Do something for Bletchley park and win unique shed items during Shed Week

As you know, Bletchley Park is the charity for Shed Week 2010.

During World War II, Bletchley Park was the site of the United Kingdom’s main decryption establishment, the Government Code and Cypher School. Ciphers and codes of several Axis countries were decrypted there, most importantly ciphers generated by the German Enigma and Lorenz machines.

Read more about the History of Bletchley Park and what it did for the War effort and the future of computing/the interwebs and sheds.

Hut 6 which won our Hut of the year 2009, is in a right state as you can see from this recent photo from #Bpark campaigner Sue Black

So to support them in my own little sheddie way, I have decided to run a charity auction on ebay with the blessing of Bletchley Park (100% goes to them) in the run-up to Shed Week 2010 (which starts 5 July)

The items already kindly pledged for the auction are:

A “bit of HUT6″ from Bletchley Park itself. So you could own a bit of shed history! Hopefully it won’t fall down before the auction :(

A signed Yellow Hard Hat from shed judge Sarah Beeny.

A signed Moon DVD from the genius Bafta award-winning Director Duncan Jones .

A signed copy of Men and Sheds from shed guru and founding father of modern shedism Gordon Thorburn

In addition to these great items, we welcome your items for auction, any unique items relating to sheds, geeks and Bletchley Park or anything that you feel would benefit the cause and make some money for the preservation of the Huts.

If you have anything you would like to auction off then let me know.

Is there something in the shed? wood/pub/sea

We have had some wonderful sheds added the last few days… is there something in the water? or are people realising that there is only a few months to add their sheds to Shed of the Year 2010?

The Scriptorium

The Scriptorium - Mike
Mike
Bristol, England

Dome Experiment

Dome Experiment - Dan
Dan
Lancashire

Mine, thine and ours

Mine, thine and ours - Ann & Bob
Ann & Bob
Garden in Lincolnshire

Cherise’s Marmalade Cottage

Cherise's Marmalade Cottage - Cherise A. Cox
Cherise A. Cox
Massachusetts USA

The Brickhouse

The Brickhouse - Jon Moore
Jon Moore
Rochdale

Enigma

Enigma - Will Parkin
Will Parkin
side of garden Nottingham

The Twitter is all a buzz about sheds and Shed Week 2010

Yesterday and Today & hopefully tomorrow – that twitter has been buzzing (not google buzz, yet) with the news that we are looking for Sheds for Shed of the year 2010, Why not add your shed NOW

Thanks to the following and lots more for getting the shed love out there….. now lets hope we get lots of new sheddies as well.

Of course if you have added your shed in the past, then don’t worry people will still be able to vote for it for this Years Competition.

We need your shed – NOW – could it be Shed of the year 2010

Sheddies We love your sheds but we are still looking for more for Shed Week this year (5th July 2010)

So do you have any neighbours, friends, bikers, work mates who are always going on about their great sheds, well now is the time for them to put their Shed where their mouth is and Share theirs on readersheds.co.uk for this Years competition.

Our judges for Shed week this year include for the 4th year Sarah Beeny and Alex shedworking read about the judges here.

Over the next few weeks I will be announcing a Sponsor for Shed Week 2010, who will be providing a great prize for the overall Shed of the year 2010 winner, so watch this space or keep an eye on Twitter.

We look forward to seeing all the new sheds like these ones added in the last few weeks.

The Unicorn

The Unicorn - David Perrott
David Perrott
Darowen

Enigma

Enigma - Will Parkin
Will Parkin
side of garden Nottingham

Shed Motorhead

Shed Motorhead - Dale
Dale
Pennsylvania

Cotsmill Garden Offices

Cotsmill Garden Offices - Simon Davis
Simon Davis
Nr Abingdon

Roger and Alison’s shed

Roger and Alison's shed - Roger Williams
Roger Williams
Hereford

The studio

The studio - Dick
Dick
Garden in Greenham

Some great examples but we need more Eco Sheds, Garden Offices and Huts (Beach or other) but we welcome all types of sheds.

Add your shed here

Shed Inspiration this Festive Season – Sheddies glory

I hope you all have a great Christmas sheddies and spend time with your shed, remember they are for all year round not just when it’s warm!

Come January I want you to think about Shed Week 2010 (yes I know I go on) but give your shed a early spring clean and get some new photos up on readersheds.co.uk you never know It may win Shed of the year 2010.

So here is a recap and some great inspiration for sheddies everywhere, the previous Shed of the year winners

Shed of the year 2009 Kite Cabin, Top of the Garden, West Wales

Shed of the Year 2008 the rugby pub

And the Shed that Started Shed of the year off

Shed of the Year 2007 : The Roman Temple, Berkshire U.K

As you can see 3 completely different sheds, will Shed of the Year 2010 be a another Pub Shed, Workshop, a posh Garden Office or even an Eco Shed.

The entry procedure is the same as last year, so read up on it here.

You can add your shed directly on this shed entry page.

Good luck and see you the other side.

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