Got to keep our pecker up until we can meet again at the Sheds. Meanwhile humour is still alive and well . . . . This I believe is Eddie the Sheddie snapped by the paparazzi. It’s very cuddly like him so it must be him I think. Redi Edi…
Here are some contributions to encourage us as we begin to look forward. Graham’s chats with Sheds in the North East on behalf of UKMSA have progressed and he has met on the phone two small Sheds (like ours) at Seacroft (Leeds) and Bedlington (Northumberland). Seacroft Shed and Earth Balance…
Here’s some human interest stories – though it starts with one from Shedder Lance, OHMS Dear Shedmates, A short story to cheer you …. About 15 years ago I made a new greenhouse from Iroko. I had very few offcuts but I was determined to make something from them. So…
There’s a strong whiff of community – local and street – at the present. VE Day 75 years was not the celebration style that I imagine was planned nationally or locally. Instead it was literally, home grown and home spun. To cap it all, the Queen’s address to the nation…
Please do send anything you’ve been up to during this lockdown period!! Here’s one as a starter. It is not Graham btw, but clearly some men somehow buckle down to domestic life. Please do contribute items even though you may not be a Shedder. Here comes Staithes Malcolm with his…
Whitby District Sheds (Staithes, Whitby, Sleights/Littlebeck and Robin Hood’s Bay/Fylingthorpe) have a few isolated Shedders really missing the Sheds. Two are now in care homes and even more locked down than usual. We do not want them to be forgotten and where possible we are connecting via telephone or social…
It’s Strange. I began to realise in this period of enforced slowdown that I had time for people and they me. I’ve met people at my front gate (with a metre each side) that I’ve never spoken to before. Not using cars, means people are on foot. The exchanges are…
Sheds may be closed, but communications do not have to be. Some are new. We can look across the UK Shed landscape on the Wednesday UK Shed Happens Radio Show (10 – 12). It’s on now as I type and you can listen tomorrow to the Show once it is…
“At the Drop of Another Hat” was the title of a follow on to “At the Drop of a Hat”, a show by Flanders and Swann. Do you remember the Hippopotamus song or the big 6 wheeler, scarlet painted, 97 horse-power omnibus. Fighting to think of another title for the…
Do feel free to say how you are getting on during Shed closedown due to Covid-19 lockdown. “Big Col” Easterby Graham placed a Messenger call to Colin who is sadly for him and us now in a Whitby care home. With a bit of jiggery-pokery (a technical…
