Many thanks to the team at St Paul's Church Starcross. On Saturday 28th September, £200 was raised on the Men in Sheds stall, and everyone enjoyed the tea and cakes. Sorry the event didn't go on til 4pm as advertised, but next time it will be from 10am until around 1. Thankyou to everyone who came and bought tools and bird-boxes etc, and also brought in broken or simply unwanted tools etc.
The wonderful flamingos will be sanded down and repainted. The windmill will be welded. Tines on garden forks will be straightened. Strimmers will be made safe and working again.
One of the items on sale was identified as a valuable shipbuilders' adze. Retired shipbuilder Malcolm Fairweather demonstrated how it's used. You must stand with your feet well apart when swinging it to carve out the beams of a ship - otherwise you could cut off your toes!
One of the items on sale was identified as a valuable shipbuilders' adze. Retired shipbuilder Malcolm Fairweather demonstrated how it's used. You must stand with your feet well apart when swinging it to carve out the beams of a ship - otherwise you could cut off your toes!
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| Retired shipbuilder Malcolm Fairweather demonstrated the adze |
We hope to get a Men in Sheds project up and running in the village - if we could find some premises and some more volunteers. Please get in touch if you can help. Men in Sheds could provide start-up equipment. Workbenches could be built.
People were very interested in the Starcross History archives. If you have any old photos or documents, they can be added. We could do with someone to go through it all and get it into order.
