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Just to say I?ve already found a fab local primary school for this to go to. Thanks!

Hi all, Having a bit of a clear out of my boys? things and we have a lot of Lego that is no longer used. I was wondering if anyone knew of any nurseries or primary schools that might be interested in it. I?m not sure I?ve got the instructions for a lot of the kits which is why I thought it might be more useful to top up a big box of Lego in a school/nursery. Do get in touch if you think it might be of use.

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Hi there, I was wondering if as a community we can support the NHS staff in our area and how best we could coordinate this. My sister and partner are both A and E Drs in the West Country and pulling long shifts and then finding it hard to buy food which I imagine is the case for some of our NHS families here. Perhaps a group of us could help with food shopping, even dropping off meals for our NHS staff. I know there are already groups reaching out for those self isolating and our more elderly neighbours but thought this could be a useful thing for us to do. Am trying to think how we could best coordinate this and how we can reach out to those that need a hand. I have a friend at Kings who is going to reach out to colleagues there but any other suggestions would be great.

Please don't employ this plumber! Got him in on recommendation from a friend (one of the lucky ones where he finished the job), but he left our toilet in bits promising to come back the next day to finish off. Took payment( and he wasn't cheap!) then stopped answering calls and only got in touch with him when calling from a different number. As with other posts we have been fobbed off with various excuses and he has never returned.

Just wanted to say thanks so much for all the suggestions. We are just back from going on the boat and cable car at North Greenwich. Was brilliant fun and so quiet, we got a capsule to ourselves just as you said! We've also been to the Horniman, woods and CP dinosaurs which kept everyone busy. The biggest challenge is stopping my two year old from tugging at my eldests sling and wanting rough and tumble and being a generally boisterous 2 year old boy! Plus the 4 year old keeps forgetting he is injured and so is still climbing things. Best tactic at the moment is painting his toe nails whilst watching Frozen which I am also enjoying! Meant to say in first post as well that Kings were outstanding both in a and e and fracture clinic. So lucky to have them on our doorstep.

My son broke his collar bone yesterday one week before his 4th birthday and I was wondering if anyone had been through a similar experience and had any advice to give. He has a very boisterous 2 year old brother and is normally very sporty himself. Am wondering how to keep him entertained for the rest of the holidays. We need to avoid playgrounds and busy places but also have a two yea old in tow which makes things like cinema trips less easy. Was thinking horniman and Vauxhall city farm great options but can anyone think of any others? Many thanks in advance

I took my two boys (3 and 1) today and it was fab. I'd really recommend it to all. Little babies were loving it as were pre schoolers.

We are in the process of getting a commissioned piece of work through Revived London. Having seen all the pieces in Sally's house that she has created and fallen in love with several we really wanted something but like pickle we have no space. Then remembered that she can do wonderful things to pre-existing furniture. Very excited that we can revamp an old chest of drawers and Sally has some brilliant ideas whilst keeping both myself and my husband very happy. So if you do love her work but don't think you need a new piece of furniture, do take a look in your house and see if you think anything could do with a revamp!

The olde house is fantastic. We've been there the last two years with our 1 and 3 yr old boys. Fantastic for the kids as they can feed the animals, there's a pool, soft play barn and a huge playground. We sent a lot to daymer bay which is about a 10 min drive away. Love it so much we've already booked next year! Have a great trip.

Hiya We took our to to The Olde House near Padstow last year and are going back again this year. http://www.theoldehouse.co.uk/ I've had a few emails saying still cottages available. It's great as there are sandy beaches nearby and the farm has a pool, soft play etc

We just put up an 8 footer after loving pebbles and a few other forumites trampolines. I was worried it might take over our garden nut we still have heaps of space and I'm getting a massive work out each day. We got an Atlantic Trampoline make as we could get a roof over the top as its under a big tree so we didn't want to get branches etc on it. We also bought a 14 footer from them for our place down in France and it is huge but can fit loads of us on it!