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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Lifts change where we are Remember “Are You Being Served” where a lift was a central feature of the setting for entrances and exits of the characters. A lift into and out of a sitcom. On a Monday Steve has a lift in his wheelchair from Ground Zero to GZ…
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…
A while ago (earlier 2023) we picked up a copy of the Community Strategy for Stockton in booklet form. We started Norton Shed at the beginning of 2021, just half way through the strategy implementation period. It would nice to say that Norton Shed followed the Strategy whereas we dis…
At the moment Shed life is full of . . . . life. Many things that are aimed at meeting new or wider needs for people in our communities. This is an image repeated from Staithes’ Shed and is worth a thousand words. It represents dogged determination will smiles on…
Festival of Thrift proved to be a busy 9 – 5 at Billingham It certainly had the atmosphere of the old Festival at Kirkleatham. However it was truncated to a one day event because of the weather forecast for Sunday. From a Sheds awareness promotion perspective it really rang the…
In Norton Shed we look to the future. Looking forward with hope is part of life’s wellbeing protection. Not fearing but looking forward. This will be the theme of things to be explained as this blog develops through the coming week. For a start, here is a similar take for…
The Festival of Thrift in Billingham takes place in two weeks time. UKMSA is sending a vertical banner to be a main focal point. On the table we plan to have items of interest and leaflets on the wellbeing, health and fun aspects of Men’s Sheds and the banner below…
