Registered Charity Number 1212037Woops! Spellchecker mistake. Getting Boards Eagle eyed Scotty Dave spotted a Facebook Marketplace entry for a business moving to new premises in no less a place than Norton High Street. The refurb meant that 10 boards as pictured needed to be shifted! We made an approach and…
Registered Charity Number 1212037First question about this title is who is “You”. We’ll develop that throughout this week using examples that crop up (we hope!). For starters though the You includes those who have contributed to the Shed from our past, our Whitby heritage and our Aussie heritage. Graham woke…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Having focused on accessibility, in rolled a need! We have taken some preliminary steps towards the Shed becoming a little more disability friendly by opening up the rear access. Even taking the door off temporarily before putting it back on. It all makes work for the working…
Registered Charity Number 1212037New week and a new activity. Variety is the spice of life. On Tuesday, having moved the Labrador into the stable and made some space in the Shed, we filled the space again with one of the display units we obtained from M&Co in Billingham when it…
Registered Charity Number 1212037It arrived, a delivery of compost bags donated by Tesco. Out of the blue one afternoon last week a call came from a Manager Tracey at Tesco responsible this month for Community matters. She had looked at our web site (was probably then confused) but offered tea,…
Registered Charity Number 1212037At least two of our Shedders have been involved with racing pigeons. A lofty achievement you might say. But pigeons were important carriers of news and messages in the First World War. Nearing completion of the Labrador model and having completed the war horse, maybe it’s time…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Yes, a bit of knowledge on everything that’s going on! Starting with the UK Shed of the Year Awards. The full list of shortlisted Sheds in each of 5 categories is published. You can see Norton Shed under Partnership of the Year category in the link below,…
Registered Charity Number 1212037There’s an awful lot of anxiety around. It comes in many different forms and due to many different circumstances. Anxiety about the past, present and even the future. Things we cannot easily resolve because they seem to be part and parcel of modern life. Lots of things…
Registered Charity Number 1212037UK Men’s Sheds Association Shed of the Year Awards – NORMENS shortlisted We entered the category that covers the Partnership of the Year and automatically also Shed of the Year. The partnership we stressed was that with Norton district Social Prescribing Link Workers and Claire Walker in…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Annika Rice, DIY SOS, the Big Help Out after the Coronation . . . . are all examples over the years of “why not get on and do!” So is this Big Call Out for Anthony. We’ve mentioned this previously in recent blogs but now there is…
Registered Charity Number 1212037The Shed is running well with things inside and outside nearing completion. Outside the decking platform has been extended and Brian has been busy with the paint pot. The retractable awning is back up following last years accident with the wind and we will be building a…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Wonderful stuff is technology, some of the time. Sitting in Manchester Airport at 2am I photographed two pages of the Introduction to the above titled book. It’s one I (Graham) have read and mentioned before but I want to reread it because it says a lot into…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Progress on Anthony’s Garden Dream The good news is that Mencap, who support Anthony with independent living and help with living arrangements, have received approval from the housing association for the work to be done on Anthony’s garden. There are some conditions that to be satisfied but…
Registered Charity Number 1212037This is a submission for the UK Men’s Sheds Association Shed of the Year competition in the Partnership of the Year category The Social Prescribing Link Workers in Norton area – and particularly Claire Walker – were crucial to the success of Norton Men’s Shed. A model…
Registered Charity Number 1212037This blog is like raking around in a junk shop! Some bits of treasure may be uncovered. Maybe not! There is a new Shed Stockton Men’s Shed – being opened shortly in, yes, Stockton! Mark Askew and two colleagues came to Normens a few week’s ago having…
Registered Charity Number 1212037What is done may for some seem to lack point, but for most there is serious intent. What is that? To find distraction and camaraderie with others not the same as them but with similar needs. Norton Shed has some surprising people – people with surprising skills,…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Well, figure out that blog headline! There is a real buzz about the Shed and some great friendships being made. There is such a variety of types of Shedder that the Shed has brought together. AGM Yes, a year since the Shed was founded. We met on…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Sheds are multi-dimensional. There are many connections to the world outside! Not least, of course, the Shedders themselves. We are getting an increasing number of inquiries about the Shed from organisations and individuals directly. We’ve had quite an influx recently. This week we welcomed a new man,…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Rob Shilson of Whitby Town Shed shares a contemporary account of his experience and feelings with respect to prostate cancer. It is a positive story with some positive outcomes. I have a family history of PC so for me going for a PSA test was just routine….
