in Gorron Our House in Gorron, Mayenne, France Late in 1998 we saw a house for sale in Gorron. We knew the town quite well because it is the French twin town of Hayling Island and we had been there for the twinning ceremonies. Gorron is in the northern area af the Mayenne departement, just south of Normandy. It is a beautiful... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/gorronhouse.html	4.5k
Twinning of Hayling Island and Gorron The First Official Twinning Event in Gorron The photos will take a few seconds to load. If you would like more information then either mail Katie by clicking here or Averil by clicking here Top of Page Page updated 14 April 2001 added 3 August 1998 http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/HaylingTwinningWebSite/haylingtwinningGorron01old.html	3.6k
Twinning of Hayling Island and Gorron - Tap School Visit Hayling Island Tap School perform in Gorron The School spent the weekend of the 7/8th April 2001 in Gorron and performed in the Gorron Cinema on the Saturday evening... ............(more details will be added when available) The pictures were taken by Bill Price as frames captured from a digital video camera.... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/HaylingTwinningWebSite/haylingtwinningGorronTap01old.html	4.3k
Twinning of Hayling Island and Gorron The Official Twinning Event on Hayling Island Our French visitors arrived early on Saturday morning, and were met at the ferry port by C-Cars, a Hayling Taxi company, who gave their services free for the weekend. They were brought to Mengham Rythe Sailing Club, who had prepared a typical English "Big Breakfast".... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/HaylingTwinningWebSite/haylingtwinningHayling01old.html	8.6k
Twinning of Hayling Island and Gorron --> Hayling Island Hampshire England Twinning Gorron Mayenne France In the last few years Hayling Island has completed the process of Twinning with the town of Gorron in Mayenne, France. There has been a close contact between the two communities for many years, with various groups visiting their counterparts in... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/HaylingTwinningWebSite/haylingtwinningold.html	5.7k
Other Hobbies Our Other Hobbies As well as our Main Interests which are described on other pages, our other hobbies (in no particular order) include: John Katie Gardening Y Y Computing Y Walking Y Y Caravanning Y Y Sailing Y Painting Y Stamp Collecting Y Listening to the Radio (Radio 4) Y Y Foreign Travel Y Y Cooking Y Singing... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/hobby.html	2.2k
John and Katie Tappy's Home Site This is the Home page of John and Katie Tappy of Hayling Island, Hampshire, England. Welcome to our site, we hope you find it interesting and/or useful. This page is designed to be viewed by a browser which supports Netscape's Frames extension. This text will be shown by browsers which do not support the Frames... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/home.htm	1.9k
Our Interests Our Main Interests Our main common interests over the last few years have been: Our involvement in the Local Theatre. Our taking of a two year BTec course in Decoration and Restoration. Our continuing interest in interior decoration. Singing France, French and GORRON Local Theatre The Society we belong to is the... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/interest.html	6.5k
The Tappy Family of Hayling John and Katie Tappy of Hayling Island, Hampshire UK. Welcome to our site Our Photo Albums are off the air, contact us if you want access. Our Photos Please Sign Our Guestbook View Our Guestbook For more info about Hayling Island click below http://www.haylingisland.net Please come and browse, then come... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/intro.html	6.1k
Janice Freedman - Katie's Sister Katie's Sister, Janice Freedman Jan and as her role as Miss Marple Jan has recently remarried and here she is with Peter Freedman at home in Harrogate Page revised 2 Dec 2000 (changed name and added new photo) added 26 April 1999 http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/JanFreedman.html	1.4k
Jan Watson - Katie's Sister Katie's Sister, Jan Watson Jan and as her role as Miss Marple Page revised 9 May 2000 (added Miss M photo) added 26 April 1999 http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/JanWatson.html	1.1k
JK Title --> John and Katie Tappy http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/jktitle.html	0.7k
John's Father John's Father: John's father was Stanley Gordon Tappy, born on 14 September 1943. He had no siblings. Stanley Tappy's father was Albert Henry Tappy. He was born on 23 April 1910 and had no siblings. Stanley's mother was Eugenia (nee Rota-Scorlasetti) The following phots were all taken at the Salesian College,... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/johnsdad.html	3.9k
