The trumpet of truth reports on a unique “shed” in a coppers back garden.

WORLD War II history buff Robin Mellor came up with a rather drastic solution when he discovered a wartime pillbox was under threat from a modern housing development – he moved it to his back garden.

Policeman Robin, 32, was on patrol in Llandow, in the Vale of Glamorgan, when he spotted the pillbox on Llandow Airfield and decided that it should be kept for posterity.

The airfield served as a vital aircraft storage base during the war and the pillbox was one of several that helped protect the airfield from enemy attack.

And Robin was concerned that if the Luftwaffe could not destroy the Pickett-Hamilton Fort pillbox, a housing development planned for the airfield in future years was threatening to do so. So Robin, whose grandfather, Jesse, served in the Home Guard in Pontypridd, decided that his garden was the only place for it and got Leckwith-based Dragon Rescue to lift the five-ton pillbox from the airfield and transport it to the garden of his home in Llanharan

Ok its not techincally a shed, but Iam sure one of you clever sheddies can turn it into a great place to potter!

Thanks to Workshopshed for the heads up.

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A shocking story, make sure you call on your older neigbours to see how they are in this cold weather just in case

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A recluse died inside a labyrinth of tunnels he created in a mountain of litter at his house, it emerged today, reports the telegraph

Gordon Stewart, 74, was discovered at his home which was crammed floor to ceiling with rubbish, police said.

Thames Valley Police were called to the property in Broughton, Buckinghamshire, by concerned neighbours but were forced to bring in a Specialist Search and Recovery team to find the body

After forcing entry, officers discovered a maze of tunnels networking around the interior of the building, with Mr Stewart lying dead inside.

Concerned neighbours raised the alarm because they had not seen the pensioner, who lived alone, for several days.

Locals, who described Mr Stewart as “a bit of a hermit”, said the man was often spotted riding his bike around the streets.

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The Shropshire star reports and give a warning to all sheddies.

A 20-year-old north Shropshire man was left with facial burns today after the shed he entered to go to sleep burst into flames when he lit a cigarette.

Firefighters said the shed was being used to store butane gas cylinders and a barbecue, which could have caused the explosion when the man used his lighter.

The victim is believed to have been staying in the garden shed at his mother’s house in George Street, Whitchurch, because he was locked out.

He was also left suffering from shock and had burns to hands, firefighters said

Mike Beach, crew manager at Whitchurch Fire Station, said: “The young man was sleeping in a shed where lots of equipment including a barbecue and butane gas cylinder were being stored.

“It’s possible the gas cylinder valve was partially open when he went to light his cigarette causing a flash explosion which set the shed on fire. It burned his face and hands and he said his injuries were stinging very badly.

“When we arrived the victim was trying to put out the fire with his neighbour’s hosepipe.”

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Police overkill on shed theft reports bedford today

A police helicopter, a van, two panda cars and five officers – all for thieves trying to steal a motorcycle helmet.

The bizarre incident took place on Wednesday morning when police officers were called to King Street in Potton following a report of a man trying to break into a garden shed.

A cat survived in a shed for months after some window licking saved her life, so say the BBC

A cat owner has been reunited with her pet after it apparently spent a month locked in a shed

If you see any shed news out there on the interweb, then let me know

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The dailynail reports

A pensioner who dug up what he thought was a worthless piece of metal in his garden and dumped it in his shed for 11 years has discovered it is a priceless Roman treasure.
Thinking it was of little interest, Mr Salter, 69, washed it with soap and water, threw it into his shed and thought nothing more of it for 11 years.

It was only chance that he showed the 1.2lb bronze neck-ring to one of his neighbours, a local historian, just before he was about to throw it away last year.

Now experts at the British Museum have confirmed that it is in fact a rare neck-ring dating back to the late Iron Age and Romano British period of between 100 BC and 100 AD.

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So dont store your fireforks in your shed, simple.

The teletex reports

More than 40 firefighters tackling a blaze at a breakers yard near Sittingbourne withdrew when fireworks stored inside a shed exploded.

Eight crews were sent to Bobbing after reports that a shed was on fire, and found a building containing 200 tyres and engine parts was also alight.

The building was badly damaged and the shed and some fencing were destroyed.

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This was reported all last week… so check your shed…

An Oxfordshire woman has told how a Lithuanian crane driver set up home in her garden shed - without her knowledge.

The man had installed home comforts including a bed, television and even a juicer in the shed at the bottom of an overgrown garden in Banbury, reports The Times.

He even tidied up the garden and Kelly Dudley, 25, assumed the figure in blue overalls had been sent by her landlord.

The truth dawned when she spotted him emerging from the shed on Sunday morning looking as though he had enjoyed a good night’s sleep.

She was astonished to discover a single bed, a chest of drawers, a camping stove, pots and pans, crockery and a shaving mirror. He had set up a television at the end of the bed, and laid a carpet on the floor.

Ms Dudley, who is on maternity leave with her six-month-old daughter, Chloe, did not know whether to be be amused or frightened.

She later found out that the migrant worker, known only as John, had sought refuge at the bottom of her garden after losing his job and being evicted from his home. He believed that the unlocked outhouse had been abandoned.

Ms Dudley said that the Lithuanian had offered to pay her rent and do her gardening if she would allow him to stay.

“If I did not have a six-month-old daughter, I might have considered it,” she said. “It is a funny story but also very frightening - he could have been anybody.”

PC Matt Locke said: “He thought the shed had been abandoned, so he moved in. He had even cleaned up the garden. He had not committed any criminal offences but we asked him to move on, which he did, willingly.”

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Hope this is not one of my sheddies the herald reports

A garda has told the trial of a Tallaght taxi driver charged with running a counterfeit DVD and CD-making business how he found “burners” which could copy over 40 DVDs at a time behind a false wall.

The garda said that “a secret compartment” behind a false wall in a shed at the back of the accused’s home held six multiple-unit CD/DVD burners which could each copy original discs onto seven or eight blank discs simultaneously.

But it looks like a audio/video dream and potential shed of the year 2009, shame he wont be around.

He said he observed several boxes of cases for CDs in the “lean to” shed. The larger concrete-built shed transpired to be an “entertainment room” equipped with a bar, couches, optics, sound system and a TV.

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The trumpet of truth reports on this horrible story..

AN ELDERLY man died of a heart attack in his beloved garden shed before falling on a gas heater and starting a fire which consumed the building.

Newport Coroner’s court heard how 77-year-old Frederick Brown, of St Gwladys Avenue, Bargoed would often spend most of his day in the shed at the bottom of his garden.

At 10.30am on December 9, 2007 Mr Brown’s grandson, who was visiting his grandparents, was on his way to give his granddad his morning paper when he noticed flames coming from inside the shed.

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According to the mirror The rev Jamie Allen says to stay happily married you need a shed, I can’t comment on that personally , but if you sheddies agree let me know.

A vicar is advising couples who get hitched in his church to buy a shed if they want a long and happy marriage.

The Rev Jamie Allen says a man who potters around in a shed is “wisely tinkering away at marital bliss”.

He added: “The very act of being in the shed may well be helping men live happily ever after with their wives. The garden shed may give them a safe, private place to unwind and escape the pressure of modern life and marriage.”

The Rev Allen, vicar of St Andrew’s at Great Cornard, Suffolk, has launched a survey to find out why fewer locals are marrying. A winner picked at random from those taking part will get…a brand new shed.”

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