Registered Charity Number 1212037This prize winning stallion has been reported stolen recently. The 16-year-old stallion Zazou, winner of the Group 1 Premio Roma and second in the Deutsches Derby, was stolen from his stable at Darhorse Stud on Friday night. The case is being investigated by the Czech police. Norton…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Tuesday was a busy day with 8 Shedders and two visitors too. The water tap was not frozen! Materials and tools We know we are on the map when we start to receive offers of resources from various people. They know that the Shed exists! We’ve…
Registered Charity Number 1212037There is a bit of Alice in Wonderland about a Shed. “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said . . . “it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less”. It’s the same with Sheds. What a Shed does is in…
Registered Charity Number 1212037There are many encouragements in Norton Shed . . . . First up, the Shedders. It is a year since we started with a few raw recruits using the Cricket Pavilion to meet in and tasked to decorate it. Norton Sports Charity appreciated what we did and…
Registered Charity Number 1212037The previous blog had a picture of some model animals. We are challenged (and tasked) to produce a life size war horse and a dog for 2023’s Community Remembrance Service hosted by the Norton Sports Charity. Why not make an early start? You might have watched a…
Registered Charity Number 1212037A card for Shedders, their families and our Shed partners Click here for a card with a message It has been an amazing year for Norton Men’s Shed. So much has been…
Registered Charity Number 1212037When we started planning the first Shed in the Whitby district (among the first, if not the first, in North Yorkshire) one of the main aims was to make it FUN!. The driver was to help men who were at “some kind of a loss” to restore…
Registered Charity Number 1212037We’ve done a lot at Norton Shed to create what we think is a comfortable home from home for us. It has a very warm feel to it (the atmosphere) and we’ve needed no heating. However, we knew the weather would turn in November and we needed…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Lest we forget . . . . What have the Sheds in Whitby District done that reach out beyond the Shed sessions? Normens included. This was the request from UKMSA for the Northern Shed-Fest sponsored by Ronseal. At Harrogate Yorkshire Show ground. The presentation was a PowerPoint…
Registered Charity Number 1212037I’m not sure we are up to this at Norton Shed but maybe we should hold auditions! https://youtu.be/shUpCj16H6o We are starting on dust extraction using plastic ducting and a dust collector (from Preston Park) Plan a Whole-shop Dust-collection System | Wood (woodmagazine.com) We have received an excellent…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Graham has either been missed or not missed! The reason why the blogs have been rather irregular is that Graham has been Down Under. It was due to a craving for Joan and Graham to meet family at last but then Graham had withdrawal symptoms from Sheds….
Registered Charity Number 1212037Spent some time camping with the family, then to Melbourne for the day and today a second visit to Stratford Shed. Graham was interested in the rear gunner’s turret because an uncle had been a rear gunner…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Lots of bits going on this morning . . . Pat made some wedges for a friends wobbly table. Brian did some drilling and worked on the post for the bird table. Mick and Graham worked to put wheels onto a morticing machine.. (involving a bit of…
Registered Charity Number 1212037The community Remembrance Service outside the Sports Charity club takes place in November, of course. The Shed will have a small hand in making a big statement for young people. Those who were there last year will remember the bottle-base poppies and the large as life figures…
Registered Charity Number 1212037All good stuff on Tuesday
Registered Charity Number 1212037“No man is an island” is part of a longer paragraph by John Donne. “No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the…
Registered Charity Number 1212037The Shed was a hive of activity on Friday. Lots of buzz. On Thursday we received from Howden a kitchen double unit and today Paul under the instruction of Pat put it together. It holds plates and bowls and kitchen utensils .Shedders Mick and Graham laid the…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Yes, it’s beginning to wing it! Friday was a very productive day, both morning and evening. In the morning the platform in front of the patio door was strengthened and boards secured and we attended to the big doors. Colin wood turned on, produced a great result…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Well, we start with Staithes and French cleats. Norton Shed has heard about French Cleats from their use at Staithes Shed. They are mounts that interlock to hold items in place on a vertical surface. What is French about them is lost in time but some think…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Dear Reader, The purpose of this piece is to explain more about the opportunities, limitations, ambitions of the Norton Shed for individual men and women. It is very much about individuals and their “jigsaw piece” fit into the overall jigsaw that is theirs. It hopefully will help…
Registered Charity Number 1212037The Shed movement started in Australia. The majority of the Sheds I’ve seen there (all 6!) have been large compared to those in Whitby and Norton. It was pleasing to receive the email below and photos of a new Aussie Shed more our size! Dear Graham and…
