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Jack Rogers Hopkins (28 December 1920 – 30 March 2006) was an American designer–craftsman, known for his work in sculpture and woodworking. His work has been described as late mid-century modern . [ 1 ]
These have been identified as coming from Liverpool, Boston and Singapore (with Chinese instructions for re-assembly). [8] In Barbados the Chattel house was a form of prefabricated building which was developed by emancipated slaves who had limited rights to build upon land they did not own.
Hopkins and Riley followed up that book with Inventions from the Shed (1999) [17] and a 5-part film documentary series with the same name. [18] Gordon Thorburn also examined the shed proclivity in his book Men and Sheds (2002), [19] as did Gareth Jones in Shed Men (2004). [20] Recently, "Men's Sheds" have become common in Australia. [21]
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Hopkins followed it up with another book, Inventions from the Shed, in 1999, [2] and a 5-part film documentary series with the same name that featured inventors across Australia. [ 3 ] Hopkins was elected as a councillor for the Waitaki District Council, based in Oamaru , in 2007, and became Deputy Mayor in 2010. [ 4 ]
In the Western world the word hut is often used for a wooden shed. The term has also been adopted by climbers and backpackers to refer to a more solid and permanent structure offering refuge. These vary from simple bothies – which are little more than very basic shelters – to mountain huts that are far more luxurious and can even include ...
Jesse James' 44 caliber Hopkins & Allen pistol, 1873 model. Hopkins & Allen was founded in 1868 as a firearms manufacturer by Charles W. Allen, Charles A. Converse, Horace Briggs, Samuel S. Hopkins and Charles W. Hopkins. The latter was a former business partner of Thomas K. Bacon and an early swinging-cylinder revolver inventor.
Magic 2.0 is a comic fantasy series of books written by Scott Meyer. [8] [9] The series so far consists of six novels, “Off to Be the Wizard”, “Spell or High Water”, “An Unwelcome Quest”, “Fight and Flight”, “Out of Spite, Out of Mind”, and "The Vexed Generation" which were published by publisher 47North.