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The swimming lessons at JAGS Sportsclub are very popular, and the gym there might meet your needs. Southwark took over running its leisure centres from everyone active a while back and so far seems to be making a real mess of things. There’s lots of private gyms and other council ones in Lewisham and Lambeth so depending on exactly where you’re going to be you can look at those. JAGS and Dulwich College both have sports clubs with nice facilities, but you can’t use them during the school day. Check their sites for details. 

It’s been closed for several months, I think.

The teaching at JAGS is very good.

Is this one to ones she’s having? Or classes?

if it’s classes ….

With classes bear in mind that they all follow the same Swim England 7 stage curriculum.

Your child might find weeks 1 to 4 of any given term easy, or get there a bit faster than the rest of the class. Then when the class moves on to weeks 5 to 8 (for example) she will find she is back in line with the others because they”ve all got to the same level again. She might then actually find the next stage more challenging than some of the others and take a bit longer to get there. We”re all good at different things. But again, the teacher will get the whole class to a point where they can do all the specific things listed out in the curriculum before they can move onto the next stage, as a class. Swim progress isn’t just a linear progression.

Meanwhile, with classes as well as learning to swim, she’s also getting routine, consistency and, hopefully, developing some swim friendships. You might move her out of Cindy”s only to find that you’re back where you started a term or two later, just in a different pool.

If you think the teaching at Cindy”s has been good (and I don’t know, but I hear it is) then I’d recommend you stick with it. They’ll get her there, and the rest of her class there, and it’s unlikely that anyone in a different class will move her on any faster. It’s hard to move a child up mid term because there isn’t the space to. At least not in London, where all of the classes are full all of the time.

If it’s one to one’s …

Have a chat with the teacher. Explain that you think she’s ready for something more challenging and the teacher will explain what’s going on. Maybe there is one very specific thing they’re working on. And once that’s cracked she can move on to the next bit, but skipping it would be a false economy. Chat to them. Agree a plan.

I don’t think it is. It’s certainly is not possible to come from the gym to the pool via the wet side changing without coming back through reception and through the wet change gates. You could get to the pool from dry change but the lifeguards would know you hadn’t come from wet change.

Better do a swim only membership for £40 / month and you can use that at Vauxhall and Forrest Hill.

I use it and mainly swim at St Pancras but it’s also valid for The Oasis in Covent Garden and any other Better nationally, not just in London.

The pool at East Dulwich doesn’t work for people who want to swim for fitness. It’s boiling hot, doesn’t have a deep end and they don’t manage the lanes very well. Peckham Pulse by contrast has problems with the heating and is often freezing. Camberwell is better but seems very chlorinated.

all in I have given up swimming with Southwark, so far for me my £40 swim only at Better is, well, better.

Norovirus is rife, apparently.

It’s only him and his son. They don’t come in every day.  It still there and genuinely helpful. Give him a tinkle before you set off. 07708 875252 I think. 

Our water bill is a small fraction of what is was pre-meter.

Strongly support renationalisation. 

Had mine swiped out of my hand by a passing uber food cyclist. Stand well back from the road if using your phone. Very easy for a passing cyclist to snatch it and be off. 

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02724-0/fulltext

On 23/12/2024 at 23:24, Jellybeanz said:

Apple may offer something for returning it as I think they sometimes re-use parts/metal within?

They do. They won’t give you as much as Shoreditch repairs. 

Take it to Shoreditch Repairs https://www.shoreditchrepairs.co.uk

Call them first. They’ll either buy it for the parts they can salvage, or they’ll tell you how best to recycle it.

2 hours ago, Dogkennelhillbilly said:

Pharmacists are highly trained healthcare providers and antibiotic resistance is well within their area of expertise. Let's not assume they're "handing out" anything.

I think the feedback from Drs in the past is that they have felt under a lot of pressure to prescribe antibiotics even when it’s pretty certain that the patient has a virus. My own family members have been prescribed antibiotics in cases like that - not in ED tho.

However I am reassured by your kind explanation that pharmacists are highly trained and that antibiotic resistance is well within their area of expertise.

Anyway, i assume this new approach to antibiotics was all very carefully thought through, widely consulted upon, and any unintended consequences carefully considered. I assume they looked at all the relevant data like whether antibiotics resistance is rising faster in markets where access is easier. And so on.

I assume.

Though as you suggest, we shouldn’t just assume things.

Given the problems we have with growing antibiotic resistance, it seems silly to now allow pharmacies to hand them out for a ‘sore throat’. 

