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A friend had both her kids at Little Tree and they loved it. Have no experience of Bright Horizons, but I enquired about their fees before they opened and the cost is (even more) extortionate (than most). Our son goes to the Finsbury Park Asquith an…
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Do John Jones have anything to do with the development at this stage? I thought they sold the land the student accommodation is being built on? Whether you agree with that decision or not is another matter, but complaints should go to Watkin Jones o…
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I'm assuming JoeV might be referring to your use of the word rape. If so, he's not the only one finding it offensive to use the word as a metaphor. Call me overly sensitive if you want.Edited: I see it took me so long to write this that JoeV has rep…
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Am definitely be up for a couple of litres (or more).
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No idea about bomb shelters but, whether deliberately or not, Finsbury Park was bombed quite a few times: http://bombsight.org/?#15/51.5701/-0.0935 And here's a (short) witness account from someone who lived on Isledon Road.
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Another endorsement here. We ordered a takeaway at the weekend and it was all very tasty. I particularly enjoyed the zimbu daal, momo and duck curry.
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Did anyone else watch the first episode of the BBC Crossrail documentary? Would highly recommend it if you're, well, a train geek. Those tunnel boring machines are pretty damn impressive!
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Thanks @Tordie for that link! I've just managed to book the last place on a beginners' cycling course this weekend. I'm one of those rare people who did actually forget how to ride a bike. Would love to eventually be able to commute to work by bike …
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Thought I'd bring this back to the top of the forum as the Finsbury Park event starts tomorrow. There's a bit more information here, the bus parades are at 2pm on Saturday and 12 and 2pm on Sunday. Am very much looking forward to this (and the look…
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Pretty sure you can't barbecue in any Haringey open spaces (like most boroughs in London). However, as Roy said, Islington has lifted its blanket ban on barbecues, so there are several nearby options there.
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I could swear I walked past a place doing just that in one of the streets off Oxford Street (Soho side, so around Poland, Wardour St etc), but like Detritus I can't remember exactly where. If I head that way over the next few days I'll have a look.
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It was lovely to meet you all last night. Thanks for being so welcoming of someone who's only posted a handful of times. Very kind of the WB Yeats' landlord to offer us that food as well. I'd definitely be heading there for food if the Tufo team tak…
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This might be of use to those of you with little ones:http://www.ollyolly.co.uk/A new website listing baby and toddler activities in London (or at least that's the plan eventually, only Islington and Hackney at the moment). You just put in your post…
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Assuming some people will still be around at 8pm, I'll try and come along as well.
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@Misscara, I definitely see how it could be a problem with more than two kids, and yes you have to take the neighbours into consideration. I grew up in an apartment building, and noise insulation was better than in the Victorian conversions you get …
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What's the point in three coming along at once if you've had to wait 15 minutes for them to show up? I know this only applies to the people at the front of the queue and the ones at the end won't have been waiting as long and will be happy to get a …
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Like @JoeV, I grew up in a small space. We lived in a one-bed flat and my parents slept in the living room until I was 12. It never occurred to me that it would be better to live in a house with a garden. I loved growing up where I did, never felt l…
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Heh, ok then, make it 12 rather than 7 from the bottom if the hill. But once you factor in the bus stopping at every stop, letting a load of people on, usually getting stuck at the red light on Stapleton Hall Road and then traffic on Stroud Green Ro…
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We've recently moved to N4 with a one-year-old and have no plans to move for the next few decades, which means he'll go to local (non-religous, non-private) schools and I never would have considered anything else or worried about it. I suppose if al…
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I used to live right at the bottom of the Hornsey side of that hill, and if the timer said anything more than 7 minutes or so it really wasn't worth waiting, as you'd be at the tube station before the bus if you walked. I'd be lazy on occasion if th…
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Just read your blog post about it, it sounds good indeed. Wish I'd known about it before being back at work!
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Thirded. Significantly cheaper than the same cheese costs at La Fromagerie as well, if I'm not mistaken. I look forward to trying the raclette tonight.
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Thanks for the info @Arkady. As for the old building, I walked past Goodwin Street yesterday and it (or part of it at least, I don't know what size it used to be) is still there.
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@Misscara Oh, I love the Isokon. Would like to have a look inside. A friend did it by going to view a flat for sale there, but I would feel guilty about pretending to be looking to buy. For all the modernism (and other modern architecture) lovers ou…
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@Misscara, you can often visit Highpoint during Open House weekends. Well worth a visit, if you haven't done so already. It's usually pre-book only, so you need to be online the minute those become available as they're gone in a flash. I went past t…
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Am really loving the look of the new building. It has character and looks like it will age well. I feel more ambivalent about more student housing, what with the huge (and rather unattractive) new building already on Isledon Road. I can see how brin…
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Nice to see there are so many other Stroud Green scientists! I'm a molecular biologist. As for a science on tv being dumbed down, I do think it is usually necessary to simplify things a lot if you want to keep people with no knowledge whatsoever of …
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Agree about the cheeses, I've tried the St Felicien and it was really good. The woman behind the counter says they're planning to have a larger selection and are happy to take suggestions if you've any favourites you'd like them to stock. It's not…
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Not quite making me feel like I live in a village, but it was both lovely and unexpected to find out weeks after moving in that a) we now live on a street that has a yearly neighbours' Christmas drinks party, b) to be invited to said party having ne…