tiddles

Southwark council used to have a list of their registered childminders. might be worth starting there. good luck. returning to work is stressful enough without worrying about childcare!

that's why the trains are so great! 10 mins to city from peckham rye a further 5 - 10 mins from london bridge to charing cross, or get the fast train to victoria then up to oxford circus. When I lived in tooting, it was almost an hour on the tube to the west end and you would wait at kennington for a charing cross branch train). I find the transport links here far superior. (I have always hated buses tho so never do them) People had never heard of east dulwich and would never venture to south east london when we moved here twenty years ago. Let's carry on keeping it a secret before the prices get even more bonkers and the dreaded chains change the face of our high street for ever ( I'll amend that to affluent chains as I like iceland and co-op along side our independent shops and the marvellous 'cookwank' shops that as a laydeee, I absolutely adore)

yes I too have just discovered iceland!! lots of the basics (and branded) at good prices.

what about the baby pool at peckham leisure centre? I could be out of touch, but when mine were toddlers, the sessions where the pool was made very shallow was perfect - because they could stand they had the confidence to start swimming and were soon whizzing about like seals. apologies if that pool isn't open any more!!

now if it had been a state school beating a private school, that would have caught my attention!! Yes well done to ALL the hardworking children at ALL the schools.

I have def noticed the dog scratching again despite regular dosing with advocate. The cats seem to be fine tho! we have a can of the stuff from the vets, bit I am always really cautious about using it as I worry about the effect on the animals (and us actually) esp the small rodents in the house ( and i mean hamsters not just the mice the cats bring in!!) I really daft to be worrying about the effects of the fumes on the animals - am I being overly concerned?? I always read the labels and they really push the ' keep room closed for 2 hours and then aerate thoroughly:"

I'd like to see how Charter and Askes would respond to such a demand!!

what about describing something as a genuiune imitation?? That way everyone knows what it is.

there is a difference between the occasional bark and relentless barking from the same dog especially when it wakes you up in the night. You get to the point that you are in a constant state of agitation every time you hear one bark waiting for the onslaught to begin. I say this as a dog owner who used to live near a relentlessly barking dog!

yes a bit of an odd response from i*rate about a perfectly reasonable query. I completely sympathise with anyone suffering noise pollution (and the angst of hearing a dog barking and worrying about it)

hi, I am probably being dim, but I can see the route but not the timings for the torch passing thro peckham can someone enlighten me? thanks

I have no idea what on earth any school with a modicum of common sense is doing setting homework at such a young age - especially if is causes problems. What a fantastic way to turn children off learning!! Year 8, yes, age 8 no!! I have heard from one primary school teacher that they don't really want to set homework, but they are pressurised by SATS obsessed parents, and feel obliged to prove their worth. I really feel sorry for you and quite incensed on behalf of your poor boy.

yes I know, apologies, wrist slapped (altho I did say it was a snooty thing to say) I'll shut the door behind me.......

god that's awful!! I am hoping its a northern/essex thing. Yes, I know before you all have a go, what a snooty thing to say. But I just feel my middle age rage descending..... I have to say tho, thinking about all the 11 - 14 year old girls I know, most of them would rather stick pins in their eyes then turn out toshed up like that!!

crikey I'm still reeling at what was quoted as an average income - ?150 - ?170k. sorry, obviously very out of touch!!

use old cereal boxes laid down, cut a flap in the front panel and you can safely keep a layer. Add boxes ontop, and if you stack them carefully they will not squash caked in box below

I know I sound like a complete old bat but I cannot bear this "prom" business. It is an americanism that I cannot stand!! A 'leaving school disco/party' I can deal with - what the heck does 'prom' stand for anyway. gets back to knitting and cocoa....

I have visited the new vets and they are fantastic. I too have found lordship lane very good, as also the vet in Holly Grove. I think the reason some people will move is certainly not dissatisfaction, rather convenience.

it's Hayley crying because phoebe isn't coming home on the arranged date. Don't know why she has a stupid ringtone tho. what a fuss.....

thank god its not just me!! my children despair of me 'getting involved" if I see wrong doing!! I have realised that if one sees a youngster doing something untoward, it is my duty as an adult to intervene. Not necessarily aggressively, but just point out that "you've dropped something darling" (for rubbish) or "be carefull sweetie" when some teenagers are being rather dangerously boisterous. Of course, one day its='s probably going to go horribly wrong and my children will have been proved right, however I am of the opinion that if children realise that people do notice, we might be able to nip some nasty behaviour in the bud. Gillandjoe I take my hat off to you - as a parent and dog owner, I applaud you and yes i would probably ended up just like you. Also, for the record, I too have humiliated myself over the childrens parking at sainsburys when I had a go at a man parking in the designated spaces, not spotting his very small wife and children in the car....... oh the shame (and they were so nice about it!!)

coil!! no pain, no problems with periods, and no pregnancies!!

probably so as to avoid the usual hassle of phones being lost/stolen and then parents getting cross and trying to hold the school responsible?

Lidl will behaving them from monday http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/index_32028.htm

there was a lovely lady under the arches in blenheim grove that we went to years ago - she does all kinds of stuff and I think she is still going =I will have a rummage for her email and pm you kind regards

also, a wander round camden - the cyberdog store alone is worth the treck!! - you can combine the tube with this trip!