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21 November 18:00-21:00, East Suffolk House, Melton

The next full Greenprint Forum event – their first in-person since the pandemic – which they intend to use to hear about the challenges faced by communities in the face of climate change, how communities are making positive changes towards resilience to face these challenges, and what the aspirations of our communities are.

This will be held at East Suffolk House, Melton,on the evening of Monday the 21st of November 2022.

Alcohol Free Entertainment, Singing, Performing, Magic, Poetry and Music. Free Entry , Donations welcome To reserve spaces to partipate as a performer or an audience member please call Mike 07746159522

Suffolk Sober Spaces: Open Mic Night

The Grit: Lowestoft Centre for the Arts & Heritage Old Court Buildings, Old Nelson Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk

Finally. We have a base of operations!

North Lowestoft Men's Shed has become 'custodians' of a piece of land just to the east of the signal box next to Denmark Road.

We're officially 'Station Adopters' and we have a free hand with the land, though of course we can't build on it. Current thinking is wildlife area, a few fruit trees, and area to sit and contemplate...

We're hoping to get a container – our first Shed' - within the next few months.

A few things have to happen first, though.

Local Elections –

East Suffolk Council Councillors

Your newly elected councillors are:

Kessingland Ward -

Alan Green – Labour

Turnout: 31.2%

Kirkley and Pakefield -

Peter Byatt - Labour

Louise Gooch – Labour

Malcolm Pitcher - Labour

Turnout: 26.2%

Gunton St Margarets –

George King – Labour

Graham Parker – Labour

Turnout: 30%

Oulton Broad -

Edward Back – Conservative

Andre Gee – Conservative

Keith Robinson – Conservative

North Lowestoft Men's Shed has taken up residence in Denmark Road!

Shed members have been working on the land – courtesy of Greater Anglia – just west of Lowestoft Railway Station.

We've removed some bramble bushes, started to level where the temporary shed will go, got a load of pallets, and crocked at least one back.

We hope to have a shed of sorts on the land within six weeks – probably a bit optimistic, but you never know.

North Lowestoft Men's Shed is gradually transforming the bit of land to the west of Lowestoft Central Station.

Our steel garden shed is due to arrive on 5th July. Then we've got to construct it.

We're creating the foundations next week.

We've cleared some brambles, excavated industrial archaeology, sourced some pallets, and generally made progress. 

The land was originally – 1900 to 1950's – a siding, dedicated to loading and unloading livestock – cattle and pigs.

North Lowestoft Men's Shed landed last Wednesday 5th July 2023.

The lorry hove into view around 5.30pm. 

We were taking delivery of a 6m x 2.3m flatpack steel shed – with windows, and, usefully, a door.

We've spent the last two weeks pondering on and creating the foundations – not finished yet.

Once they've been done and cured, we'll start the build. The instructions look simple...

Right now, we can't take on any more members, but once our shed is built, we hope to be able to do so.  

On July 5th 2023 our new flatpack shed was craned onto the Land of Hope and Dreams we're borrowing from Greater Anglia.

We finished the foundations the following week, and on 19th July we unpacked the flatpack and began the build.

https://youtu.be/Ex8PcxKTHhs

Our ambitious plan to do it in a day was not achieved, but a good day's work.

The next week we completed the build.

https://youtu.be/dsMkf_9KO9E

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