Six at Staithes today (Monday 21/9/20). Conforming to rules. We also laid plastic sheeting on the area behind the Garden Club shed we cleared last week and ordered a dumpy back of stones to spread on it it. Technically, it is, we believe, called landscaping. At SAMS in Sleights we…
“At my lowest, I did consider suicide” Published 15th September 2020 in Shoulder to Shoulder, the UK Men’s Shed Association newsletter I am going to share with you today the story of my ordeal with mental illness and anxiety. I am going to be frank and totally honest about it…
Progressing, but also on the move to a new web-site www.whitbycompassion.org.uk The article in Whitby Gazette last Thursday put a stake in the ground for the Compassion project. If you missed it, here it is below: Don’t expect to see some great edifice rising because we are at the stage…
September marks the beginning of the return to school and return to Sheds. We’ve been doing work outside and some maintenance inside (with slight variation between the four venues) but today we were back in a growing number at Staithes. We got on with roofing the “wood rack alley” at…
Covid-19 struck in terms of lockdown in March 2020. There were many practical challenges that impacted almost all of us. How to adjust our lives to fit with unprecedented restrictions on freedom of movement and freedom to associate. Schools close, offices closed, home working (if possible) became the new normal.…
We start this blog about looking forward in an unusual way. A colleague of Graham’s Brazilian friend recorded this video. https://youtu.be/Eha8GZzz0hU “In this video I improvise this very deep theme, it’s called ′′ Unaccompanied “, a name that has a lot to do with our solitary life, the idea of…
Tuesday 18th, BayThorpe Shed Today at Bay Shed, Steve put the finishing touches to his nail puzzle( in the background a goblet he’d turned) Simon scratched his head and couldn’t work out the puzzle, so Steve had to show him how it was done. Ian paid a brief visit ,…
Grin and bear it may be the motto of many people when it comes to change. Hopefully not a motto for Shedders always wanting to make a difference (despite the outcome!). First change from the digital revolution to make you smile . . . . Here’s a big kid, Shedder…
Some Sheds in other places are opening based on the principle of a “shop” or a “community hall” (a place shared with others). Our Sheds have been doing some outside work and community “service” in what has been quite a dry spell. But when can we be in Sheds like…
This blog is aimed at showing that the brain cells of Shedders are still bouncing off each other! We’ll add accounts on each Shed and goings on as they arrive from the distant parts of the known empire in Whitby District! We start with something that the Sheds have made…