John's Family John's Family: John's father was Stanley Gordon Tappy, born on 14 September 1943. He had no siblings. Stanley Tappy's father was Albert Henry Tappy. He was born on 23 April 1910 and had no siblings. Stanley's mother was Eugenia (nee Rota-Scorlasetti) John's mother wasWinnie (Mary Winifred) (nee Cook). She was... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/johnsfamily.html	1.7k
John's Mother John's Mother: John's mother wasWinnie (Mary Winifred) (nee Cook). She was born on 1 Mach 1908 and had one brother, Jack (Charles) Mary Winifred's father was Charles Henry Cook Mary Winifred's mother was Catherine Cook (nee Lyons). She was brought up in Selby, Yorkshire. This shool photo must have been taken in... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/johnsmum.html	4.4k
John's Portfolio My Portfolio The following is a selection of the carvings I have done: Click on the Name to get more details Clan Badge Love Spoon Architectural Forms examples Linen Fold example Wash Stand Decoration Architectural Mask POW Feathers Golden Wedding Bowl Decorative Boss Box - Heart Swirls Burial Cask and Head Stone... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/johnsportfolio.html	5.3k
John's Career with IBM John's Main Career with IBM For 26 years I worked for IBM UK, this took me to many parts of the world and enabled me to meet many interesting and diverse people. I started off straight after leaving University as a Programmer on a 1401 in Welwyn Garden City, and within a year of joining IBM the 360 was announced... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/jwork.html	2.0k
Box - Heart Swirls Box - "Heart Swirls" A turning blank of Zebrano was sitting in the workshop and became the inspiration and source of this box. http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/jwtboxheartswirls.html	1.3k
Burial Cask for Sally Stevens A Burial Cask and Head Stone for Sally Katie's daughter Sally died in March 1999, and was cremated. In early 2000 I made a cask for her ashes which is now buried in the cemetery at St Peter's Church, North Hayling, it is marked by a small Head Stone carved in mid 2000. The Cask I used Oak mainly reclaimed from... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/jwtburialcask.html	4.6k
Cross Cross (for Mr Linsell) Mr Linsell made the Cross from Green Oak for the grave of his Father. I carved the letters. Page added 26 August 2005 http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/jwtcross.html	1.1k
Golden Wedding Bowl A Decorative Boss Another experiment in choice of wood. This is Greenheart, reclaimed from the broken sea defences on Hayling. Quite a difficult wood to get fine details in and because of he particles of sand and grit embedded in it there was a tendency for the tools to blunt easily, however the final piece is... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/jwtdecoboss.html	1.3k
Golden Wedding Bowl A Golden Wedding Bowl Having finished the Prince of Wales Feathers in Idigbo, I decided it would be good for this piece. It was a commission for a Golden Wedding present and because of the colour of the polished wood it was quite suitable. Although the grain is quite coarse and fairly friable, it turns quite well... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/jwtgolden50bowl.html	1.6k
Jessica's Plaque Jessica's Plaque (for my first Grandaughter) Jessica is a Saggitarian, hence the Bow and Arrow. The wood is Cherry. Page added 26 August 2005 http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/jwtjessicasplaque.html	1.3k
carclan1 European Architectural Mask This mask was adapted from a traditional design, and intended to be placed above the eyeline of the viewer, for example over a doorway or overmantle. It is carved from a solid piece of a mahogany type of wood, and finished with several coats of wax polish over a thin sealing coat of... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/jwtmask.html	1.3k
Millennium Plaque Millennium Plaque For the Millennium, the Solent Guild of Woodcarvers and Sculptors carved and constructed a multi-part relief and presented it to the Havant Borough Council The plaque consisted of a central relief map of the Borough, surmounted by the Arms of the Borough, and surrounded by individual reliefs... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/jwtMillennium.html	1.7k
Millennium Board Millennium Notice Board (Commission for the Hayling Island Residents Association) I was approached to do the lettering for a Notice Board to be mounted in the centre of Mengeham Village, Hayling Island. Having met the cabinet-maker and got the dimensions, I designed the layout on a computer and agreed my proposals... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/jwtmillenniumboard.html	2.3k
