Manchester city council report A man who was caught running a ‘sophisticated’ DVD counterfeiting operation from his garden shed has been ordered to pay £10,000 following a Manchester City Council prosecution. Michael Kilcourse, aged 44, was fined £7,500 and ordered to pay £2,500 legal costs at Manchester Crown Court on Friday, July 25, after pleading… Continue reading Bloke fined £10,000 over garden shed film factory
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Dr Who inspired garden shed for lucky girls
As you well know we love a TARDIS shed here on shedblog nowthe SouthWales argos, reports Update the sheddie has shared their shed. TWO Newport girls can travel in time and space any time they like – thanks to a Tardis in their back garden. Bassaleg man Paul Williams, 35, who works for a Cardiff… Continue reading Dr Who inspired garden shed for lucky girls
Shed.TV: Shed solution to credit crunch
The BBC has a video of the women has built a shed in the garden of her family home. unfortunely I can’t embed the video, so I wonder where my license fee is going to?
Shark stolen from garden shed!
According to the shed friendly Metro A live marble shark – one half of the only breeding pair in the UK – has been stolen from a shed. The 2ft-long female mottled brown shark was taken from a garden in Farnborough, Hampshire. It was kept in an aquarium in the brick shed. Owner Peter Newman,… Continue reading Shark stolen from garden shed!
The Shed is 15
Alex over at shedworking has just released issue 15 of his shed magazine. Go over here to find out.
Mum ordered to pull down son’s shed
The Evening News reports A young mother has been told she must pull down her son’s playhouse after a council said it breached tenancy rules. Kelley Brickley says her five-year-old son Ryan will be distraught to lose to playhouse in their garden and argues it is somewhere for him to stay out of the way… Continue reading Mum ordered to pull down son’s shed
Bletchley Huts a National Disgrace
The BBC yesterday carried the story of a group of almost a hundred academics who are so outraged by the state of dereliction of the Bletchley Park huts that they have written to the Times to call for Bletchley Park to receive state funding. Bletchley Park was the war-time home of Alan Turing and his… Continue reading Bletchley Huts a National Disgrace
Ukulele Gus n Fin submission
Sheddie Fin is now playing his Ukulele with his mate Gus but not in the shed, which is shame
Sheddie who saved the day commended
The EADT reports A CHEMICAL firm worker who discovered his mother’s shed torched by an arsonist prevented a major explosion by dousing a gas canister with water until the emergency services arrived. Louis Willett, of Chainey Pieces in Haverhill, was yesterday publicly commended at Bury St Edmunds Magistrates’ Court after it emerged how his actions… Continue reading Sheddie who saved the day commended
UK first “mensheds” opens
I mentioned the idea of Mensheds in Oz before, but the UK one has officially opened according to the BBC. The first shed in a new project in Gloucestershire which aims to persuade older men to get out of their garden sheds and help others has opened. Age Concern’s “shed” in the Forest of Dean… Continue reading UK first “mensheds” opens