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Begging Bowl is currently closed for refurbishment.

rollflick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > we are the parking lot being one > of the nearest areas to zone 1 without CPZs? I suspect that's the cause of all of the vans/campers dumped here for months on end without moving. I'm generally against CPZs but at least it would clear out a lot of the long term parkers.

Oakfield Pre-prep offer mornings or afternoons for rising 3s and rising 4s. They're only term time and I doubt they take kids mid-year. For rising 4s then Goose Green and Bellenden Primary both have nurseries that are mornings or afternoons.

There is a party for kids at Anneto 5:30-8pm with entertainment and food. It's ?15 for kids, 2 for 1 on drinks for adults.

Sorry Tess I didn?t mean to insult you. What I think I wanted to say is that much of the medical bits were things we?d picked up elsewhere. We also did our NCT class quite late in our pregnancy and so this probably meant we were already more prepared than most. What we valued the most was the opportunity to build a community of families that would be with us through the first months post birth. I still think it was absolutely worth the money (and then some) and wouldn?t dream of asking for a refund. I?m less sure we got much value from the ongoing membership of NCT post birth, but I?m happy to support a worthwhile cause and I know some of our friends stayed much more involved.

cella Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This is where the M&S deliveries will be so > bollards not possible. More concerned about staff > working in the building. Why wouldn?t bollards on the edge of the pavement to protect that corner be possible. Surely it hasn?t been designed such that vehicles need to illegally cut the corner to navigate that turn?

I'd go with RIBA the promotion and brand association seems well worth it. I'd also consider why you're producing the book: money, publicity for your business or professional standing? It would seem that being published by RIBA would achieve the second two elements far better than self publishing. I don't know enough about the economics of publishing to know which would be best for you financially.

What I noticed today is that the corner that keeps getting knocked is a couple of foot back from the edge of the footpath. Clearly lorries are (illegally) cutting the footpath to make the turn; I'd have thought a couple of bollards should resolve the matter. Perhaps a camera to allow drivers to be prosecuted too?

If you have a mysouthwark online account the "printable view" is pretty much identical to the postal version.

Captain Marvel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'd pay up if I were you Why? This is well known scam and the account in question has rarely been compromised. They harvest a list of old emails/passwords from data breaches like the LinkedIn hack and spam them out hoping to trick people who have been reusing passwords across sites. The "photo"/"screenshot" threat is just to add a bit of peril and get people to pay up. On the off-chance it were genuine, what's to make you think that paying $841 would stop them doing what they've threatened to do? My advice: report to it Action Fraud, implement two-factor authentication and move on.

Definitely a con, it's really common at the moment. I would suggest she looks at have https://haveibeenpwned.com/ and see if her email address turns up in one of the data breaches they track. That will give her an idea of what might be compromised and need changing. Macs don't really need endpoint protection (anti-virus) and for Windows machines Defender from Microsoft is fine. What I would suggest is a) use unique passwords for every site b) switch on two-factor authentication on any service where it's available.

We did NCT in East Dulwich. Don't expect to learn all that much, you're really paying to have a group of five other local families all with babies due around the same time. It's still well worth it though. Good luck.

RugbyTots takes kids from age two. It's on Sundays at Dulwich College. You might have more replies posting this in the family room discussion area.

The threshold to register as an employer for PAYE is ?116 a week, but NI doesn't kick in until ?162 a week and PAYE doesn't start until ?221 a week. With most au pairs getting sub-?100 a week as basic pay/pocket money it is unlikely that even with extra babysitting money they/their employers owe any tax or NI. There are probably a lot of people just nudging over the ?116 where they should be registered though. We use nannytax to do our registration.

Digbina Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I wouldn't think a five yo could go in the > front unless taller than 135cm and even then I > wouldn't do it. Provided they're in an approved carseat (appropriate for their height and weight) and you are following the airbag instructions for your vehicle then this is legal and safe at any age. Also just to mention ISOFIX, your five year old is probably getting too heavy for ISOFIX except for keeping a high backed booster in place (depending on the chair 15-18kgs seems to be the cut off). I've had friends say great things about the Car Seat Centre in Essex, in the end we chose Rear Facing Toddlers because it was easier to have someone come to us.

