legalalien

We took our own and printed them out for the UK passport - beware, though, if you're applying for a passport from another country -- they're generally fussier (the Australian passport office in particular is renowned for rejecting photos - v pleased with myself as I just got my son's renewal passport photos past them today!)

Hooray - what looked to be a new ticket machine at North Dulwich today!

Hi Barry, Just wanted to say how helpful one of your staff at Peckham Rye was last week when my desperate-to-go-to-the-loo 4 year old son and I got off the train and asked whether there was a toilet we could use urgently! She walked us to the ones on the opposite platforms quick smart and without any rolling of eyes / I really don't want to do this attitude. which was nice. Didn't get her name but she had blonde hair in a ponytail and was quite pretty!

There's a note on the MBG Funhouse site saying that donations of clothes are always welcome,may be worth dropping them a mail? http://www.mbgfunhouse.co.uk/

I've also had some bad experiences, but it's a lot better than when we lived in Brockley (was once refused a lift at 11pm when 8 months pregnant - great.). We find that asking for "Dulwich Village" rather than "Dulwich" seems to help a bit (random I know, given that the prime consideration would be distance / ability to get a fare back, as noted above). But re the "no tip" annotation on the receipt, some city firms ask for this sort of statement as confirmation that expenses being claimed don't include a tip amount (I have worked for firms whose policy is not to reimburse any tip component of the fare)

I agree that some of the local private schools - especially for girls - seem, anecdotally at least, to be a bit scary. Without commenting on the core issue -of educational standards - I would say that you can probably discount the issue of whether you are the "right kind of parent". My son is in the nursery department of a boys' independent school and this was something I was completely paranoid about it before he started (while both DH and I have professional jobs we were both state educated and from the wrong side of the tracks, in my case at least). The vast majority of parents have not been at all snobby / obsessed with their children's progress etc etc - sure there are a few, but there a few everywhere. Also I don't agree that the skewed view of society is entirely inevitable. Preventing that is something I take quite seriously :) Good luck with your choice. Surely having a look around can't hurt?