Sheddies Can you help? My Name is Kate Owen and I am Documentary Film and TV student at the University of Wales, Newport. I am pitching a programme idea to a panel of BBC producers, with the hope of it being commissioned. My idea is ‘mans love of the shed’ and I am looking for… Continue reading Film student needs your help with “Mans love of the shed” keep it clean.
£250,000 Government Funding for Critical & Hut Repairs at Bletchley Park
Some great news from Bletchley Park Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw will visit Bletchley Park on Thursday 25 March 2010 to announce the allocation of £250,000 DCMS funding for urgent repairs at the neglected WW2 Codebreaking Centre. The grant, which comes from the reallocation of under-spends elsewhere in the DCMS budget for 2009-2010, will allow the… Continue reading £250,000 Government Funding for Critical & Hut Repairs at Bletchley Park
Sheddies on the radio – World Service Friday Documentary
This sounds an interesting programme on the World service about, I assume the great institution of Australia men sheds on 26/03/2010 10:05 I will be listening on the Ishedplayer. photo credit: mugley In Australia the shed is used to combat loneliness and depression in the older male generation. Sharon Mascall reports. Thanks to Martin Belam… Continue reading Sheddies on the radio – World Service Friday Documentary
Sheddies can you beat the previous winners of shed of the year? Enter now
I have been working through some admin/shedkeeping for shed week tonight with ShedmanFlu and contacting past winners to see how they are and ask them some shed week based favours, and it made me think what wonderful sheds and sheddie have won the previous three competitions I have run. Tony’s The Roman Temple in 2007… Continue reading Sheddies can you beat the previous winners of shed of the year? Enter now
Sheddie Colin “Dunne well” with his shed written tome about Fleet street
Old Col a former journalist and now part time sheddie has written a book about his time in Fleet street from his garden shed The Taj. From a modest start on a country weekly in the Yorkshire Dales Colin Dunne staggered, via Leeds and Halifax, London Leamington Spa, Newcastle upon Tyne and Manchester to Fleet… Continue reading Sheddie Colin “Dunne well” with his shed written tome about Fleet street
1,950 members of our Just Shed Flickr Group can’t be wrong can they?
Another milestone in photos of sheds on Flickr Just Sheds group well for us anyway.. We have reached the 1950 members mark (ok one of them is me) but hey I was sick of waiting for the number to get to 1951 Many thanks photo sheddies like these. I will be running a Flickr photo… Continue reading 1,950 members of our Just Shed Flickr Group can’t be wrong can they?
Moon’s Duncan Jones does his bit for Bletchley Park and Shed Week: How about you?
I mentioned before that we would be getting some signed items to raise funds for Bletchley Park when I run an online auction on that ebay for Shed Week in July. Duncan Jones BAFTA award winning director and nice bloke has given us three signed copies of his wonderful film MOON to auction off for… Continue reading Moon’s Duncan Jones does his bit for Bletchley Park and Shed Week: How about you?
Walton’s Garden Sheds now listed
We now have the full range of Walton sheds on our Shed comparison site. Walton’s have been in the garden building industry for over 125 years specialising in garden sheds. Through this time we have acquired a substantial quantity of knowledge in our field. We have adapted our garden building know-how gradually over the years… Continue reading Walton’s Garden Sheds now listed
Just Sheds: Nope they are TARDIS sheds – Doctor Sheddies
What with the New Doctor WHO Matt Smith being in the “news” with the premiere of the new Series thought I would do a retrospective of the TARDIS shed categories and make a call out for former Doctors (Tom Baker & David Tennant may favs) and of course sheddies to see if you have a… Continue reading Just Sheds: Nope they are TARDIS sheds – Doctor Sheddies
Win a Shed load of Cheese from our mates at the Cheese Shed
Spring has arrived in at least one part of the country, and our chums at The Cheese Shed have decided to celebrate this by giving away two Cornish Cheese Selections. Each box is worth £27 and features five great cheeses from West of the Tamar. So just answer the question below and put yourself in… Continue reading Win a Shed load of Cheese from our mates at the Cheese Shed