A story of creativity and eye for detail by Mike Lewis This is the story of the Pallet Line Railway locomotives built at the Shed Works at Burgess Hill. The first of these ‘Shed’ Class locos, engine number BHSW001, was a small tank engine constructed principally of square wooden blocks to a design copied from …
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One Ain’t Nothin’ but a Hound Dog
Hi GuysI hope you are all well and coping with the lockdown okay? We’re certainly going to need our name badges when we return – I can’t even remember who I am! I’ve spent the last few weeks uploading some of my poems onto my Facebook page and I came across this one which I …
Colin raises an amazing £50
Hi to all. Just to let you know I’m still in the land of the living. I have sold the bird boxes, also made the legs for the table and raised £50 for sheds funds. Does anyone go to sheds to collect timber?
Free Paint
Dear All, I have 1 x can of Brewers White Undercoat/Primer & 1 x can of Brewers White Satin Wood paint. Both are new and unopened. I’m giving them away for free so if anyone would like them please contact me on 07522090639 or email me michael-d4@sky.com
Landscape Leonardo
Landscape Leonardo All garden work I’ll undertake. No project is too small – from giving your dead grass a rake, to building you a wall. I’ll lay a concrete patio, bare lawns I will re-seed and, if your shrubs don’t seem to grow, I’ll give the lot a feed. When all your timber fence posts …
Hog House, Planter and Bug House needed
Can anyone help Maggie?: I am living in desperation for a hedgehog house and maybe a double planter as I have balance and spine issues. However I want to create a massive bug hotel from pallets which I have been offered free if I could only lift them up. I am hoping that you could …
Cool Cats
That’s what you call obedient cats. Social distancing to the centimetre ! Front the top: Pixie (the matriarch), then Meg and Cassy (twin sisters) and Charlie’s flaked out on my bed!
Sole Board
Board for odd-socks and soulmates suggestion (my neighbour’s dad makes benches & kindly let me take a photo), I’m hoping he’ll join us when we’re open again.
The Grand old Man of the Shed – In Memory of John
One year ago today our friend John Williams, the grand old man of our shed, tragically passed away. He had a very full life and used to keep us amused during tea with his endless sometimes amusing, sometimes serious anecdotes.
Boot/Welly Rack
The pegs are at 2.5 inch intervals, so 4 pegs would give a 12.5 inch rack, (multiply the number of pegs you want by 2.5, then add another 2.5 to give you the length of the rack in inches).with a colourless wood preserve for going outside.