Shedder Bob was watching the news three nights ago and saw an item about Frome in Somerset. It was health and community related and was covered by several media organisations. Such is the community activity and cooperation between organisations, that there has been significantly reduced emergency admissions to hospital. Elsewhere…
The Siberian Beast from the East has taken its toll on Whitby Area Sheds. It has been a complete white out with all Sheds closed. It’s an ill wind that blows no good, however. Shedders Bob and Graham got together to check and balance the books (well, the spreadsheet). That…
Sheds are about doing. Stretching one’s horizons with respect to skills. Note these. We have some small furniture items to refurbish and Shedder Marie has bought appropriate paints and brushes. We also have a new small (and manageable) power sander (for Mary to play with?). However, (Redcar) Shedder Paula has…
We are getting promotional postcards prepared for Staithes Men’s Shed (to go with the deck of cards for other Sheds!) and wanted something that said “STAITHES”. Could have been Old Jack’s Boat but on a visit we noticed all the crab pots and floats. That seemed very appropriate for a…
Who’s Pat and what is she tested for? It’s not a who, it’s a what. Portable Appliance Testing. Safety first is important and periodically equipment needs to be tested for electrical safety. Today, Ezri from PatPlus came to the Sheds and conducted checks, labeling the equipment after testing. Ezri tested a…
Work experience for young people Do you remember the days when pupils in their penultimate year before their GCSE exams spent a week (sometimes two) in a business or organisation? In the lives of many young people that was a significant step – they were in an adult working environment…
Graham & Co went to Staithes for a wander with a purpose. The purpose was to meet one of the people, Vicky, who had attended the recent Staithes open meeting. She runs the Seadrift Cafe on the front. Vicky had been very enthusiastic about the possibility of Sheds in Staithes.…
The past week has seen some impressive progress on the floor at the Whitby Sheds. Whitby Men’s Shed took up most of the old carpet on Tuesday and on Friday the floor was scraped to remove carpet adhesive and the first of two coats of garage paint was applied. Thanks…
There are no reports of anything having to be scraped off the ceiling, but Tuesday was Shrove Tuesday at SAMS. Littlebeck Chapel catered for the Shedders and locals who came too. Very enjoyable indeed and thanks to Judith and Hazel. Shedder Sue forwarded photographs. On Thursday, Graham’s grandsons…
A very busy day moving the Whitby Shed forward. Yesterday, the men took up most of the remaining old carpet and removed it to the waste centre. Today, there were 10 present, all but 3 women :-). They assembled another steel cabinet; put it on wheels, worked…
