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We would like to remove as much as the unwanted timber from around the site to take advantage of two local bonfires.

Before removal starts, we want to devote our next Friday clean-up and social day to sorting what timber is useful and what can be disposed of. We plan for that to happen on Friday 25th October.

We can start at 1pm and stop for food etc as normal at 4pm. We would love to see you there to share a drink afterwards.

We also have two days set aside for transporting the timber using our trailer. The first day, to a bonfire in Steep will be Sunday 27th October and the second day, to Bell Hill will be Saturday 2nd November.

We are also calling for help on those two days please. In addition to some helping hands, we need help from members with a tow bar to pull our trailer.

So, if you have a tow bar and can be available could you please let us know.

Many thanks,
Nick
Chairman

Welcome to our latest member update, with some news on what’s been happening over the past couple of months.

Cookery Class

Steven Watts conducted another successful Cookery Class in cooperation with the local charities Age Concern and Winton House. This time Creamy Chicken Curry with Basmati Rice.

We plan to run the class monthly if there is interest, please email Steven ([email protected]).

The Petersfield Seed Swap

Peter Reeves, along with Paul Crocker made 10 seed boxes for the seed packet exchange at the upcoming Petersfield Seed Swap on 9th March (10am-2pm) at Winton House.

Here’s Peter handing over 2 of the seed boxes to Claire along with a poster of the event.

Pop along and say hello on the day because we have been invited to have a sales stall at the event.

Organised by the Growing Together gardening podcast (https://www.growingtogether-pod.com/) with Petersfield’s Shine Radio, the Petersfield Seed Swap is supported by East Hampshire District Council’s Grow Up programme, funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

80’s 8 bit home computers a bit of R&R (Research & Repair)

One of our recent members, Rob Bewes brought along a couple of 80’s 8 bit home computers for an entertaining evening on Wednesday 21 Feb and provided us with some interesting facts as well as hints and tips on repair.

Also joining us was Ian Wegg who had delved into his loft and found an early ZX80 which he brought along to show us all.

We are hoping to be able to host Rob another evening with a variety of other home computers from a similar era.

The Petersfield Men’s Shed have been contacted by a variety of people over the past months and here is a summary of some of the hard work of our members.

Dog Gate
A portable dog training gate for use by the Petersfield Dog Training Club is one of a number of examples of a successfully completed project.

Kestrel Boxes
A couple of industrious group sessions by our members resulted in twelve kestrel boxes being built for Raptors of Newton Valence ready for installation around their village ready for Spring.

Market Stall
A local not-for-profit organisation ‘Entertainment Events’ which donates all net proceeds of its activities to specific local charities, requested a ‘Market Stall’. Our members designed and built one which was used for the sale of ice cream during the Seussical Musical event held at the Festival Hall.