With Christmas coming we were invited to refurbish some of the church candle holders. Cleaning the holders after years of service was something of a job. Layers of candle wax were removed and where necessary the holders were repaired the main participant in this work was Martin Lepp. In the first picture Martin can be […]
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Church Steps
We have being doing some work helping out with maintenance at St Paul’s church in Heaton Moor where we are based. Holding the ladder Peter Hadfield at the top and Allan Hare at the bottom. On the ladder Mark Banks and in the foreground Julian Hardstone. They were fixing the external light over the vestry […]
Manchester Road Park Notice Board
Next up for notice board assistance – Manchester Road Park. The notice board there was in something of a sorry state not only had the Acrylic become cloudy making information on the board difficult to read the whole sign was in something of a state of disrepair. We removed the sign from the park, stripped […]
Heaton Moor Park Notice Board
We helped the Friends of Heaton Moor Park out with their notice board. The Acrylic had become cloudy making the information on the board difficult to read. We replaced the old Acrylic with a sheet of polycarbonate and now the notices are easy to read and the sign looks like new. This is two of […]
Plastic Fantastic
BUILDING A PLASTIC SHREDDER by HMIS member, Graham Thompson In October 2020 Heatons’ Men in Sheds were approached by Stockport Plastic Shed and asked if we might be able to build them a plastic shredder. At the time, HMIS were not meeting at the workshop due to Covid restrictions so we, as a group would […]
Loss of a Shed Member
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Heatons’ Men in Sheds (HMIS) member Tim Anderson, who died on Wednesday 18th March. Tim was one of the founding members of HMIS, he was our Treasurer and made a great contribution to HMIS. He was always supportive and enthusiastic. Anthony (Will) Williams chairman […]
HMIS Fixes Post
After the longest year in the history of the world, Heatons’ Men in Sheds actually managed to get out and (safely) fix a minor disruption to one of our earlier projects. Two members, Allan and Mark, arranged to meet up and re-sink a post in Heaton Moor Park. “A branch of the Men In Sheds, […]
SHEDtalks: Red Squirrels
Once again, Heatons’ Men in Sheds were privileged to play host to a guest speaker during our regular Monday Zoom meeting. This week, John Ball from The Lancashire Wildlife Trust gave an illustrated talk on the plight of the red squirrel. Looking at the conservation efforts on behalf of this endangered species and a review […]
Men In Parks
[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”21″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″]After what felt like a lifetime (okay, five months but it was a long five months!) a few of us Shedders got together for a face-to-face meet up in Heaton Moor Park. After weeks of only ‘meeting’ online via Zoom calls, it was nice to see each other in the flesh […]
SHEDtalks
[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”20″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″] Following on from our first overseas SHEDtalk we have now enjoyed another, this time from Australia. Brisbane, capital of Queensland to be precise. Les Stanley joined us to talk about his life and to tell us about his book “My Brother’s Bicycle: Enfield to Athens on a Tandem which recounts […]