Mike Brooks

Douglas Cameron Riach 1946 – 2022. Secretary & Trustee of Aboyne Men’s Shed – an Appreciation.

The recent and sudden passing of our Secretary Douglas Riach after a short illness has touched us all greatly. He gave his time generously to many causes and activities within the Aboyne community and beyond including the Aboyne Festival, Aboyne & Upper Deeside Rotary Club, Forget Me Not Alzheimer’s Society and the Aboyne & Deeside Heritage Society. For his fellow Trustees of the Aboyne Men’s Shed he will be remembered most for his bonhomie, wry …

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SHED OFFICIAL OPENING

4th October 2022 Aboyne & Mid-Deeside Community Shed Official Opening On 2nd September Aboyne & District Men’s Shed were proud to have The Earl of Aboyne perform the ribbon-cutting ceremony of our wonderful new building. There were just over 100 guests, all of whom had in some way helped us to achieve our goal of providing workshop and social accommodation for our Men’s Shed Members, as well as providing much needed space for other local …

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NEW STOVE!

We now have a beautiful new stove in the downstairs workshop. Many, many thanks to Kenny and Ian from K & I Paterson Ltd. Brian Paterson worked with them on the installation – a truly Paterson family team effort!

CAROLS AT THE SHED

Aboyne & District Men’s Shed are planning a CAROL SING at the new Community Shed on Sunday 19th December at 3.30pm. The format will be:- A small choir will lead 30 minutes of carols, a cappella Venue will be at the Community Shed, standing outside. The invitation is to anybody and everybody, to stand and listen, joining in singing if you want to Anyone who is a choir singer and wants to join our carol …

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