Sheds — wooden buildings at the bottom of gardens — are important to British culture, or at least to many men of a certain age in the country. But now, sheds are playing a far greater role in the UK — bringing older men together to help soothe loneliness. Jamie Fullerton reports from Oxfordshire, England.
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