POW feathers Prince of Wales Feathers This was a bit of an experiment, as the wood is Idigbo which is freely available, reclaimed from a construction site, and I wanted to see how it carved. As you can see the grain is quite coarse, fairly friable and interlocked, however with care it is usable providing there is not too much... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/jwtpowfeathers.html	1.2k
Stair Wreaths Stair Wreaths This was a commission from a joinery company in Alton. They needed to extend an existant staircase another two floors, There were two 180 degree turns and one 90 degree. Because of the concerns with the strength of short grain, the 180 degree pieces were made up of two 90 degree pieces cut on the... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/jwtstairwreath.html	1.7k
Trafalgar Memorial Trafalgar Memorial For the 200th Anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar, the Solent Guild of Woodcarvers and Sculptors carved and constructed a multi-part relief and presented it to the Friends of the Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth. I carved all the lettering on this relief. The wood is very good quality Oak.... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/jwtTrafalgar.html	2.9k
The Spirit of Zimbabwe The Spirit of Zimbabwe In May 2004 I attended a three day workshop, carving stone from Zimbabwe under the tutelage of two Zimbabwian sculptors This is the piece I completed. The stone is Serpentine - Fruit Stone. Front elevation Side elevation showing hand under skin. View from about 45 degrees to front, showing... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/jwtzimbabwespirit.html	3.1k
Katie's Family Katie's Family: Katie's parents, Les and Dorris Fullylove, having lived in Yorkshire and Lancashire for many years, have recently (1999) moved into an appartment near Eastoke, Hayling Island, only about a mile away from us. Katie's younger sister Jan Freedman and her family live in Yorkshire. Jan set up a company... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/katiesfamily.html	1.6k
John and Katie Tappy's Home Site - Les and Dorris Fullylove Les and Dorris Fullylove Les and Dorris with their niece Pauline Cation and her husband, John Page added 29 March 2000 http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/lesanddorris.html	1.4k
Other Commissions Other Commissions in Decorative Work A Blanket Chest in faux Walnut A Faux Marble Fireplace for a stage set Page added 9 May 2000 http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/othercommissions.html	0.7k
Our Home Our Home Where we live on Hayling Island Our House The Garage/Workshop Our Garden Our House in France Hayling Island We live in a pleasant house in the south of a small island on the South Coast of England called Hayling Island. There are three web sites dedicated to Hayling and links to them will be found on... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/ourhome.html	7.6k
Our Photo John and Katie - 1991 Katie's Publicity Photo - 1979 First Photo we took of our new dog 'Bougie' at the RSPCA Arc in Stubbington in April 2000 A very dirty 'Bougie' with his new Mummy Page last revised 28 March 1999 (Added Bougie pictures) http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/ourphoto.html	1.3k
Katie's work in Plaster My Work with Plaster, Gilding etc. Two examples of my gilded work. The picture on the left is raised Gesso work with water gilding, whereas the one on the right is oil gilded on a painted background. http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/plaster.html	1.0k
pointers General Pages Home Page Where we Live Our Families Our Interests Our Hobbies John's Pages Career in IBM Carving & Turning Katie's Pages Hayling/Gorron Twinning Singer Plaster & Guilding Decorative Design Guestbook Sign Guestbook View Guestbook To mail us click here http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/pointers.html	4.5k
Sally Sally's Degree at the Southampton Institute Sally Ann Page added 26 April 1999 http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/Sally.html	0.8k
Katie's Career as a Singer Katie's Singing Career I will describe how I became a singer, and how the early part of my career progressed soon, but in the meantime here are a few bits and pieces: An early publicity photo : For a couple of years I teamed up with a lady called Jo, an excellent keyboard player. We called ourselves "Pink Gin",... http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/singer.html	1.7k
thea Thea's Degree at the Southampton Institute Thea And Sailing with her dad off Mengeham Rythe Sailing Club Page updated 9 May 2000 (with sailing photos) added 26 April 1999 http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/thea.html	1.3k
Index of /~john.tappy/HaylingTwinningWebSite/ http://homepages.which.net/~john.tappy/HaylingTwinningWebSite/	1.4k
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