Garden Sheds and Industrial Buildings Garden shed owners 'should be vigilant to deter thieves'

Garden shed owners 'should be vigilant to deter thieves'

17:12:20 1st December 2010

Garden shed owners are being urged by police to be vigilant, after a family's Christmas presents were stolen from their back yard.

Around £1,500 worth of goods were stolen from Amanda and Nigel Saunders' garden shed in High Street, Cannington, including their four sons' presents, thisiswestcountry.co.uk reports.

"It has hit us a lot financially and we're still not sure if the insurance will cover it. It's a hassle we could do without in the run-up to Christmas," Ms Saunders, 34, told the news provider.

The family used the shed to store the presents as they have been renovating the inside of their house.

Police warned local residents that there are often more burglaries in the run-up to Christmas and urged people to lock their sheds and even fit an alarm system.

Last month, the Droitwich Advertiser reported that a man from Droitwich's tools had been stolen from his garden shed. ADNFCR-2655-ID-800267068-ADNFCR

Robin Antill+

garden sheds in 1979.

31 years experience.

Tidy up loose branches, garden shed owners advised

Garden shed owners are being advised to tidy up loose branches on their land so that they can reduce the amount of damage their properties sustain if strong winds hit. This advice comes from Saga, following a study of more than 2,000 adults that it conducted on which maintenance jobs they planned to do themselves in preparation...read more

Allotment exercise 'is great', garden shed owners told

Garden shed owners should tend to their allotments regularly as this can count as a form of exercise, a green fingered expert has claimed. Lucy Halsall, editor at Grow Your Own Magazine, said that gentle digging, weeding and sowing requires bending and stretching, which helps to keep people supple. Her comments follow...read more

Garden shed owners 'are increasingly growing their own vegetables'

It is becoming more and more popular for people to grow their own vegetables, garden shed owners have been told. This is according to Lucy Halsall, editor at Grow Your Own Magazine, who asserted that people do not need a large allotment plot to grow fruit and vegetables. She went on to say that many of the magazine's...read more