I READ about a spat between members of the Toodyay Men’s Shed and a breakaway group that calls itself the Moondyne Men.
Someone on Facebook suggested that maybe the women of Toodyay could get on board and start their own ‘Women’s Shed’.
Now wouldn’t that be something?
It seems Toodyay’s big new Men’s Shed doesn’t get used all that much, which is a great shame.
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A recent Toodyay Men’s Shed flyer I picked up starts with “A Shed is a place for Men, who have, for their own reasons, become isolated from the community, isolated by distance, work and simply want to talk and interact with other men.
“It is a place to congregate in a safe non-judgmental environment to talk, read, play card games or use the therapeutic workshops.”
Really?
I thought it was a place where blokes could have a bit of fun making things with tools they may lack at home, chat to each other about life in general, perhaps learn a few new skills and maybe just get away from their wives for a bit of male company to talk about bloke stuff.
I reckon there’s probably a few women in Toodyay who might feel the same way – in reverse, of course.
I’ve heard there are successful Women’s Sheds in other country towns – some in the same buildings as blokes, though they meet on different days – and I wondered why Toodyay couldn’t make greater use of its Shed to reach out to more locals.
Maybe the girls can knock a few heads together.
Frances Lawson
Toodyay
