Tag Archives: East London

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

  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

Posted in Creating precious childhood memories or something (days out) | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

LWAT is 300 – An East London Epic

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

Posted in Creating precious childhood memories or something (days out) | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Ilford on a Mission – 26/04/14

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

Posted in Just wandering...., Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

Plaza Park – 19/04/14

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

Posted in Token attempts at fresh air (parks) | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

Leyton Jubilee park – 14/04/14

Leyton…the name just evokes images of glamour and rock n roll, doesn’t it? Well, the second bit is covered as the bassist from the band I like to call “The Maiden” comes from Leyton but the glamour? Prior to our … Continue reading

Posted in Token attempts at fresh air (parks) | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Greenwich and Charlton – 29/03/14

Yesterday, I decided it was Family Time. We’ve had weeks of house-moving stress, packing, unpacking, trying to get things done with the kids under our feet and of course 10 days of chickenpox isolation thrown into the mix. Added all … Continue reading

Posted in Cake and the finest wines known to humanity (eating out), Token attempts at fresh air (parks) | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Chips and Changing Tables – Eating Out With a Toddler Part 1 Zillion….

Cause, yknow we’ve done a lot of this eating out with a toddler thing now. Newborns, weaners, toddler, preschoolers, schoolkids…we’ve dropped ketchup on them all, in restaurants all over London. But here are some that have been more fun than … Continue reading

Posted in Cake and the finest wines known to humanity (eating out) | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Wanstead Village Fete – 15/09/13

It’s taken me a few days to get round to writing this up, but thanks to Eva we’re no longer doing that sleep thing that everyone goes on about. So it’s nearly 1AM and I am updating you on our … Continue reading

Posted in Creating precious childhood memories or something (days out) | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

LolliBop Review!!

It’s finally happened! You may have noticed we’ve been talking about LolliBop for a while now and Reuben was particularly “percited” about it last night. So, you’d think we’d be raring to go this morning, wouldn’t you? You would, but … Continue reading

Posted in Creating precious childhood memories or something (days out) | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

A Final LolliBop Reminder

In a matter of days, we will be rocking out with the likes of Sid and Andy, Dick n Dom…and Justin Fletcher. If you fancy joining us, there are still tickets available for all days, but act fast or you’ll … Continue reading

Posted in What I suppose you'd call "tips"....? | Tagged , | Leave a comment