EastdulwichNewbie

Road from Crystal Palace and lordship lane near the south circular are both closed with lots of police. Avoid

Jags on a Saturday. They have a list of private instructors who teach there.

Tire (cars are not my strong point)

Hi, Does anyone provide a pre-paid card for their nanny to use for expenses related to the children? We tend to use cash atm and I?d like to know if there is a better way! Thanks, Rebecca

Hi, In the last couple of months we?ve had wheels damaged. Today we woke up to a screw in the side of the wheel requiring a new replacement. It would be a funny place for this to have occurred in the normal course of driving / parking and the mechanic fixing suggested it might be deliberate. Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks!

Thank you!

Hi, Does anyone know whether any local pharmacies have the flu vaccine available? Thanks

Without going into loads of unnecessary detail, I wanted to let people know that Scott from Callows was an absolute life saver when my key broke in the door with three young, hungry children waiting to get into our house. He went above and beyond to get us in and sorted with a new lock, after closing time. Really outstanding customer service.

Was almost 48 hours in the end for anyone booking atm.

Thank you - seems like we are on track for something similar (optimistically!).

Hi Does anyone know the local PCR turnarounds at the moment? We went to the Belair site at c4pm yesterday. The guy said it could be up to 3 days but it was usually the following morning. Have there been delays? Thanks

Also interested! Thanks!

Tomskip - I totally understand your point of view here. Like everyone else I?m just trying to do the best for my children and being in a secondary school dead zone makes things a bit more tricky. I know that other parents in East Dulwich will have thought about this subject a lot so wanted to ask this corner of the internet. I?ve contributed to other topics on here at times about things that other people wouldn?t have experience of or the stomach for to be helpful and I?m pleased that people have taken the time to respond.

Thanks everyone who has taken the time to reply. I really appreciate the effort.

Thanks for your responses. Tomskip - I suppose the things that appeal are the smaller classes, facilities (& being properly funded), potential exposure to sports /activities that would be of interest, a commitment to educational achievement & hopefully teaching staff who have capacity to speak to parents if needed (my sister is a teacher at a grammar and is run off her feet). I hate the superiority thing. My husband and I both went through the state system - his a very crappy school and mine didn?t really support me to achieve, asking ?why do you want As??. It?s tricky - I suppose I have an idea of what an independent school might offer without having gone to one and a not brilliant experience of the state system which might not be representative!