Council screwed them with the new opening hours after they cut the regular hours. One o' clock club hours are now 12-3 so when most 1-2year olds are asleep. And when many parents want to go home for lunch. I liked using it because it was the only thing open in the afternoon after nap time, all stay and plays being in the morning, but now it's closing as we're ready to go out. Many feel the council did this on purpose so they could then turn around and say look no one's using it. Did I say bastard cunts yet?
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Council screwed them with the new opening hours after they cut the regular hours. One o' clock club hours are now 12-3 so when most 1-2year olds are asleep. And when many parents want to go home for lunch. I liked using it because it was the only thing open in the afternoon after nap time, all stay and plays being in the morning, but now it's closing as we're ready to go out. Many feel the council did this on purpose so they could then turn around and say look no one's using it. Did I say bastard cunts yet?
snowy_again
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Well the consultation doesn't suggest that it's closing - they're just - in their language - devolving responsibility of the service, which they are putting out to tender, and passing on the lease to the community.
I actually winced several times writing that sentence. However the consultation publicity has been appalling, lots of parents and local education providers weren't aware of it happening. The letters to parents, governors and teachers didn't seem to go out at all, and posters advertising it are not exactly easy to find. The timetable to tender and to negotiate the lease is also too short.
I actually winced several times writing that sentence. However the consultation publicity has been appalling, lots of parents and local education providers weren't aware of it happening. The letters to parents, governors and teachers didn't seem to go out at all, and posters advertising it are not exactly easy to find. The timetable to tender and to negotiate the lease is also too short.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
Have you, or anyone else written to them about this?
Big Society then. Going exactly as predicted. Open the wrong hours don't give people a chance to get proposals together then shut it because there is insufficient interest.
I tried to write to them. It was almost impossible to find out who I needed to talk to. I eventually chanced upon the seemingly right people through a work email. When I emailed them they told me they were not dealing with new hours but only wanting to hear from groups who might want to use the space. All the people who work in the clubs had already told them the new hours wouldn't be good.
snowy_again
Slush
And there's the rub. To make it work to meet the needs of parents and children you need to involve them in deciding what and when to offer. But the length of engagement of the adults tends to be limited according to how long they acces stuff offered there. Perhaps it's worth it's own thread.
Actually I am quite interested in how to access Lambeth, if anyone can give me tips. There are other things I want to write to them about that concern under 5s. My OH, who works for another council, said write to their director of education, but they don't have one. So I never know who to write to.
colacubes
Mr Hot Cookie
Write to Pete Robbins - he's the cabinet member with responsibility for education. Details on this page:
http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/services/councildemocracy/electedrepresentatives/cabinet.htm
ajdown
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Does anyone know anything about what the pub on the corner of Electric Lane and Coldharbour Lane (next to Satay bar) is supposed to be now? There seemed to be some sort of 'grand opening' yesterday, something about it being a 'retro market space' or similar, and there were some cold looking hipsters outside with a table full of jars of sweets as we went past.
colacubes
Mr Hot Cookie
It's the Living Bar. There are threads ad infinitum on it here, but basically it closed down a few years back, became a fish shop for a few years, and reopened again last year. The thing yesterday was a Saturday vintage market which they've been having there once a month or so since well before Christmas. The reason it probably looks new is it's just been painted again. How long it will actually last is a different matter as it seems to have been very quiet recently, especially at the weekends.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Got the same bloke working in there who worked for the much loathed Merrett brothers, I've seen him going in with carrier bags of drink bought over the road when they were having a club night. Well, what looked to me like a wing, prayer, elastic band and cobbled together on the very cheap sort of club night.
TruXta
tired
Found them in Poundland for a quid. If it works it's a bloody bargain.
Awesome idea!
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Matey in the tiny arch by the station still seems pretty set on Christmas carols as his lead marketing stratgeyThe CD stall in the market was having it's very own Whitney Houston tribute by playing I will always love you on repeat this morningAny other song would be ok, just not that. After half an hour of that I was very glad to leave for work
I wondered if the confined space is getting to him.
colacubes
Mr Hot Cookie
Matey in the tiny arch by the station still seems pretty set on Christmas carols as his lead marketing stratgey
He *loves* Christmas Carols. I think he started playing them in about July last year. Was impressive he'd started marketing them before the supermarkets had got their Christmas puds out
That's the Thai place, I want to know about the Japanese place next to Cornercopia.
Thaw
Aye like, so it is.
I do feel sorry for them, they must be losing money. And it looks really nice in there but somehow we never feel like going there. If they were in BV, they'd be doing great.
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