Learn or Play Along with us
Join the Camera Club - Any Phone or Camera will do
Make a Waistcoat with John
Make a bowl perhaps?
Learn the Drums, or Come & Play

A giant music box will surprise visitors to a Sheffield museum – and the message behind it is

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Loss of our friend Roger

I expect that by now most of you would have heard of the death of our

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Two Sheds had a brew up on Brew Monday

Two sheds met today 20 January, "Maesteg Shedquarters" and Parc

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Maesteg Ukulele Festival 18th July 2020

The third Maesteg Ukulele Festival is being organised by

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As a child, I was unable to take part in active sports, and tiddlywinks got incredibly boring. 

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ShedQuarters Commissioned to Build New Art Project

The woodworking group and the craft group are

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For several years the Shed has had a close relationship with the village of Llangynwyd and its

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Men’s Sheds Members Visit Modular Factory

Men’s Sheds’ are social groups or enterprises set up in...

Garfield finished his waistcoat and is proudly showing it off:

When others were in our workshop, fabric engineering was taking place upstairs. John Gates is seen

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At last the first project has been completed using the sewing machines. John who plays several

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If anyone missed the meeting last week you missed a marvellous dinner. Les and the boys out did

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Well.... After Colin had tripped the fuses in the main room so there were no lights and, more

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Last Thursday 8th February, we were visited by Rhian Cook from Melin Being Greener. She talked

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On the whole this is a good report but we have to do better by the mid-term report if we want more

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As mentioned in an earlier article I attended a Safeguarding Course run by BAVO. A Safeguarding

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Lathe Tuition - Spindle Turning

On the 4th October, Dave, a local wood turner and friend of our

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Brecon Steam Railway Trip

Today we went on an outing to the Brecon Mountain Railway. A good time was

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Safeguarding Policy and Procedure

 

Shedquarters

The Court House, 4 Station St, Maesteg CF34 9AL

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As you will see from our Events Calendar, we will be receiving a visit from Alison Clement (Public

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Wanted: Game makers and testers.

We are hoping to put on a games jamboree for the Bridgend Cluster

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Covering Notes 1st June 2018:

P2 SaH Project Costs – These are cost put towards the Health Lottery

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Games Jamboree

Wednesday 23rd May, what a great night. Everyone said how much they enjoyed

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We received a very nice thank you card and donation of £50 from the Village Association of Top

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On Thursday Evening 22nd March, I attended an All Wales basic Safeguarding Awareness Course at

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Days at our Shed....

While members were producing in the workshop, Les was teaching in the music

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Now we have our sewing machine, members have shown interest in learning how to use it. Suggestions are

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Last week several of our members voted to have a go at fabric manipulation and engineering. I

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New Age Kurling Challenge Result

Caerau Shed came today to play out the curling competition.

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Food Safety in Catering Course

Congratulations to our members who received certificates for

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During Steve's talk on Depression he spoke about Mindfulness as a means to overcome Depression and Stress.

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Invites are coming in thick and fast. I have been challenged by Chris, the Chair of the Caerau

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Caerau Shed came today to play out the curling competition. Unfortunately Caerau beat us by 2

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On Thursday the 15th February we were given a talk by Steve Maddern which we found very

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1st March Shed Cancelled due to Yellow & Amber warnings of Snow that Never Came :-)

During our Christmas Dinner on the 30th November both Andreas Van Wyk and Les Jones were awarded "Stars

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The Making of a BellyFest Calendar

Yes bellies were exposed and a few other things too, but

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Flora Photo Challenge

Ok Chaps, ShedQuarters Photo Challenge 2.0 is here at last. It took a tad

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Firstly, I would like to thank all the entrants of the challenge, we had a few that had never

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Maesteg Ukulele Club & ShedQuarters Go Buskulele-ing

On Saturday the 30th September, the

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John Hanson came and talked to us about the “Tools For Self Reliance” scheme which recycles old
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Men's Sheds Play Elvis at Porthcawl Festival Bridgend 2017

It was a beautiful warm Saturday

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We now have members learning how to repair clocks at ShedQuarters. Clock repair is a very

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Make a Ukulele? Why Bother?

I play the ukulele, a "cheap and cheerful" instrument, very

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Nice Day for a ShedFest

On Saturday 2nd September we had our first ShedFest with the help of Sheds

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#ShedFest 2017


In the spirit of Summer, having fun and promoting the activities of Men's Sheds Cymru

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Phil has given us a challenge to take photos on the theme of Urban Landscapes. We will pick our best

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The “Fitbit pilot” we were involved with was deemed a success

At the beginning of this year five

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Reducing stress with music

Most people enjoy music, in one form or another. There are radio

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ShedHeads - Music For All

Making music together is one of the key activities at ShedQuarters, not

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Colin Smithing

Colin, our Vice Chairman, took the role of blacksmith at the Squirrel's Nest last

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I was recently asked to become a Grandmaker at a Grandfest festival which was held at St. Fagans

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Today John & I went to BAVO to complete the bid for a grant to obtain tools, audio visual

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Strawberries and Cream: A Healthy, Superfood Alternative


'Strawberries and 'Cream' - a nutritious,

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 Men At The Centre exhibition – Online!

 

Exhibition


The recent launch of the exhibition Wednesday 29th of March at

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Thursday saw the completion of our ShedQuarters sign from Men's Sheds Cymru:

A few of us met on Tuesday to discuss the upcoming bid for grant money to secure ShedQuarters for

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One of the best things to look forward to at ShedQuarters is the food conjured up by Colin We sit

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29th June - First Shed Talk. The invitation is wide open to all members of ShedQuarters to have

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Peace Pilgrim interviewed on the way to Swansea

One of our members had a chance encounter with a

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John Gates used to be a miner, he now teaches embroidery and has developed a fine skill in

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ShedQuarters has an allotment at Caerau where we grow fresh vegetables. These are used in Collin's

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Men at the Centre (Exhibition)

We have put together an interactive, multi media exhibition that we

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The tatting technique is about 200 years old and is thought to have developed on board ships by

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