What do Shedders do when they are not in the Sheds? In David Attenborough style we quietly visited two Shedders with covert cameras. They thought we were just being nice. However, it was all part of our research to see what Shedders do and research whether they are being brainwashed…
Shedder Elaine’s report on She Shed today. It was a unanimous decision on the colour of the carpet tiles. Red will give some warmth and work well with the chairs. Betty had spotted a partly made rag rug that came with all sorts of paraphernalia such as weaving bits and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The men at WHIMS did the graft yesterday, creating more storage space and decluttering to the dump. Today, the She Shed got on with shelf stacking! Well, sorting out most of the stacked plastic boxes and filling the She Shed “kitchen units on wheels”. We had the cross-cut saw in…
