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  • WMS Roof Replacement update Five

    WMS Roof Replacement update Five

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    WATERLOOVILLE MEN’S SHED ROOF REPLACEMENT UPDATE UPDATE week 5. The new roof has progressed well and the end is in sight. All bein...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 19 Oct 24
  • WMS Roof Replacement update Four

    WMS Roof Replacement update Four

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    UPDATE week 4. Interesting week, scaffolding erected Wednesday, major deliveries Thursday and full speed ahead Friday.By lunchtime on Frida...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 12 Oct 24
  • WMS Roof Replacement update Three

    WMS Roof Replacement update Three

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    WATERLOOVILLE MEN’S SHED ROOF REPLACEMENT UPDATE WEEK 3 UPDATE and week 4 way ahead. Once again, another excellent week with thank...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 6 Oct 24
  • WMS Roof Replacement update Two

    WMS Roof Replacement update Two

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    ROOF REPLACEMENT UPDATE WEEK 2 UPDATE Following a number of telephone calls the contractor finally received the order from HBC on Thursday...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 27 Sep 24
  • October 2024 Newsletter Part One

    October 2024 Newsletter Part One

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    1. Welcome to October’s newsletter. We held our AGM in the upper hall of St Wilfrids church 3rdSeptember. Eighteen members attended wi...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 21 Sep 24
  • October 2024 Newsletter Part Two

    October 2024 Newsletter Part Two

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    7. HBC Lottery up date. We are still looking for more tickets to be bought, which will increase our chances for an application for a grant...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 21 Sep 24
  • WMS Roof replacement update

    WMS Roof replacement update

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    WEEK 1 UPDATE John and I would like to thank everyone who has helped during our first week of preparing the shed for our new roof. During t...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 21 Sep 24
  • September 2024 Newsletter Part One

    September 2024 Newsletter Part One

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    1. Welcome to September’s newsletter. It has been a busy month at the Shed with the complete renovation of the galley and completion o...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 24 Aug 24
  • September 2024 Newsletter Part Two

    September 2024 Newsletter Part Two

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    We had a near record number of members at last months BBQ and it certainly appeared everyone enjoyed a burger or sausage and a good natter. ...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 24 Aug 24
  • September 2024 Newsletter Part Three

    September 2024 Newsletter Part Three

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    STOP PRESS……. WMS TOOL SALE/FOR DONATIONS Saturday 31st August 2024 WMS Shed (WMS member help from 0900 please) 1000 -...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 24 Aug 24
  • July 2024 Newsletter Part one

    July 2024 Newsletter Part one

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    1. Hello and welcome to the July newsletter. After the poor weather we have been experiencing it is good to see some sun and dry spells for ...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 28 Jul 24
  • July 2024 Newsletter Part two

    July 2024 Newsletter Part two

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    2. 23rd June saw members man a W.M.S. stall at the Waterlooville Summer Fayre. We arrived early to set up two gazebos and the tables kindly ...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 28 Jul 24
  • July 2024 Newsletter Part three

    July 2024 Newsletter Part three

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    4. Dave Sy has continued to apply his woodworking skills to projects and has recently completed a guinea pig run, with all the mod cons. Who...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 28 Jul 24
  • August 2024 Newsletter part one

    August 2024 Newsletter part one

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    1. Yet another month has passed and it’s been quite an eventful one, one which will determine our future. All members received an emai...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 28 Jul 24
  • August 2024 Newsletter part two

    August 2024 Newsletter part two

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    3. Tommy, Henry, Yvette, Ray, Alice, Gary and Mini. What do they all have in common? A comic magician, a boxer, a politician, a percussionis...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 28 Jul 24
  • August 2024 Newsletter part three

    August 2024 Newsletter part three

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    Following his victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson's body was preserved in a cask of brandy or rum, to allow transport back to Eng...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 28 Jul 24
  • June 2024 Newsletter Part one

    June 2024 Newsletter Part one

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    1. As I sit in my conservatory to put fingers to my keyboard, I find it hard to believe that we are already six months in to the year, in ot...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 26 May 24
  • June 2024 Newsletter Part two

    June 2024 Newsletter Part two

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    5. Relocation update. We are currently awaiting HBC to decide whether the new site is feasible and they require a utility survey. At time of...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 26 May 24
  • May 2024 Newsletter Part One