As far as I know all antibiotics are prescription only medicines in the uk. You must see a Dr to be prescribed antibiotics.  

On 12/09/2024 at 07:22, KalamityKel said:

I'm a little confused to as why it's the end of the club.  Is it not possible to explore other venues?  Has this been explored? I'd have assumed this would have been one of the first things to look at as soon as notice was given rather put all eggs into one carton.

Apologies if I have missed this somewhere in the thread...

There’s no spare pool capacity. It was tight before the closure of the 50m pool at CP. it’s now impossible to find pool space to run a club in SE London.

https://uk.gomotionapp.com/team/lrdudl/page/about-us/contacts1
 

If you need something specific, you can DM me, if I can’t help, I can connect you to the right person who can.

On 12/08/2024 at 20:16, Bekacs said:

I've heard it is not looking positive with respect to TigerSharks future at Alleyns.
Does anyone know any other clubs in the area suitable for teenagers who do not want to swim competitively but still would like structured sessions and to improve?

You could try https://sjsc.org.uk which swims once per week at Aleyn's (well, it used to ... who knows nowadays) and it's a non-competitive club for all abilities, kids of all ages orientated and their adults are welcome top swim with them. It's once per week and more fun than training, but it is coached and indeed coached to a very high standard.

Another alternative might be Brockwell Swimmers who also swim at Allen's (and elsewhere including the lido as the name suggests). Their sessions are much more in line with Tigersharks, but I don't know if they accept U18s. https://www.brockwellswimmers.com

Meanwhile, I really hope Tigersharks get something sorted out.

Budapest is lovely. There’s lots of great bars and food courts and restaurants. The baths are an experience. Lots to see and do to fill a weekend. Not expensive.

Does anyone know …

- is it just Tigersharks or are St James’s, Brockwell and SLSC, and Dulwich Dolphins, and Dc polo etc also being told to leave?

- is it all the tigersharks sessions or specific ones?

I’m no fan of Alleyn’s. But they do seem to be assumed guilty here, without all the facts available. 

Are their plans up on the Southwark Planning Portal?

https://planning.southwark.gov.uk/online-applications/

This should show exactly what they are planning to do.

Permitted development doesn't apply to flats. To build an extension to a flat you must apply for planning permission.

https://www.planningportal.co.uk/permission/common-projects/flats-and-maisonettes/extending-ground-floor-flat

Therefore the plans should be there.

On 09/04/2024 at 15:34, Linda Blackmore said:

Hello all, I'll be moving to SE22 soon and wondered if there is a better / faster broadband service with good customer service any of you would recommend, please?

Plusnet is very good. Very reliable, fast and apparently good customer service - but tbh I have never had to use it. 

On 06/02/2024 at 11:53, Sue said:

Out of interest, why Memsaab?

I’ve found the food there the best (for us) of the local Indian offerings. I appreciate others may disagree etc. all the sauces are made off separate bases and they have nice little flavour touches - fresh herbs, whole spices etc. 

This is basically Gymkhana, transplanted into East Dulwich.

Food is superb. Wine list is fair. Cocktails lovely. Atmosphere buzzy.

Popadoms, 3  starters, 2 mains, 1 pilau rice, a pershwari naan and some potatoes. 2 cocktails, 2 wine. £136, incl service.

So it isn’t cheap, but for the quality of the food and drinks I would say it’s pretty good value.

We will be back! (But it won’t replace Memsaab as our go to curry house). It’s a very different proposition to the tandooris on the high street. And a very welcome addition to the neighbourhood, in my book.

From memory the pavement in from of the shops and restaurants on the east side of LL is actually owned by the leaseholders and Southwark are not responsible for it. Or not for the majority of it. Thus coordination of any repair etc is very hard. 
 

The pavement is very  uneven and puddles have been a problem for years when it rains. I’ve been here 15 years. And it was always an issue.

the leaves - they used to get swept up but there’s no money for that now. Personally I’d rather see them spend money on maintaining and cleaning the pavements instead of traffic consultations. I once suggested - when they were canvassing for ideas - that the cleaner greener safer fund could be directed towards keeping the pavements clear and safe but it was carefully explained to me that that isn’t what the fund is for!!!

write to whoever you like. Good luck. And I mean that!

Thank you. I am resident. If it's only 90p / swim then I'm good to go.

If it's £5.50, I can't afford it.

I'll find out which it is and report back in case anyone else is interested.

Shame they can't just put the information on the website. Still, the exercise going down there will do me good ;-)