Registered Charity Number 1212037A postcard for Sheds makes a useful personal handout. Remember Playschool on children’s TV many years ago. This DRAFT postcard has the ring of Playschool about it. Why not, it should be FUN. Below is the other side of the coin errrr postcard The back tells…
Registered Charity Number 1212037We need connections so that we are not isolated. As individuals, and as a Shed. Things happen when there are others involved, not just ourselves. Norton Men’s Shed has only been a “decision” for about 3 months. Now there are about 8 people awaiting the starting gun!…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Surprise find at Norton Library How Love, Kindness and Community Helped Me Repair My Life The Norton Shed continues to yield surprises. Graham does not do novels. He tends towards the “factual” and the reference books. Hardly had he started to browse the spines of books…
Registered Charity Number 1212037. . . . When there’s no one there. Starting a Men’s Shed (inclusive of women too) is rarely a straightforward process. What is needed tends not to be delivered on a plate:-] A venue Starter equipment and materials A teapot Some funding to kick things off…
Registered Charity Number 1212037One foot in the grave. With Norton Shed we are trying not to put our foot in it! It’s hard to believe certain things when they happen. Life in a Shed (even when it is just an evolving idea) is often full of surprises and sometimes they…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Here is the building that is intended to be the main base for The Norton Shed. It is a concrete sectional building at St Michael’s and All Angels in Norton South. Here are two views courtesy of Google Earth. We appreciate the willingness of the church to…
Registered Charity Number 1212037The Costa Coffee meeting blossomed the next day. Dave Tonner revealed his recently found hobby of vinyl cutting to embellish items of clothing and crockery. He asked for an electronic copy of the logo design which was forwarded on the internet. That was the last day of…
Registered Charity Number 1212037What could possibly go wrong? It was a meeting, not yet a workshop, and it took place at Norton’s Costa Coffee. Four guys were expected. Graham left his mobile phone at home. That meant he was not contactable by one of the 4 who was waiting outside…
Registered Charity Number 1212037We might not have a Shed in Norton up and working but already there is interest from several prospective Shedders. On New Year’s Eve 4 guys are meeting over coffee at Costa’s to “mull and explore”. We should know more in a couple of weeks about the…
Registered Charity Number 1212037One of the tools available to, but not at, Norton Men’s Shed is a 3-D printer. It uses filament to weave 3D objects. Why not experiment with a plaque of the Shed logo. Below is the first attempt. The text over the door has not reproduced well…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Times have been very unsettling for some Shedders in some Sheds. Handling the roller coaster of the pandemic. The necessity of isolation to shield or to prevent spread. It runs counter to the way of working of Sheds and what as Shedders we appreciate in the companionship…
Registered Charity Number 1212037 Who? The Men’s Shed is not a place; it is people, so-called Shedders, who come regularly once or…
Registered Charity Number 1212037 We’ve got going on one preliminary of the preliminaries! A small step maybe. It is a display for Norton Men’s Shed destined for use at Norton Library later in January (Covid-19 permitting). It has already been used at St. Mary’s Christmas Fayre in November. …
Registered Charity Number 1212037There are approaching 200 blogs that trace our path since December 2021. One a week! Why so many? Because the Shed is a dynamic place. No two days are the same and it is a story of organic growth by those who benefit. Every Shedder is a…
