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 HEALTH AND SAFETY REVIEW UNDERWAY

Sante in the Shed

Sante Visits Boyle Model Railway

At Trojan iT  -  Elphin St

6-7th    13-14th   20-21st December 2013

11am -5pm

H & S this morning is postponed. Lathe setup and test this afternoon.

Due to circumstances beyond our control the Health & Safety course this morning will not now go ahead. Apologies in advance to anyone that turns up.

This afternoon some people will be needed to help set up our own wood turning lathe in the shed. From 2pm until 4pm.

Very  informative and educational Health & Safety course given today by Greg.
7 people attended and should now be competent to operate safely the circular saw in the shed.

Greg will continue, with another tool, at the same time next

Wednesday, 26 June from 11:00am to 12:30pm.

Thanks Greg for all the knowledge.

Thanks for all the phone calls and to all the well wishers!

Hi,

Thanks so much for all the calls and to all the well wishers. So many phone calls with requests for further information about the shed and the Model Railway. In the interests of clarity could you please use the details below to get to the the people with the most appropriate information. So, for Boyle Mens Shed, please use

    +353 86 057 8386
    theboyleshed@gmail.com

For queries that are just for Boyle Model Railway, please use

   Louise Moran, Family Life Centre, Boyle
   +353 86 049 6467
   www.facebook.com/flcboyle
   www.twitter.com/FLCBoyle

   John Cahill
   +353 86 838 5605

New home open for shed business

Maurice and Padraig will open shed on Monday from 10am until 1pm.

Model Railway Project: Open Day.

Boyle Men's Shed today invited members of the local community in to inspect the excellent progress that has been taking place on the model railway project. Visitors were treated to a Powerpoint presentation on the project, and a guided tour of the high quality work carried out to date.

Model Railway Project Goes Full Steam Ahead!

The Boyle Men’s Shed Group are currently working on a new project that will be a family visitor's attraction in Boyle: Boyle’s very own ‘Mini Model Railway World’!

This large and ambitious project is under construction and is now looking for people to help with building, making and painting scenery. If you are interested you can contact any of the numbers below:

Barry on 086-8545492

Maurice 086-8425606

or Louise 071966300

...Also needed are funds. If you or your family or business are willing to donate funds to or sponsor this exciting project we would be happy to hear from you.

The Mens Shed meet every 4th Tuesday at 7pm. Contact any number above for details.

Here are some images of the incredible progress made to date by members of the Boyle Shed...

St. Patrick's Day Report.

Boyle Men's Shed entered a float in this year's St. Patrick's Day parade...

...Well done to all involved and thanks to those who volunteered on the day!

For their St. Patrick's Day float, CLASP Men's Shed (Geevagh, Co Sligo) employed a very fine boat that they have made. The boat was later blessed and launched on Lough Arrow. Congratulations to all involved in the project...

Woodturning at Marc's Shed.

Members of Boyle Community Men's Shed recently visited Marc's shed to try their hands at woodturning. Many thanks to Marc for providing the group with the use of his facilities, and for sharing his considerable woodturning expertise!

Here are some pictures from the day...

News & Opportunities.

 
Some of the Boyle Men's Shed group are joining a ‘Grow Together Group’ in Knockvciar Organic Garden starting on Tuesday March 5^th until November 5^th, there are two times available: 1.30pm to 3pm or 3.30pm to 5pm.

If you are interested please contact Louise at the Family Life Centre, Boyle on 071 9663000

The Boyle group are going to visit a shed belonging to one of the members on Tuesday 12^th March to try woodturning as a possible activity when a premises is found. We will be meeting at the the Family Life Centre at 9.30am. If interested please contact Louise @ the Centre ( the location is outside Boyle, so we need to arrange transport).

Boyle Men's Shed will be putting a float into the St Patricks Day Parade in Boyle. More info next week. If anyone has a ‘spare’ old garden shed that could be used for the day please contact us!

The Boyle Men's Shed group continues to meet every Tuesday at 7.30pm at the Family Life Centre, Boyle. All welcome!

CLASP Men's Shed Visit.

Members of Boyle Men's Shed recently visited CLASP Men's Shed in Geevagh, Co Sligo.

Thanks to all in Geevagh for hosting our visit! Here are some photos from the day.