UVArchitects Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Maybe quite a few people in a number of > departments in the borough need a kick up the > arse. The barriers that have been put up are > inadequate as it is likely to fall into the road. > It should be scaffolded immediately or half of the > road closed off. I went past it earlier in the week and it looks like it could collapse at any moment. The way it's leaning makes it look like a significant amount of debris would fall forward into the street. A few plastic barriers and a notice on the window are not going to prevent serious tops parts of the upper windows come down. I agree it needs scaffolding and proper (wooden) hoardings erected. In the meantime they should at least suspend the parking directly outside the property.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This keeps on happening here and elsewhere where > these Bell shaped Low bollards are being used. IE > Ady's Rd. > > Drivers cannot see them. In this case the car > appears to of mounted the pavement In order to hit them you have to be cutting the kerb quite significantly. For this reason I have very little sympathy, especially in Adys Rd where there are 3 primary schools within 250m of that junction. herne hilly Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > i started reading this and thought the same as > someone previously, how lovely everyone was being, > but then everyone went straight to pre judging the > poor driver. I hope she is ok, as it must have > been quite frightening. If you can't make a left hand turn without cutting across the pavement you should: a) wait until the junction is clear b) get a vehicle with proper visibility c) stop driving. The fact that the driver didn't see a bollard shows they didn't see the curb either. Would you have as much sympathy if they hadn't seen a small child? I'm a driver too, but I recognise that driving a couple of tons of metal around crowded streets is a privilege not a right.

We pay ?10 an hour, but we have two weeknights of babysitting included already.

Give Rear Facing Toddlers a ring (http://www.rearfacingtoddlers.com/, 0775 2253499). Margaret is super knowledgeable and has a number of kids herself so she's faced the multiple seat conundrum. She came out to us with a bunch of different seats to try in our car (and with our son). I'm sure she'd be able to work out a combination that will fit in your BMW.

rollflick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Unfortunately while the proposals > were also rejected by a resounding 2/3 of people > who responded, they were quietly rubber stamped > days before the council shut down for the May > elections. Has this been published somewhere? I thought that the consultation hadn't been responded to formally and no decision had been made?

It happens by us all the time. The driver cuts the corner and the raised chassis of the SUV lets the wheel drive straight up the bell bollard. Usually it gets jammed in the wheel arch so I guess the driver was going pretty quickly to get so far along. Prosecutions for driving without due care and attention would be in order, if you can't spot a bollard you wouldn't spot a child waiting to cross the road either.

Both our neighbours sold with Gareth James last year. The got above asking price and very rapid offers (within a week I think). Apparently they were negotiable on fees too. We sold our last place through KFH in Crystal Palace and bought through KFH ED, both we?re fine if unspectacular.

We went to Daniel Tweedie (http://www.danieltweedie.com/) at Parkside in Wimbledon (although he also sees children elsewhere). Absolutely brilliant doctor and well worth seeing him.

We just take ours with us. We have a massive padded/armoured bag (Clek Weelee) it fits in and check it in with our luggage. Pretty much every airline (even easyjet and ryanair) lets you check a car seat and pushchair for free. We do have a mifold booster as well, but this is really only for short taxi journeys; it's better than nothing but it's nowhere near as good as a proper seat/high sided booster. For a holiday where we have a hire car we're happier to have our usual car seat.

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Worth checking on the DVLA website for VED and > MOT, if it has neither you can get it towed - > sounds like a dumper. Unfortunately there are a lot of "dumped" vehicles that are still taxed and MoT'd. I presume they're very occasionally used vehicles that take advantage of the free parking in East Dulwich to avoid parking pressure/charges elsewhere. We've had a couple of panel vans and campers dumped/stored near us, but still taxed and MoT'd. When the council finally put notices on them they we're simply moved to an adjacent street and left there instead. I suspect some of the campers are being lived in, but it's hard to monitor.