Miscellanea

Message from Rachel Meadows of UK Men’s Shed Association [When people ask “What do we get for our membership fee to UK MSA?” Rachel is a noted part of that. Always a willing horse who helps us and who appreciates any help (and publicity) from us.] Hi all, Just to…

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The Wooden Horse

Not Troy and no one hiding inside. It;s the wooden horse of Norton made for the Remembrance Service at Norton Sports Charity scheduled for lat weekend but cancelled due to weather and ground conditions However a display has been created of several items and there are both the horse and…

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Christmas is coming

The Tree of Shed Life  is being completed. That’s the title given to the artwork (!?!) to be displayed in St. Mary’s, Norton. For the rest of the year we might rent it out as a dog kennel or a holiday home for hedgehogs!   There should be a  guide to…

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Contact

Connection, Community, Camaraderie  These were the three words accompanying the Aussie 30 year badge mentioned at the end of the previous blog. Maybe we could add Contact to the list. Contact is a precursor to connection and contact is the experience met on crossing the Shed threshold for the first…

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Projects End and Initiatives Start

Anthony’s Man Cave is pretty much there, despite the rain today Glazed and adjusted French windows. Completed front. Dry inside. There is some internal finishings being done this Friday, but it is a pleasing sight with an informal opening celebration at Halloween. We have a pre-loved display unit arriving for…

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It’s not all about woodwork

Thursday is not a usual Shed day. Nor 4pm on an afternoon. That means today was unusual! This afternoon Judy of ‘Through Film’ arrived to, well, film the Shed.  She was there on behalf of Catalyst (the Stockton voluntary sector oversight organisation). Through Film is a not-for-profit CIC that does…

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