John Ellerby
Environmentalist, nature watcher and all round positive community activist :-)
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| Lowestoft - Easter Monday Beach Clean, 10:30 | 
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Meet at the carpark at the end of Grand Avenue, near Deans BeansJoin Suffolk Beach Cleans for an Easter Monday Beach Clean to work off all the chocolate eggs! / 11 April, 2025 |
| "They call me The Coat of Hopes" | 
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"The Coat of Hopes is a patchwork coat on an ongoing walking pilgrimage through the UK towards the end of the climate and ecological emergency" / 8 April, 2025 |
| New Medicine Blister Pack Recycling Scheme | 
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A new recycling scheme for medicine blister packs has just started. There are now four different locations you can now take your empty blister packs. / 7 April, 2025 |
| NLMS in May 2023 | 
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In May 2023, after its public launch in April, members gathered on the land. These photos show the land, and us starting to clear the spot we'd chosen as the site of our shed. / 4 April, 2025 |
| North Lowestoft Men's Shed in March 2025 Beach Huts and daffodils and stuff | 
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Some photos from March 2025 / 3 April, 2025 |
| February 2023 The Keys to the Land of Hope and Dreams | 
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The Shed receives the keys to the Land of hope and Dreams, courtesy of Greater Anglia / 3 April, 2025 |
| February 2023 The Keys to the Land of Hope and Dreams | 
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The Shed formally received the keys to our new home, courtesy of Greater Anglia / 3 April, 2025 |
| Medicine Blister Pack Recycling Scheme | 
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Use it All has teamed up with Lowestoft Town Council to run a pilot scheme on those pesky medicine blister packs.There are now collection points in four locations. / 14 March, 2025 |
| Triangle Christmas Quiz | 
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Be there or be bereft / 7 December, 2024 |
| Mayfly garden welcomes experts and a new MP | 
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The Mayfly, burgeoning coffee and cultural High Street hub, is turning some derelict land into, well, something else. A community garden? A mini-wildlife reserve? Butterfly haven? / 6 July, 2024 |
| Concrete Defeated (almost) | 
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The Shed continues. We regularly meet on Wednesdays at 10am on land next to Lowestoft Station carpark. / 30 June, 2024 |
| Shed Wildlife 1st April | 
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Pictured are the larvae of the brown-tailed moth. There's several colonies on the Land of Hope and Dreams. They look like spider-web nurseries, but they are actually “ … a silken tent”. / 2 June, 2024 |
| North Lowestoft Shed Update | The Shed keeps on a troshin'DatesUsual Meetings: Wednesdays, Denmark Road 10 to 1pm / 26 May, 2024 | |
| Triangle Market Resurgence | 
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Lowestoft Town Council are busily working on rejuvenating The Triangle Market Place. The ex-Bob the Grocer's van is being re-furbished and re-roofed right now. / 16 March, 2024 |
| It's Plastic Week | 
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Did you know this is Big Plastic Count Week, 11-17th March? / 12 March, 2024 |
| The Shed has Light! | 
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Our Shed now has (limited) electric power.On Wednesday 28th Feb the Solar Panels were connected to all the gubbins that makes their power useable, and we switched on a light. / 12 March, 2024 |
| Lowestoft: Past, Present & Future | 
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Use Your Voice present a mix of music, info and mapping. / 10 March, 2024 |
| The Future of Plastics | 
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Thursday 14 March 2024 The Future of Plastics 19:30 – 21:00 / 10 March, 2024 |
| North Lowestoft Men's Shed AGM | 
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North Lowestoft Men's Shed AGM 26th March 10.30am Old Parcels OfficeMembers and Invited Guests. / 4 March, 2024 |
| Shed Hours extended | 
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North Lowestoft Men's Shed has extended its opening hours. Site is now open from 10 to around 2pm every Wednesday, EXCEPT Weds 6th March, when we're having a 'What Next?' morning. / 4 March, 2024 |
| Quiz Night with Mr T | 
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Quiz NIght at the Triangle. 5 rounds, £2 per person, MAX five in a team. / 4 March, 2024 |
| Vinyl Night with The Polemical Brothers | 
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Vinyl Night at Triangle Tavern featuring The Polemical Brothers. Bring your own Vinyl to guarantee at least one track you like! / 4 March, 2024 |
| Content Training | Useful and positive Zoom Training (by Joe and with me attending) with MEC member. Lots of compliments about the site. / 20 February, 2024 | |
| Bulky Waste Free Collection and Disposal Scheme | 
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Sometimes we have big household items which we need to replace. / 19 December, 2023 |
| Triangle Book Sale for Shed | 
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Front Bar. Triangle Tavern. Book Sale in aid of North Lowestoft Men's Shed / 26 November, 2023 |
| History of NLMS Land | 
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The History of the Land of Hope and Dreams / 22 November, 2023 |
| Lowestoft, an MP, The Lords and Climate Change | 
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Local community group #We Are Here Lowestoft (#WAHL) has had a significant influence on our MP, Peter Aldous, and on this government's response to the Climate Change Emerg / 13 November, 2023 |
| Lowdown Creates Festival Hoedown | 
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Lowdown Creates Festival Hoedown / 28 October, 2023 |
| Postcard to Rishi Sunak from Lowestoft | 
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If you were on Lowestoft's sunny South Beach on 28th August you may have seen people writing in the sand. It was a huge postcard to Rishi Sunak, our current Prime Minister. / 27 October, 2023 |
| Cultural or What! | 
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The period of consultation was only 16 days. Get your comments in. See link below. / 25 October, 2023 |
| Jamie's Tree is no different | 
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It's not all that often that we can congratulate local councils.Lowestoft Town Council has – it seems – listened to people and made some sensible decisions. / 12 October, 2023 |
| Shed Patio is born! | 
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North Lowestoft Men's Shed (aka NLMS) continues to consolidate its base. In this case, building a patio. / 12 October, 2023 |
| Use It All Pause | 
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Use It All is having to take a break.We currently do not have anywhere to store collected recyclable material. / 8 October, 2023 |