Scarborough, Whitby & Ryedale MIND have received funding from the National Lottery. £365,0000 will cover 3 years of support services in our region. Surely a lot of hard work making the case on the part of the team. A pleasing result at a critical time. One that will continue to…
Unbeknown to each other, both Elaine and Graham visited the Festival of Thrift last Sunday. It covered a far greater area than the past two years, and finding particular stalls was an interesting navigational challenge! Here are some tasters of the day. Redcar Shed cropped up in conversation on…
There were a few interesting twists. First, they were two production days, on the go. Jobs being finished (the bird table and more of the pub chairs). Jobs started (a chair to be refurbished and corded as original). New designs (Ray’s wife’s dolls house to-be and Tony’s imaginative design for…
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Today in Staithes we began to clear the wooden shed annex to “The Shed” to begin refurbishment. We “mined” the wood inside and took maybe 30% outside so that we could see the structural condition of the place. In particular the extent of rot and what was causing the shed…
Those days can be good days or bad days but today was brilliant. Why? Because of people! Into the Shed rolled Ian, deftly controlling his wheelchair, and on his sticks came Colin. Big Brian is in part responsible for them coming. Brian drives once a month for Lythe Farmers’ Breakfast.…
Graham had a hair cut last Friday, at the hands of Mick in the Clip Joint. It happens every 5 weeks or so. Mick likes to talk football. However, conversation on that topic is not very engaging when it comes to Graham. Conversation went inevitably to the matter of whether…
A really enjoyable session. Ollie brought in a book of woodworking ideas that cost all of 1p plus postage. He had played with one of the ideas at home which involved adding “clay cladding” tooled to look like bricks to the outside of a bird box. It is rolled out…
Four Shedders travelled down to Worcester to attend ShedFest and attends a dinner to hear the result of the Sheds of the Year competition. Cut to the chase, whilst Whitby District Sheds and “our” Keith Nellis appeared on the screen amongst shortlists of four, we did not make the First…
Opens for visits by prospective Shedders at 10am on Thursday. On Saturday 28th there is an open day for general visitors including families. Refreshments and nibbles plus opportunity to have your say! Even, have a go!
