Blueskies

Hello We are expecting number two in mid march, and will have a 19 month age gap! Eek! Will be nice to meet some other mums and get some tips on how to manage two close together in age xx

Those screen shots are concerning. Of course there are more vehicles and pedestrians on forest hill road meaning there is always likely to be more incidents but the sheer number is very stark. I will again email lewisham and southwark councillors and mps to ask for action. Hopefully I will actually get a response this time! I think a petition is a good idea if there is a strength of opinion locally, as i suspect there is. An online petition through change.org or similar perhaps? If it is to be done properly would need quite a bit of local coordination to get people to sign up. The petition itself Would need careful framing since southwark will probably just say that they are planning on doing traffic calming measures (there was a recent consultation) - but these seem inadequate in my opinion.

To my mind forest hill road is more in need of traffic calming measures, can't see much happening there though.. My letters to southwark and lewisham have gone unanswered.

I have recently moved to the area and have found Forest Hill Road to be a badly managed section of road. This recent crash makes me even more concerned. There seems to have been little forethought about the needs of pedestrians, with no pedestrian crossings. Also, where wood vale meets Forest hill rd, there is no green man crossing at the traffic lights there. The road layout encourages excessive speed, which when combined with a lack of crossings, could lead to a serious accident. As someone else pointed out, at peak rush hour, where Brenchley Gardens meets Foest Hill road, the junction seems very chaotic. A further bugbear of mine is that at the entrance to the wood vale estate (opp brenchley gardens) there is no dropped curb, and the curb is high, meaning it's difficult for anyone with a buggy (and I would have thought impossible in a wheelchair) to continue along that section of pavement. I'm going to write to both Lewisham and Southwark about this (not clear who's responsibility this actually is and perhaps this is part of the problem?) - if lots of us do the same maybe the councillors will finally act. (we can but hope!) It would also be good for one of the local councillors to respond to this thread, too, since it is clearly an issue which quite a few people have concerns about.

Hi kam1 Thanks for your thoughts. I got a good impression when I looked around although the rooms did seem quite small for the number of children. Garden was great though. Thanks again

Hi there I just wondered if anyone out there has any experience of this nursery? Very grateful for any thoughts especially on the baby room. Thank you very much

Hi, is it a drop in class (ie no need to book a set of classes?) thanks!

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