I’m happy to announce that Shed ladies favorite and good guy of sheds, Alex is back as a judge, he is a good friend, a confident on shed matters and a nice bloke who’s pretty hot at snooker (so I am told) I will be finally be meeting him (oh the joy of online world!)… Continue reading Shed of the year 2010 judge : Alex Johnson – shedworking
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Shed Year 2010 Charity Bletchley Park gets some cash – more needed
The Beeb and others reports Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, the top secret code-breaking hub of World War II, has been awarded nearly £500,000 of lottery funds. The development money from the Heritage Lottery Fund will help the historic site become a world heritage and educational centre. It is the first step towards a target of… Continue reading Shed Year 2010 Charity Bletchley Park gets some cash – more needed
Shed of the year 2010 Judge : Sarah Beeny
I am very happy to announce that sheddies’ favourite Sarah Beeny has signed up to be a judge again for next year’s Shed of the Year competition (FYI Shed Week starts Monday 5th July 2010) We all welcome the Beeny again. It’s her 4th year as a judge. She has supported us from the beginning… Continue reading Shed of the year 2010 Judge : Sarah Beeny
Bletchley Park Hut 6 on Flickr
To get you in the mood for a bit of shedbased fund-raising, there are some great Photos of Bletchley Park Hut 6 on flickr and our Just sheds group. [flickr]photo:3257418473[/flickr][flickr]photo:3456525645[/flickr][flickr]photo:3376426356[/flickr][flickr]photo:3879113674[/flickr][flickr]photo:3913235062[/flickr][flickr]photo:3801184263[/flickr][flickr]photo:2086303975[/flickr][flickr]photo:464025619[/flickr][flickr]photo:2287974435[/flickr] As the official charity for Shed Week, I do hope to visit them some time and take some shots myself.
Bletchley Park is the official charity for Shed Week 2010
After some great response from the sheddies and Bletchley-Park fans when I first mooted the idea. So I am happy to say that Bletchley Park is the official charity for Shed Week 2010 So come sheddies Support BletchleyPark and make sure that this national treasure is not forgotten You can make donations via their website… Continue reading Bletchley Park is the official charity for Shed Week 2010
Support Hut 6 and Bletchley Park
With Bletchley Park and Alan Turing so much in the news lately, and of course Hut 6 won the Hut category of this years Shed of the Year 2009 competition. So its timely to remind people that its not funded by the government in anyway and needs your support to save such a big part… Continue reading Support Hut 6 and Bletchley Park
Shed Photo of the Year update
You may have remembered that Andrew Culture won our Shed Week Photo Comp with his great B & W shot of an allotment shed. [flickr]photo:2690357454[/flickr] Well I have finally been able to track him down, so over to him! This is me in my own shed (just after I had built it) [flickr]photo:2921453077[/flickr] The inspiration… Continue reading Shed Photo of the Year update
Everybody Wants To View … the Punks not Dad
Everyone’s favorite middle aged punk band Punks not dad with a shed leaning and of course the blokes who come up with the shed anthem & official song for shed week, that is “In Me Shed” may have hit the 14000000000000 (Fourteen thousand) views mark on youtube by the time you read this, if not… Continue reading Everybody Wants To View … the Punks not Dad
Shed Week 2009 interviews: Secrets-of-shed-building
This is the last of the Shed Week guest posts from my favorite sheddies, hope you enjoyed them? You can View all the Shed Week Interviews here. Structures and how they are built have always interested me. As a Structural Engineer I spend most of my working life in an office designing buildings, calculating what… Continue reading Shed Week 2009 interviews: Secrets-of-shed-building
Shedworking – the book – the cover
On this great Shed Week, Alex over at shedworking has reveled what his book on shedworking will look like. Here’s what it’s probably going to look like, give or take some tweaks. Just to remind you, it’s out in June 2010 with Frances Lincoln at £16.99 (there will be a special offer on this price… Continue reading Shedworking – the book – the cover