Syph66

I know there are tons of creatives in this lovely locale... I've discovered the Designers Guild Outlet shop. It's in Acton, so not too local, but it is GREAT: Fabric, furniture, linens, and occasional pieces of furniture, for anyone doing up their lovely ED homes. DESIGNERS GUILD OUTLET SHOP 900 CORONATION ROAD UNIT 10 MATRIX PARK NW10 7PH The email here is [email protected] and the phone number is 020 7893 7505. And the people who work there are PASSIONATE about their lovely wares. Seriously - it's worth a day out! (They also have warehouse sales several times a year.)

*** SAFETY ALERT*** PLEASE CHECK FIRST WHEN FORAGING FOR CONKERS or PLAYING HIDE & SEEK My 8-year-old son and his friends found a hypodermic syringe while collecting conkers in the bushes in Lucas Gardens today, after school. We all had a huge shock. Just a suggestion to parents to a)check first where your children are searching (I didn't) b) have 'that' chat with children about what not to touch and the consequences. If they're old enough to be free to forage alone for 20 mins they're old enough to have a grown-up chat with. My little one is lively but sensible and yet he shot over to us holding up the syringe saying: "who wants an injection?" as though he'd found a toy from his old Doctor's box. The park is otherwise so clean and we checked more needles afterwards. We were so lucky that although Milo and his pal felt the point of the blood stained hypodermic, their skin was not broken. We put the syringe in a box in case we needed to go to A&E. I will call the council just to make them aware - please be careful.