MORE ON XMAS PARTY

The shed would like to thank PATTY & JESSIE" pictured" & there husbands DON & BARRIE & all the others who did a fantastic job to make the xmas party a great success,Thanks all.

SHED XMAS PARTY

The shed xmas party was held today and was a great day and enjoyed by all.Some of the sheders and there wives.More later.

BADGE TRAYS

CHARLES is seen here with some badge trays for ANZAC day next year.They will be used to sell badges at the davo RSL.

INTARSIA

INTARSIA is a woodcarving art from the 14th centenary and masted by DAVE.He is seen here with a beautiful clydesdale horse and foul.DAVE is so proud of it he is going to enter it in the Easter show next year.Well done DAVE.

XMAS TOYS

A table full of toys was picked up by Aunties & Uncles today for there xmas party on saturday.

A big thankyou from them to the men of the shed.

BOB'S WORK OF ART

BOB one of our regular sheders has restored two peicers of furniture with loving care,BOB is seen here with his wife PAM well done BOB.

SAMARITAN'S XMAS PARTY

The shed had a xmas party on thursday,plenty of steak and snags with JIM handing out plenty of sweets and ice creams.Good day was had by all.

CRAFT FAIR

It rained and it rained last saturday but the men from the shed could not be stopped,tere we see ALAN and GORDEN on the scrole saw cutting out hugs for any one who wants one and there were plenty of offers,while ALAN H was outside busy turning out bowles.The fair was held with the car boot sale day at the Uniting Church Kincumber.

XMAS IS GETTING CLOSE

Santa droped in for some repaires last week,everyone though Peter had aged a bit at first glance,but everythink is ok.

WORKING WITH LEATHER

GEOFF DAVIS from Newcastle came down today to demonstrate the art of making a belt and working with leather.What a craftsman, Thanks Geoff.

DOLL'S BED'S

Bob our electrician is a expert bed maker who makes them for Marie Waters who dresses them up for sale and charities,Well done Bob.

ERNS GARDEN

The shed played host to the ABC gardening show GARDENING AUSTRALIA on friday.Here we see our NO 1 gardener ERNIE with presenter ANGUS STEWARD from GARDENING AUSTRALIA.Thanks Angus and the crew of Gardening Australia,looking forward to watching it on the ABC in the new year.

NEW BAND SAW

The Chapter District joined with Karagi Court Ltd in giving the Mens Shed at Kincumber a new electric band saw and blades to assist this organisation,in the local work they do for retired men.

The Chapter was represented by Roger Whitehead and Derek Crawford who spoke highly of the work being done by the members of the Kincumber Mens Shed and wished them well in there future endeavours.

Graham Bowie the treasurer thanked the Freemasons for their donation and said the saw would make a big difference in the finished product that they produce for other organisations

CLUSTER AGM

The central coast shed cluster inc AGM was held on wednesday 6 oct 2010.Committee members are as followed.

PRESIDENT JOHN SHARPLES

VICE PRESIDENT DARREN MAXWELL

SECERTARY COLLEEN COOPER

TREASURER JOHN ROBERTS

COMMITTEE ALAN SPARKES [KINCUMBER SHED]

COMMITTEE JOHN WELLAND [GOSFORD SHED]

COMMITTEE WILL BRANFORD [SAN REMO SHED]

COMMITTEE ANGIE ROBINSON [UNITING CARE AGING]

Congratulation to all

FINGERNAILS

Steven one of our samaritans who come every 2nd thursday to work and enjoy the shed had his fingernails painted with glitter.

SOME GREAT WORK

Dave one of our sheders is spending his spare time creating masterpieces out of small pieces of wood.Well done Dave.

WISHING WELL

Our wishing well has been completed by the men at the shed and some of our community workers.We have a momorial wall built into it for passed members.

VISIT FROM THE TWO JOHN'S

The kincumber shed had a visit from JOHN SHARPLES from the CENTRAL COAST SHED CLUSTER INC and JOHN ROBERTS from THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY to explain the workings of the cluster and answer questions. THANKS JOHN AND JOHN.

VISIT BY SENIOR CITIZENS

The shed had a vitit from the GOSFORD SENIOR CITIZENS on wednesday,they came by bus and were very interested in the shed.Thanks for comming men.

IN MEMORY OF CEDRIC BARRETT

It is with reget that we have to advise of the death of Cedric Barrett, a long standing member of the Kincumber Shed who sorted all the nuts, bolts, nails and screws. He will always be remembered with high regard. May He Rest In Peace.

Cedric is on the left of photo.

THANK YOU

Many thanks goes to the Davistown RSL for the donation of CDSE [ Community Development Support Expenditure] money to the kincumber mens shed,here we see Peter accepting the cheque from Ben Bradley from the Davistown RSL.

TRAILER

Here is Phil putting the finishing touches to the shed trailer,It will be up and running in a few weeks,and be ready for work.