    May 2024 Newsletter Part One

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    1. Welcome to the May edition of the WMS newsletter. Last month I spent a few days away in Cardiff doing the tourist bit with my son. One pl...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 27 Apr 24
  • May 2024 Newsletter Part Two

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    3. We have a couple of longer-term dates for your diaries, which we would hope you are able to support given enough notice. The first is t...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 27 Apr 24
  • April 2024 Newsletter part one

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    1. Welcome to the April edition of the WMS newsletter. I hope you have been able to get out between the constant rain showers we have had du...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 23 Mar 24
  • April 2024 Newsletter part two

    April 2024 Newsletter part two

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    The programme revealed that 39% of Sheds believe that they had or may have prevented a life being lost to suicide. 25% Shed leaders responde...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 23 Mar 24
  • april 2024 Newsletter part three

    april 2024 Newsletter part three

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    March Newsletter Quiz Answers 1. Who wrote the book Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car? A. Ian Fleming 2. In which part of your bod...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 23 Mar 24
  • March 2024 Newsletter part one

    March 2024 Newsletter part one

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    1. Welcome to the March edition of the WMS newsletter. It’s hard to believe we are already heading towards completion of the first qua...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 25 Feb 24
  • March 2024 Newsletter part two

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    2. A number of Shed members recently attended John Murray’s funeral to pay our respects. After the funeral we attended a wake at the R...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 25 Feb 24
  • March 2024 Newsletter part three

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    Secondly, a further 10p in every pound will go into the Havant Borough Community Fund, through which local groups can apply for small grants...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 25 Feb 24
  • March 2024 Newsletter part four

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    March Newsletter Quiz 1. Who wrote the book Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car? 2. In which part of your body would you find the cru...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 25 Feb 24
  • February 2024 News letter Part One

    February 2024 News letter Part One

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    1. Welcome to the February edition of the WMS newsletter. We started the year with a good two days of cleaning, sorting and reorganising the...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 28 Jan 24
  • February 2024 News letter Part Two

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    6. A visit I highly recommend is the Portsmouth Historical Dockyard. Jennie and I used our Ultimate Explorer tickets (valid for unlimite...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 28 Jan 24
  • January 2024 Newsletter part one

    January 2024 Newsletter part one

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    Jan 2024 newsletter.docx WMS Waterlooville Men’s Shed January 2024 newsletter 1. Welcome to the January...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 31 Dec 23
  • January 2024 Newsletter part two

    January 2024 Newsletter part two

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    7. I received a lovely project from Edwin Smedley just before Christmas. He has been working on a walking staff. A testament to how woo...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 31 Dec 23
  • COOP Local Charity Fund support

    COOP Local Charity Fund support

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    You may recall that we applied for funding from the Coop Local Charity fund to replace the roofing over the outside workspace and recreation...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 31 Dec 23
  • Newsletter - February 2022

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    Many of us are possibly considering their woodwork workshops/sheds are in need of a spring clean before thinking of what projects could be u...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 23 Jan 22
  • January 2022 Newsletter - Part 1

    January 2022 Newsletter - Part 1

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    Welcome to the first newsletter of a New Year and of new hope that we all have a more settled set of months for 2022. I hope everyone had a ...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 29 Dec 21
  • January 2022 Newsletter - Part 2

    January 2022 Newsletter - Part 2

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    BACK ON THE TOOLS As some of you know I fell unconscious while driving on Good Friday in 2018 and consequently couldn't drive or use ma...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 29 Dec 21
  • January 2022 Newsletter - Part 3

    January 2022 Newsletter - Part 3

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    The memory boxes that were delivered recently and have now added decorations on them. This was a valuable contribution to our vulnerable mem...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 29 Dec 21
  • January 2022 Newsletter - Part 4

    January 2022 Newsletter - Part 4

    Waterlooville, Hampshire
    Article by: Secretary

    Dates for your diary 5th Jan Shed BBQ 3rd Feb Shed BBQ 16th Feb Berewood Womens Institute (Bird Feeder Kits) Any member free and would li...

    Waterlooville Men's Shed   |  
    Posted: 29 Dec 21