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Yes, saw it on Sunday and both 6 and 3 year olds enjoyed it! The snake is very funny...!

We moved from ED to between crofton park and ladywell (trains into Waterloo east and Cannon Street which is very handy) last year and are very happy! We had friends in this area and wanted to be able to cycle into work still, so Sydenham seemed a little too far for us but I'd be tempted to go for more space if that wasn't a consideration!

Simon turgose at the vale practice is amazing with babies. Took both mine and still go for regular treatments myself!

Simon turgoose at the Vale practice is also excellent with little ones. Have taken both my children to see him post birth and then for sessions as toddlers for other issues. I also see him regularly myself. He's amazing.

We've been going to gymnastics at fairlawn since it started in September and the class at 1pm (preschool for 4 to 5 years) has got much bigger. I'd say around 15/20 children but they split into smaller groups and take it in turns on different activities. There doesn't seem to be too much waiting around and they do warm up and cool down all together. My son loves it!

Top floor flat, young bloke and windows wide open whatever the weather?! Ive noticed it as I passed by. Very annoying if its all the time...

We get at least a couple of bumps to the head texts a week! This week we had a variation on the theme with a knock on the chin text! His legs are black and Blue too! My son is in a reception year of 90 but they do go into the KS1 playground if they want to and I think overcrowding can be an issue. I asked the teachers if it was normal to get so many injuries and she said the boys do play rough so I've been trying to encourage sensible play away from the bigger children. ..

We've had a couple of kebabs from there and they were great! Shame about the giant 'turd lollypop' sign that theyve had installed outside!

So our saga continues! The council maintenance team agreed that the water tanks in our loft were redundant and difficult to maintain and we agreed to pay half the estimated bill of over ?1000 to have them removed. It took just over 4 hours to do this yesterday. Expensive but a means to an end to then be able to purchase the loft space. As soon as the workmen left we had an email from Southwark saying that they have changed their policy and due to estate management system difficulties (even though we are a street property), they have decided not to sell any more loft spaces! Unbelievable when we had been led to believe that this was the way through. Is anyone else attempting this at the moment or managed it recently? The team dealing with it claim they haven't sold a loft space for ages and ages.

For us I had to go down to one feed a day before I fell pregnant again. By that time my son was 21 months. I carried on feeding at bedtime for another few months (ouchie!) Until he self weaned just around 25 months. Currently feeding baby girl who's 19 months about 5/6 times a day so I don't think there's any danger of a baby #3 for us yet!

We were in a very similar position and almost moved in a panic to try and get closer to a school catchment. In the end we did just get in to goodrich so I'm very glad we didn't manage it (our flat didn't sell in time). I think each year is very different and with Harris next year the distances will be changing again. I'd be tempted to sit tight unless there are other reasons you want to move. Harris was our back up and by 2015 they'll be moving into their brand new school!

Mr ben, our downstairs neighbour is a council tenant so no way to buy freehold Unfortunately. Peterpepper - can I ask whether you had any issues around water tanks and also roughly how long the process took please?

My son has been in goodrich nursery this year and we've been really impressed at how much he's developed. The nursery staff are very caring and he's really enjoyed it. It's nicely separated from the main school too. One thing about school nurseries is the short session times - some private nurseries do the 15 hours over two full days which might suit you better. Also in his class there are 24 children which he found quite hard to begin with, but has hopefully prepared him well for starting reception in Sept!

How are others getting on with this? We finally heard back from the council today and it's a big fat 'no' with no way to challenge or negotiate apparently... I'm wondering how many people have managed to get through the process.

Well, we have thought very long and hard this weekend and have decided to accept our place at Goodrich over Harris. I'm still sad that we will be missing out on a fabulous opportunity for our child to be part of something quite special and new but for us the logistics of getting to the permanent site when it moves and then onto work will be much trickier for us than Goodrich which is just around the corner. As we're right on the furthest distance, any other year and I don't think we would have got a place at Goodrich this early on, so we are grateful for that. And I'm not concerned about the criticism of the Head - I'll be able to form my own opinion come September I guess! Good luck to everyone who has decided to go for Harris, I'm sure all our children will be happy and settled at good schools by this time next year.

We are in the same lucky position of deciding between harris and goodrich where my son is in nursery (initially we weren't offered any of our 6 preferences but were top of the waiting list and were offered (and as you say automatically accepted as it was our first preference) goodrich the following day. But having met the head of Harris and really liking his attitude I am concerned that I have less of a feel for goodrich, despite going there everyday! I also worry that such a big school might struggle to really respond to pupils as individuals. Any parents happy to share their views would be appreciated!

I emailed Southwark today to find out where we were on the waiting list for our first choice school and they emailed straight back to say that we should have been offered a place there as we are first on the list and another family pulled out a few weeks ago. ..! Slightly confused. Also wondering if we would have known if I hadn't queried! So do check!!

We got St Mary magdalen too and had never heard of it. Certainly didn't visit it along with all others just beyond the nearest 6. The ofsted report from 2009 says it's outstanding but can't find more up to date information. Think we'll probably still go with Harris as it's nearer to us (for now).

Thanks Caroline s, that's good to know. We are happy with the Harris place and think it's a great opportunity for our son to go to a very small school where we can have lots of input. I was just worrying that we had been done over by the system!

Mrs c - we didn't get any of our 6 (nearest) choices either. But we do have a place at the new free school also. I have to say though that I am surprised at some of our friends who have got into our/their first choice school when we didn't. I wonder if Southwark didn't bother trying with the people who they knew would have a Harris place. The letters do make a fuss about all of the reciprocal arrangements. ..

We are just starting this process and also hoping that it won't cost ?30k! Considering it's not worth anything to anyone else it seems a bit much. We had the inspection man from the council around last week and his comment was along the lines of it not being possible as the council would need to access the shared water tank in our loft, which is a bit ridiculous as they have to do that at the moment anyway (and we would be making it accessible so that it could be maintained - as it's not been looked at in 5 years). I'm not feeling hopeful and with house prices as they are, moving isn't an option!

The yellow and blue shop is owned by the Seamaster people and last I heard they were considering an american diner for that space...

I did!! It was definitely beneficial for me - much more energy and milk and loads more emotionally stable! The lady that did mine is a local doula - Jesusa Ricoy: http://placentanetwork.com/specialist/jesusa-ricoy-olariaga/ She was brilliant (got my capsules about 48 hours after giving birth) and I would definitely recommend her.

I'd be up for a class too depending on cost. I was referred to physio at ED Hospital after my GP noticed a large gap post baby #2 (second C-section) and had 3 sessions to mobilise my lower back which left me in agony so I stopped going!! I wasn't impressed with the physio team there although I do still have the exercise sheet... and the belly! It felt like they just wanted to get rid of me as soon as possible, but my friend with the same problem opted for Kings and was referred to a specialist pilates class to address the issue.

I was a member of the Friends group too - we had a open day last June at COC to recruit new members but one of the 'key' or 'original' members was unable to meet until after the Olympics had finished and by then it sort of died a death(if you'll excuse the pun!) and no follow up meeting was held. Avril Kirby (or Kirkby) is the Cemetery Manager and was keen for the group to get going but it seemed hard to keep up the momentum...