VISIT BY POLLIES

The shed had a visit by JENNY MACKIN & DEBORAH O'NEILL today and hopes are high for a broad band intnet connection in the near future.

GRAHAM'S LITTLE HOUSE

Graham one of our sheders built this small caravan.He a keen kyaka and camper,well done graham.

NEW CHOCOLATE WHEEL

A new chocolate wheel was built by the men at the shed for the nautical village social club.The wheel will be used at the monthy meat market.Joy came down to the shed to pick it up.

WRITING DESK/CABINET

Phil our furniture restorer has done a beautiful job to this old piece of furniture,brough it back to new.well done Phillip.

DOLL'S CRADLE WINNER

Congratulation to JAN one of our sheders on winning the doll's cradle,he will be giving it to his grand daughter.

NICE PIECE OF WORK

Our electrician built this set of drawers,don't know what for but we think it is to stach his money in.Well done BOB.

THE GOOD SAMARITAN'S

A happy mob of samaritan's at a resent B.B.Q. A good day was had by all.

WISHING WELL

DARREN one of our community workers has built a wishing well.Great work Darren, thanks.

BRINGING OLD TO NEW

PHIL & CHARLES are working hard on a Masterpiece.They do all the furniture restoration and do a great job.

OPENING OF KUC OP SHOP

The grand opening of the kincumber uniting church op shop was today.All the smiling faces after putting a lot of hard work into setting it up.The shop is in the grounds of the church next to the mens shed,and will be open tuesdays,wednesdays and thursdays from 9.30 -3.30.The shop will sell clothing apparel and bric-a-brac.

CAT STRUCTURE

MICK & JIM from the shed built a cat structure for the somersby RSPCA.The moggy looks pretty happy up the pole.Thanks mick & jim.

PROSTATE NEWS

A visit by BOB COLLARD M.B.E. from central coast prostate support group was very informative.Thank you very much bob.

Kevin's Boat Trailer

Kevin D, felt that His boat trailer needed maintenance so, 4 blokes from the Shed and off came the boat and the trailer to the Shed. It's not long before it looked this, new springs and U bolts purchased. A coat of Rust-converter today.

We will keep you posted!

2322 VISIT

We had a visit from the 2322 "postcode" mens shed today.The men come from the hunter regent and are in the early stagers of starting a shed.Good luck and if we can help any more don't hesitate to get in touch.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The AGM was held today at the shed the results were as follows.
CHAIRMAN/SECRETARY PETER JESSOP
TREASURER GRAHAM BOWIE
CLUSTER REP ALAN SPARKES
SAFETY COMMITTEE BRAD GOLDING DOUG GORDON
GRAAME HATTON JIM NEWHOUSE
ALAN SPARKES ADNIN SMITH
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

BBQ DAY

Fifteen guys from Samarians and there carers came for a BBQ today,lots of fun and laughs was had by all.

SCROLL SAW WORK

What a great piece of work done by Dave on the scroll saw, well done Dave.

CAR BOOT SALE SIGN

Sorry about the photo not being there,But the boys from the shed built a new car boot sale sign for the church and some of the boys are erecting it,The sale is one very 1st saturday of the month

CAR BOOT SALE SIGN

The boys at the shed built a new car boot sale sign for the church and some of the boys are erecting it.The sale is on every 1st saturday of the month.

BABY'S CRADLE

The cradle was built by Jim and Mick in the Men's Shed and decorated by the girls in the Craft Group from the Uniting and Coast Community Churches. The cradle was donated to the Davistown RSL Club-Ladies Auxillary to be raffled.

Stair building project

Our team of craftsmen putting the finishing touches to a set of stairs for a local Service club

CATS

Some of the boys from samarians came today and painted some cats for there garden.Get a load of the wiskers on the one on the right.

A BIT OF A WORRY

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A BIT OF A WORRY

A couple of our sheders put on a show for there caravan club get together can you pick them.Looks like great time was had by all.

PLANING A WEB SITE

Mary who is studing at tafe to teach IT is helping us design a web site for the shed.Mary comes from the warrumbungles near coonabarabran.A big thanks to Mary.

A GOOD DAY

A good day was had by all today when the samarians came to do some painting.

BEAUTIFUL PEACE OF WORK

Nine diffrence types of timbers went into making this horse.What a beautiful job.

NEW VERANDAH

A new verandah floor was layed last week on the cottage which is part of the uniting church and is over 100 years old.Thanks to men from the shed.

Car Boot inaugral sale

To suppliment the cost of running the Shed operations it was decided to offer for sale at the regular monthly Car Boot Sale, sponsored by the Uniting Church, items made by the members, as well as some surplus items as donated by members. Payments for the sale of these items are by donations to the shed. The stall was ably manned by Craftsmen/sales assistants, Graham, Jim & Phil,

HOBBY HORSES

The men at the shed have been busy making hobby horses and some will go to the local play groups in the area.