Thisisdorset reports and asks if CCTV will find the yobs. A BEACH hut was destroyed and another badly damaged after being deliberately set on fire by yobs in Bournemouth on Friday night. The hut at Southbourne Undercliff, was reduced to a blackened husk after being set alight at around 11.45pm. An adjoining hut was also… Continue reading Beach hut destroyed in Bournemouth
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Shed load of bargins
Interweb DIY merchants Screwfix has a Spring bargain list for the launch of their DIY Fix it at Home catalogue. Including Walton sheds. They also have a competition to win a copy of the Collins Complete DIY Manual.
Boxing sheddie gets OBE
Another sporting sheddie. Mr. Gareth Howells Boxing Coach. For services to Young People in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire 82yrs (Llanelli, Carmarthenshire) In 1942 he started Trostre Amateur Boxing Club (ABC), then Bynea ABC, in a garden shed in Llanelli, eventually finding a permanent home in Trostre, Llanelli. He has worked tirelessly in a voluntary capacity to train… Continue reading Boxing sheddie gets OBE
The lion the witch and the shed
From the times “I wonder whether he has a garden shed of sorts (or some other sort of world) in which to disappear when he chooses.” Graphologist Diane Simpson didn’t know whose handwriting she was analysing. It’s in fact CS lewis handwriting, so not sure what it says about sheddies… that they use their sheds… Continue reading The lion the witch and the shed
GARDEN shed thieves are being hunted by a police helicopter.
Officers are taking to the skies to spot people with a thermal imaging after break-ins in the Chalfonts. Homes which back onto railway lines are particularly at risk, they warned. advertisement Meanwhile, police are searching for burglars who got into a High Wycombe house – when the front door was left over. The Chalfonts break-ins… Continue reading GARDEN shed thieves are being hunted by a police helicopter.
Plane crashes into back garden
An elderly couple who had a lucky escape when a plane landed in their garden told the pilot: “Thanks for dropping in.” Eileen Watling, 71, and husband Alfie, 83, were settling down to watch a movie on TV when the Cessna light aircraft, carrying two people, landed nose-first in their conifers. The pilot had got… Continue reading Plane crashes into back garden
‘RECORD’ AS ENGLISH ASPARAGUS HITS SHELVES
English asparagus went on sale today – several weeks earlier than usual, a retailer said. The first batch of the seasonal vegetable was launched at a Tesco store in Evesham, Worcestershire. It means a grower from the local area has broken the record for getting the first English asparagus onto shop shelves, according to the… Continue reading ‘RECORD’ AS ENGLISH ASPARAGUS HITS SHELVES
May the force be with you in your shed
I am a bit closet(shed) Star Wars fan (maybe more than my son, but don’t tell him) and we are both looking forward to the new animated series, so here’s some things to keep you wossnamed until then. Despite a personal fortune reported to be close to four billion dollars (£2bn) and a vow to… Continue reading May the force be with you in your shed
Doubt at ‘shanty shed squat’ claim
The BBC report on this Story which I missed. Doubts have been cast on claims that a “shanty” hut in Llanelli is being used as a squat by homeless migrant workers. Carmarthenshire Council has placed an enforcement notice on the structure to stop people living there after complaints and newspaper reports. But it has doubts… Continue reading Doubt at ‘shanty shed squat’ claim
Bloke forced to sleep in shed
According to Daventrytoday A MAN was forced to sleep in his shed for two weeks after building work at his house disrupted his attempts to get any rest. Tom Sykes, 64, took refuge in the shed of his Daventry home, sleeping on a summer garden chair wearing an anorak and a woolly hat with just… Continue reading Bloke forced to sleep in shed