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Re: Perfume for a teenager?

Hi OP You sont say if she loves near you or i dont know if it would be possible, but the best gift of all is time - quality time. Perfumes and scents are so personal, and bring so much emotions , than perhaps you should take this opportunity to spend the day/half day with her so she can choose her ...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: Perfume for a teenager?
Replies: 7
by sid_seal
Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:00 am

Re: Christening format advice needed please

Hi, Christening should be about welcoming a baby into their community, so I'm afraid I agree with your siblings that not having other children would be strange. It's not the long ceremony and long reception of a wedding, so most children should be fine and would probably love to be involved in the c...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: Christening format advice needed please
Replies: 3
by sid_seal
Fri Feb 23, 2024 9:14 am

Re: Paying a nanny in cash?

Agree with the above. It's tough as everybody is stretched, but you shouldn't accept to pay cash in hand. When we were looking for a nanny we arranged for one of us to start working very early and get back early two days a week, so the nanny wouldn't do full hours on those days.  It worked for us, a...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: Paying a nanny in cash?
Replies: 9
by sid_seal
Fri Feb 09, 2024 6:21 pm

Re: Would you pave over your whole garden?

I would save the money, treat the decking to make it less slippery and maybe get a gardener to improve the drainage in the lawn. We have a part paved, part lawn garden and the paved area gets really hot in the Summer, so paving the whole of your garden would turn it into a giant baking stone. Plus, ...
Forum: Homes & Garden
Topic: Would you pave over your whole garden?
Replies: 4
by sid_seal
Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:20 pm

Re: Open day etiquette - advice please

Oh yes, I forgot: you need to book also for state schools.
Forum: Schools
Topic: Open day etiquette - advice please
Replies: 4
by sid_seal
Wed Nov 01, 2023 4:27 pm

Re: Open day etiquette - advice please

They are for parents AND children, and I have seen parents with and without children at open days. Your child has to be part of the decision process, so if you don't want them to attend every single one, at least narrow it down to the most likely/most appealing and take them to those. Also, somethin...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Open day etiquette - advice please
Replies: 4
by sid_seal
Wed Nov 01, 2023 4:18 pm

Re: Stay BTC or move to Telford Park

I live quite close to Telford Park and often walk/run/cycle through it. It's a lovely area, and you would definitely get more for your money than BTC. Many houses from the 1920s-30s, which are more spacious than the traditional Victorian ones, and bigger gardens. You wouldn't have Northcote Road, bu...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Stay BTC or move to Telford Park
Replies: 3
by sid_seal
Sat Oct 14, 2023 3:29 pm

Re: Advanced swimming classes (not squad training)

Thank you Swim Dad! Hi Falconmum - I don’t know if your child did formal Stages or not; anyway, both Balham and Tooting have classes for all stages (including the advanced 8-10) in groups of up to 10 children. My son tried it last week, and he was much happier - nothing to do with the group of 30 he...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: Advanced swimming classes (not squad training)
Replies: 6
by sid_seal
Mon Aug 21, 2023 6:12 pm

Re: Is fake grass non eco friendly?

Please don’t do it, fashionable or not. It’s eco-unfriendly for a huge number of reasons:  - the production process - it’s plastic and it isn’t even recyclable.  - it kills the wildlife - absence of worms and critters keeps away birds as well. - it overheats in the summer, so it may need watering to...
Forum: Homes & Garden
Topic: Is fake grass non eco friendly?
Replies: 3
by sid_seal
Wed Aug 16, 2023 9:06 pm

Re: Budding violinist

Very strongly suggest you contact Wandsworth Music - they are an amazing organisation that cater for every ability, up to students winning scholarships to the London Music Academies. Second that - great, inclusive organisation with ties to lots of local schools. And they offer instrument hire, whic...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: Budding violinist
Replies: 7
by sid_seal
Sat Aug 12, 2023 7:38 pm

Re: Advanced swimming classes (not squad training)

Thank you Goldhawk - that would have been good but unfortunately he's too old!
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: Advanced swimming classes (not squad training)
Replies: 6
by sid_seal
Sat Aug 12, 2023 5:41 pm

Advanced swimming classes (not squad training)

Hello, My pre-teen has been attending swimming classes at Active Lambeth centres for a few years, and last spring he has been “promoted” to the advanced course. Active Lambeth (and Better before them) do not use the standard Swim England stages, but having had a look at the competencies he is probab...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: Advanced swimming classes (not squad training)
Replies: 6
by sid_seal
Fri Aug 11, 2023 3:39 pm

Re: bike storage allocation

Hello, This may be helpful: https://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/bikehangars Re waiting times, I had been on a waiting list for probably around a year and a half when I was offered one - literally weeks before I moved home, so I had to decline! However, that was over a year ago, when the bike hangars were ...
Forum: Homes & Garden
Topic: bike storage allocation
Replies: 1
by sid_seal
Fri Jun 23, 2023 4:57 pm

Re: Lambeth Council’s fortnightly bin collection survey

Well, the whole point is to encourage us to recycle more. If we all used our recycling bins and food waste bins appropriately, I do believe that a typical household won't need weekly general waste collection. my family very rarely uses more than half a bin, and, judging from the fact that their blac...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Lambeth Council’s fortnightly bin collection survey
Replies: 4
by sid_seal
Tue Jun 06, 2023 2:48 pm

Re: Been asked to have my nephew live with us whilst he goes to art school, help!

Was this discussed with you before your nephew applied? If not, you should feel no pressure to agree and they shouldn't just have assumed that you'd be happy with the arrangement. If yes, the situation is trickier - you don't mention their financial situation, but living in London is expensive even ...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Been asked to have my nephew live with us whilst he goes to art school, help!
Replies: 10
by sid_seal
Fri May 26, 2023 9:48 am