Monkey

Seconding Friddle's Cakes. Check her a facebook page.

It's still worth you ringing nurseries - their waiting lists tend to be one big mess. Don't limit your search: it could be that when it comes down to it, a nursery is the best option or vice versa. For childminders, I agree the best option is word of mouth. Having said that, the two wonderland childminders i have had I met through the forum, got on well with them immediately, checked their crb documents and that was it! Good luck!

What I will not forget DMC for: leaving me in agony with a horrible urinary infection a week after a very difficult labour. Why? Because their phones were not working... Again! Other GP surgeries seem to be able to organise their phones, pick up the receiver, talk to the person at the other end and, the Holy Grail, give an appointment. I am not blaming the receptionists by the way! I have a few friends in London who have some trouble with their surgeries. Other friends in London, Essex, Yorkshire... Have no trouble.

It's quite incredible that with all the noise about DMC on here, all the complaints, the situation does not seem to have changed.

Try the ones which are not run solely for money. A good sign is surgeries that do not have those big NHS trucks checking your blood pressure in Dulwich Park at the weekend. We moved from DMC to The Gardens. GPs are infinitely better, phones answered on the first ring and appointments available at short notice.

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Ok. Here's a contact: Angela Okello Deputy Customer Service Manager Southern & Gatwick Express [email protected] Mark your emails to her attention in the title. The 1740 is late again tonight. I will email her every time the trains are late. Fellow angry commuters, please do the same. We're being taken for fools.

And again! 1740 delayed by 12 mns. By the time everyone boards, it will be 1800 when we leave and I'll be late to pick up my daughter. I will search for contact details tonight!

Train driver was nice but frankly it did not matter to me. Apologies not accepted, as far as I am concerned!enough is enough. They should get things sorted. Then there will be no need for empty, meaningless apologies. I am looking for the right contact details at Southern and will post them here?

Arrived at 1808 at London Bridge for the 1810 to East Dulwich. Train was announced as late. We were told it would leave at 1820. Crowds did not start boarding until 18.23. We departed at 1830 and did not arrive to ed until 1845. I will email Charles Horton, CEO, about it. If the email address I have works, I will post it here.

I am off on Friday 24 and DD, who's just turned 5 and is in year 1, has an Inset day. I want to take her to Central London. Currently the plan is for Science Museum in the morning and Kensington Gardens in the afternoon (including Peter Pan statue). But it's things we've done before. Last year, we had gone to the Tower of London, which she had loved. Any ideas for a great day out? Any ideas welcome including sight seeing, musicals, afternoon tea, lunch etc... I want her to have a magical day. Thank you in advance!

Signed!

We went camping in Brittany. Tent was pitched by a river, which was idyllic; lots of activities on offer including a kind of mini go ape for 4+, which I have never seen anywhere else; big pools; lovely Britanny beaches with no chavs or hurray Henries and nice food. It was by far the best holiday we've had. Camping ty nadan.

Love it. Well done!

Fabricio, this thread is most definitely about bad drivers.

Well we could afford it but decided to change our lives around, work less and spend more time with mini monkey. I'll let you in on a little secret: kids at state school do learn to read and write and more! They do, they really do!

If anyone knows how to contact the gym people at crystal palace, please let me know. I have tried email and phone. No results so far. Thanks!

And more cancellations this morning. So basically they've taken a service that was working well and have broken it. And do we really believe we'll get back the same numbers of trains as before when the work is over?

You should report this to the police. It does not matter that you don't have his number plate - it's now two (three?) of you who have been at the receiving end of this lunatic behaviour. The police should take this seriously especially since there's a school just around the corner. Really sorry this happened to you.

For my daughter, we put her in black leggings, white and red top, we made our own eye patch and used some old bits of curtains for her scarf. All from sainsbury's or our cupboard. She looked great!

Most of those lists are completely mismanaged. I refused to pay at a local community nursery after the then manager told us she might prioritise other people whom she deemed needed the place more so basically I could pay but never get a place depending on whom this woman deemed worthy to get into her nursery. Nurseries should either not charge, give a refund or close their lists for time to time. I only came across one nursery that closes its lists from time to time.

My sister in law did much worse: regular fare avoidance and even she got off very lightly. Small fine despite getting rude to the ticket inspector too.

Maybe they should be spending more time sorting out their waiting list!!!

Thanks se22mum, I had not thought about that. Perhaps she's supposed to do it completely alone. Will speak to teacher. Thanks!

Wow I am not alone! Thanks everyone! The rest of the homework seems fine (though time consuming), it's only the maths that seems a bit hard. Agree that it's a good way to assess their levels and work out what they can and cannot do. Also agree that it's overkill at this stage and potentially useless too... Looking at the bright side, I have done more with her in two days than my parents did with me in 18 years...