Halesworth Men's Shed Celebrates 10th Anniversary
The Halesworth Men's Shed has celebrated its 10th anniversary. The Men's Shed movement effectively started in the UK early this century when a young man, travelling in Australia, saw the impact that Men's Sheds were having there. He called his father in the UK and told him to start something similar here. At the end of 2013, there was a Breakfast Television item about Men's Sheds, which prompted a couple of men in Halesworth to investigate. This resulted in Halesworth Men's Shed being formed in 2014 as shed number 47. There are now more than 1000 sheds open in the UK. In Summer 2014, the Halesworth Men's Shed was formally unveiled by Annette Dunning, then chair of Halesworth Town Council. The publicity resulted in around 30 men showing interest and around 5cwt of donated tools. About 20 men resolved to meet every Saturday morning for coffee in Chinny's until they were eventually offered occupancy of the former Micropress bindery warehouse a few y...