Promoting well-being for men and supporting our community
Pentlands Men’s Shed has an expert BBQer (is that a word?) in the form of our Treasurer, Lyall. We decided to hold a BBQ for all members, their better halves, and a few guests on 12 July 2024, and amazingly, the sun shone for the assembled group.
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We have been given the opportunity to make Litter Picking Stations to encourage people to clear up local areas – starting with the Harlaw Reservoir area. This initiative is being proposed and sponsored by our local community policing team. If it is successful we could offer the design to be shared with other Men’s Sheds who may also wish to get involved with such an initiative.
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After months of anticipation during the winter months, we finally had a warm dry day on 10 May 2024 for Lyall to fire up the barbeque that we built by recycling a commercial sink unit. It was well worth the wait!
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The following photos were captured from the CCTV at the Shed on 20 April 2024. If you can identify these intruders, please let Rab or another trustee know.
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Pentlands Men’s Shed lost a good friend in February 2024 when Scott Greenwood passed away. His partner, Susan, wanted to recognise the enjoyment that Scott had while a member of Pentlands Men’s Shed. She therefore decided to donate to us the money raised in his memory at and around the time of his funeral. This included a charity football match which his footballing friends arranged.
We are quite taken aback at the generosity of Scott’s family and friends, and wish to express our gratitude for the very substantial donation.
Pentlands Men’s Shed wishes to thank all of our supporters, donors, and benefactors, some of whom are listed below.
Following a request for help to tidy up an area of garden and landscaped patio area in the Atrium of Currie Primary School, Pentlands Men’s Shed have stepped up and worked on some of the parts that need attention. A number of the older pupils and their teachers also got involved and all the participants have enjoyed what they have done to improve the area so far.
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Chairman Rab’s daughter works at Currie Primary School Nursery, and wondered whether Pentlands Men’s Shed could make a big planter for the Nursery. Of course we could! Rab and Davy built a monster of a planter which has now been installed at the nursery. It had to be moved in 2 separate parts with the final assembly done on site. Well done guys!
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Our talented electrical expert, John, has built three “Wire and Loop Buzzer” games. Two are for 297 Squadron (Musselburgh) Air Cadets, and the third is for The Meeting Place group that meets in the Scout Hall on Mondays. It may look easy, but the game is harder than it looks – the author of this article can vouch for that!
At the Air Cadet squadron, lots of the younger cadets spent the evening trying to complete the task without setting off the buzzer. This proved more difficult than first thought so lots of frustrated players!
A few of The Meeting Place members also tried their version of the game, and one manged to complete it without touching the wire! Success! The group was also visited by Sue Webber MSP, who was encouraged to try her hand at the game. There is no record of whether she was successful…
Dave White, father of Shed member Graham, visited the Shed today (3 November 2023) to show off some of the model vehicles that he has built since retiring some years ago. Some of these impressive models are built from purchased plans, while others are designed and built by Dave himself.
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