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Category Archives: Token attempts at culture (museums)
Fleet Air Arm Museum – 10/02/19
This post has been a long time in the making – we first visited the Fleet Air Arm Museum back in October, on a visit to the Hollies. That day we spent a few hours in the cafe and … Continue reading
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Tagged coffee, museums, planes. outside London
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London With a Hangover – 19/01/19
Not a proper hangover…it’s been a long time since I had one of those. But certainly the slight grogginess that comes the morning after a Highams Park Parents’ curry night and makes you regret offering to remove the children from … Continue reading
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Tagged cafe, Central London, coffee, East London, museums, pirates
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Museum of London – 07/01/19
Congratulations all of you for making it through the Christmas holidays! All of you who don’t have kids at the same school as my kids, that is. Cause we’re still on holidays and end only just in sight. Which is … Continue reading
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Tagged Central London, coffee, history, museums, wandering
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Happy New Year LWATers!
Which is my way of saying I don’t have much to report but wanted to wish you all a very happy 2019. The reason I don’t have much to report is that since my last post I’ve either been … Continue reading
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Tagged choo-choo!, museums, trains, West London
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Mystery in Frankenstein’s Lab at the Science Museum – 28/03/18
Last night we escaped from Frankenstein’s lab and I can tell you nothing about it. It’s a mystery and you need to figure it out yourselves. Also I may now be on the run from the law. Well maybe I’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged childfree, museums, music, science. West London
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Museum of Childhood – 10/03/18
Today we went to the countryside. Well, Bethnal Green. Even by my somewhat loose definitions of countryside, I think Zone 2 of East London is stretching it a bit. But Eva, AKA She Who Must Not Be Argued With, … Continue reading
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Tagged cake, coffee, East London, museums, parks
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Milestones Museum – 20/01/18
It takes a lot to tempt us out of London early on a Saturday morning. Even more so when it’s rainy and our destination is Basingstoke. But we were meeting family who had come all the way from Australia and, … Continue reading
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Play, Explore, Create at the V&A – 27/10/17
We’ve had something of a theme this half term – I had lunch with my friend Vicki on Tuesday, Wetlands with cousin Vicky on Wednesday and today the Mamma of all Victorias – the Victoria and Albert Museum. And we … Continue reading
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September Science Museum – 02/09/17
In case you haven’t heard my whooping from miles away, it’s September. Nearly the end of the summer holidays. Much as I love my kids, conjuring up 7 weeks of childcare is about as easy as it sounds….so I’m quite … Continue reading
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Braintree District Museum – 26/08/17
A few weeks back, I was contacted by a childhood friend of Nathan’s, inviting us to a Harry Potter exhibition in Braintree. Did we want to go? Merlin’s Beard, yes! But the summer’s been busy and it’s only now that … Continue reading