Tag Archives: East London

London Fields and Hackney City Farm

Posted on July 6, 2014 by katese11

I’m writing this after a weekend of torrential downpours and intermittent drizzle, (though apparently quite localised because we got some funny looks turning up to church in wellies and coats). If you too have experienced the July showers you may … Continue reading →

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Friday I’m In…formative

Posted on July 4, 2014 by katese11

Hello lovely readers and a quick post to let you know about some things. User-ful things, as Reuben would say. Firstly, there’s only a few more hours left to enter the Octonauts Live! giveaway…I’m really excited about the whole thing … Continue reading →

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Some Exciting Things Happening This Week

Posted on June 24, 2014 by katese11

You heard that right – there are some exciting things happening this week. It’s late and I’m tired, so forgive me if I skim.. Firstly, the City of London Festival started this week and is running till 17th July. There’s … Continue reading →

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The Rabbit Hole – 18/06/14

Posted on June 19, 2014 by katese11

I’ve had my eye on the Rabbit Hole for a few weeks now.  A play cafe opening in East London. .. It needed to be investigated. It was a bit tricky organising people to go with me and the sunshine … Continue reading →

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“A Night at the Pictures” at Wood Street Indoor Market

Posted on May 30, 2014 by katese11

Walthamstow is full of surprises. There’s an evening disco for ageing indie kids, an Acoustic Massive that apparently accepts any old blogger and now there’s a haddock-slapping theatre company who want to entertain you in an old cinema. The show … Continue reading →

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Some More Random Parks…(Mostly in East London)

Posted on May 28, 2014 by katese11

I’ll admit we haven’t been up to much lately – I’m still recovering a bit from the epic LWAT 300 weekend, where we hit almost every E postcode in the matter of a few days. Just thinking about it makes … Continue reading →

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Big Fish Little Fish in Hackney – 18/05/14

Posted on May 19, 2014 by katese11

  Hands in the air! It’s our third trip to Big Fish Little Fish and this time it seems to have found a natural home in a warehouse in Hackney. Why such a good fit? Well the warehouse gave it … Continue reading →

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LWAT is 300 – An East London Epic

Posted on May 19, 2014 by katese11

This is the 300th post on London With a Toddler. Can you Adam it? To celebrate, we decided to roam East London in search of not dodgy cockney rhyming slang, as demonstrated in the last sentence, but paddling pools, pigs … Continue reading →

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Ilford on a Mission – 26/04/14

Posted on April 29, 2014 by katese11

Reuben is back at school! After a nailbiting 10 weeks of pox, house move and holiday the boy is once more stuck in the system. And loving it. But this school is different to his last one – they wear … Continue reading →

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Plaza Park – 19/04/14

Posted on April 19, 2014 by katese11

We like to be the first to try things out. We got into the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park as soon as it opened – albeit unintentionally – and I get annoyed if we’re late to the party on London-y, toddler-y … Continue reading →

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